{"id":115266,"date":"2018-01-01T16:57:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T21:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=115266"},"modified":"2018-01-01T16:57:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T21:57:23","slug":"south-carolina-man-stabs-teen-death-no-charges-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/south-carolina-man-stabs-teen-death-no-charges-filed\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Man Stabs Teen To Death, No Charges Filed"},"content":{"rendered":"
SOUTH CAROLINA — No charges will be filed against a Gaston man for his involvement in a fatal stabbing at a Meadowfield Road home Thursday.<\/p>\n
Investigators from the Lexington County Sheriff\u2019s Department consulted with prosecutors from the 11th Circuit Solicitor\u2019s Office and determined 21-year-old Joshua Rossman acted in self-defense during an altercation with 19-year-old Rayshawn Porterfield. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said Porterfield died at the scene after being stabbed in the upper body.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased upon the findings of our investigation, Mr. Rossman retreated into the trailer and locked the door after he was injured in the initial assault,\u201d Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. \u201cMr. Porterfield later made his way into the trailer and continued the argument. The men fought inside the trailer and Mr. Rossman defended himself with a knife.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several eyewitness accounts from the scene corroborated this sequence of events, Koon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Mr. Rossman was apprehended near the scene, detectives determined he was wanted on unrelated arrest warrants for two counts of assault and battery, and a general sessions court bench warrant,\u201d Koon said. \u201cMr. Rossman was arrested after receiving medical treatment for wounds sustained during his fight with Mr. Porterfield.\u201d<\/p>\n