TRINIDAD, Colo.—Prosecutors won’t file charges in the death of a Trinidad man after a fight two months ago.
Las Animas County District Attorney Frank Ruybalid says he believes that a jury or a judge would find two people allegedly connected to the case not guilty.
Thirty-six-year-old Corey Neal died at a hospital April 14. Police said Neal and another man had been involved in an argument at another man’s apartment when Neal left, then returned later and the argument resumed.
Authorities say that argument turned physical and Neal pulled a knife. The third man allegedly put a choke hold on Neal to try to stop the fight.
Ruybalid says the man “acted in justifiable defense of himself or another person.”
Neal later died of asphyxiation due to esophageal trauma.
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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain,
