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WEBVTT WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BUT RIGHT NOW HE REMAINS IN JAIL. >> JAIL IS NOT A PLACE FOR ANYBODY. CASEY: AND ALVIN CAMPBELL DOESN'T BELIEVE IT'S A PLACE FOR HIS NEIGHBOR, ABRAHAM VENSON WHO WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOT A MAN HE SAW RUNNING FROM HIS GARAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. >> THAT IS WRONG. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY BROUGHT HIM TO JAIL. HE WAS PROTECTING HIS PROPERTY. CASEY: JAMES CORDIER SAYS HE'S NOT SURE HOW HE'D RESPOND IN THE SAME SITUATION. >> I DO NOT KNOW. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SITUATION. IN MY YARD, BREAKING A I WOULD CALL THE POLICE. CASEY: ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT READ IN COURT VENSON'S SECURITY COMPANY ALERTED HIM OF A BREAK-IN. WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE HE SAW TWO MEN RUNNING FROM HIS SHED AND HE YELLED STOP. VENSON TOLD POLICE ONE MAN KEPT RUNNING AND THE OTHER STOPPED AND APPEARED TO REACH FOR HIS WAISTBAND. SO HE SHOT THE 53-YEAR-OLD M IN THE NECK CRITICALLY INJURING , HIM. NEIGHBORS SAY SOMEONE BROKE INTO VENSON'S SHED ONCE BEFORE SO HE PUT UP A FENCE FOR PROTECTION. HE IS A NICE GUY HELP ANYBODY HE CAN. CASEY: DEFENSE ATTORNEY ROBERT JENKINS SAYS UNDER LOUISIANA L EVEN IF SOMEONE IS ON YOUR , PROPERTY OR TAKING YOUR BELONGINGS, IF YOUR LIFE ISN'T IN DANGER YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHT TO SHOOT OR HARM THEM. >> WHAT THE LAW IS DESIGNED TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE DO NOT HAVE THE JOLANDA EXAM -- VIGILANTES. THERE COULD BE A CAR GOING DOWN THE STREET, YOU CANNOT SHOOT AT THEM. THE IDEA IS YOU CAN REPLACE PROPERTY, BUT NOT HUMAN LIFE. CASEY: HOWEVER JENKINS SAYS A , JURY RARELY CONVICTS SOMEONE IN CRIMES OF THIS NATURE. >> THEY LOOK AT, I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. IT IS RARE THEY WILL CONVICT SOMEONE WHEN THEY ARE DEFENDING THEIR PROPERTY.

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New Orleans police arrested an elderly man they said shot one of two men he saw in his shed around 3 a.m. Wednesday in the St. Claude neighborhood. Abraham Venson, 73, was in criminal court Wednesday afternoon where a magistrate judge set bail at $10,000 for the aggravated battery charge because he said he does not believe Venson is a public danger. "Jail ain't no place for anybody," said Alvin Campbell, who doesn't believe his neighbor should be incarcerated. "I don't know why they bring him to jail. He was protecting his property." "That's wrong. I don't know why they bring him to jail. He was protecting his property." Another neighbor, James Cordier, said he is not sure how he would respond in the same situation. "I don't know. There would have to be a situation. If they're in my yard and they ain't breaking in nothing, I'll try to call the police and let them handle it," Cordier said. According to the police report read in court Wednesday afternoon, Venson's security company alerted him of a possible break-in at his home. Venson grabbed his gun and went outside where he saw two men running from his shed and he yelled stop. The report said one man kept running and the other stopped. Venson said the man appeared to reach for his waistband, so he shot the 53-year-old man in his neck, critically injuring him. The judge found probable cause to charge Venson with aggravated battery. The judge said the issue in question is whether deadly force was necessary. Bond set at $10,000 for Abraham Venson who's charged with aggravated battery for shooting a man he saw running from his garage. @wdsu— Casey Ferrand (@CaseyFerrand) September 28, 2016 Neighbors said someone broke into Venson's shed once before, so he put up a fence for protection. "He's just a mild guy, nice, help anybody he can. I ain't never known him to have a temper," Cordier said. Legal analyst Robert Jenkins said under Louisiana law, even if someone is on your property or taking your belongings, if your life is not in danger, you have no legal right to shoot or harm them. "What the law is designed to do is make sure we don't have vigilantism," Jenkins said. "The thing about that is I know it sounds reasonable if someone is stealing your car and going down the street you should be able to shoot at them, but you can't because the idea is that you can replace the property but you can't replace human life." However, Jenkins said a jury rarely convicts someone in crimes of this nature. "Because they look at, 'Hey I would have done the same thing even though the law says you can't. It's very rare that the jury is going to convict someone when they're defending their property," he said. A check of court records shows Venson has no prior record, although he was once arrested in 1975 for a traffic violation. After court, Venson's attorney said he was in a difficult situation, and she will ask that he be released on his own recognizance while he waits to go to trial. It appears she will make a case for self-defense. Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!