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After being confronted by a group of over a dozen angry young men and women in his front yard on February 18 and being physically attacked, a North Oakland, California, homeowner shot his attacker.
Patrick McCullough, the homeowner, was leaving his house when he was confronted by the youths, mainly male. The youths were angry because McCullough called the police whenever he saw drug dealing in his neighborhood. This was not the first time that he had been harassed, and he had been having increased problems in his neighborhood, including one occasion when a 15-pound piece of concrete was thrown through his window and another incident when a local drug dealer, Wayne Camper, and two of his cronies beat and kicked him in his front yard.
Someone in the group called McCullough a "snitch." McCullough replied, and 16year-old Melvin McHenry attacked him. The two men exchanged punches. McHenry broke off his attack and asked another ...