“No charges will be filed against a man who shot and killed a would-be robber in his store, the Suffolk commonwealth’s attorney announced Thursday. On the morning on June 21, the alarm went off at James Durden’s Whaleyville store …. Durden, who lives close by, grabbed a gun and went to the store. His brother told 13News that Durden opened fire because he thought the man pointed a gun at him. … In the letter to Police Chief Thomas Bennett, C. Phillip Ferguson stated, ‘Mr. Durden was confronted with a very dangerous situation created by Roop and was legally justified in using deadly force as he genuinely believed that Roop had a firearm and that his own life was in danger.’” (07/16/09)