DETROIT – A security guard who shot and killed a man at a Detroit apartment building in August won't be charged because the act has been ruled self defense.
Thomas McIntosh, 55, got into a confrontation with the guard at 3 a.m. on Aug. 27 at the Freedom Place apartments on West Warren.
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McIntosh, who lived in the apartments, appeared to be intoxicated and threatened to hurt the guard, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.
The 77-year-old security guard warned McIntosh that he had a registered handgun, but McIntosh continued to walk toward the guard and threaten him.
The guard fired a single shot that killed McIntosh.
Prosecutor Kym Worthy said there were two independent witnesses who saw the shooting and corroborated the guard's claim that the shooting was in self defense.