No charges will be pursued in shooting that killed 2 after Detroit Lions game

DETROIT (AP) — A man who fired one shot that killed two people at a popular tailgating site after Sunday’s Detroit Lions game was acting in self-defense and will not be charged, authorities said Wednesday.

“It is absolutely tragic that during all the fun and merrymaking at a Lions tailgate that two lives were lost,” Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy said.

The 40-year-old shooter, who had a license to carry a concealed pistol, fired only after he felt threatened by Jalen Welch, 25, who displayed a gun during an argument at Eastern Market, an open-air market, Worthy said.

Welch was shot in the head Sunday. The same bullet then struck and killed a 40-year-old bystander, Rayshawn Palmer, who was trying to be a peacemaker, Worthy said.

Police had initially said the shooter fired twice.

“It could have been any one of us,” Worthy said. “We looked at all the applicable law and there is no crime that can be charged and proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Tampa Bay had just defeated the Lions nearby at Ford Field, 20-16.

DETROIT (FOX 2) – Investigators say the gunman in the double-fatal shooting that took place at Eastern Market during a Lions fans tailgate Sunday, acted in self-defense.

One shot was fired killing the assailant, Jalen Welch, who is said to have pulled his own gun out and threatened the 40-year-old first. The shooter, who was a legal concealed pistol owner, than fatally wounded Welch with one shot through the head – which then also fatally wounded innocent bystander RayShawn Palmer.

“I’m never going to see another video of my uncle, I’m never going to see that again. I’m never going to get on Facebook and see that,” said Deja Little, Palmer’s niece.