On Monday, Mercer County prosecutor Jacob Sander stated that the person who killed 24-year-old Billy Colwell with a crossbow in September will not face charges because the act was self-defense. Officers in Sharon, Pennsylvania, responded to a domestic incident early on September 24 and discovered Colwell with a critical chest injury from a crossbow projectile. Colwell died at a local hospital.

Officials have not named the shooter or released details of the dispute, and further information is unlikely without charges. Self-defense rules generally permit deadly force against an imminent threat of death or serious harm regardless of whether a firearm or another implement such as a crossbow is used, reflecting that the right to protect life extends beyond guns.