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One deadly shooter escapes charges
Grand jury accepts Conley's self-defense claim
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Charges will not be pressed against the shooter who gunned down another man outside Arms Apartments last September.Grand jurors have decided not to indict Herbert Conley, 51, for the shooting death of Rofino “Junior” Soto, 28, calling the shooting a case of self-defense, just as Conley claimed that night.The incident happened on a Friday night in September at Arms Apartments off Old Smithville Highway. When police arrived, they found the mortally wounded Soto dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest.Police were given two dramatically different stories concerning the shooting.Conley said he was at the complex visiting family members when he was accosted by several people in the parking lot. He maintains someone in the group, possibly Soto, pulled a knife and threatened him.