No criminal charges will be brought against a South Carolina resident who shot and killed a 68-year-old Swain County native last fall, according to District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch. Welch said the investigation showed that Leo Pruess, 60, acted in self defense when he fatally shot Lambert Wilson after Wilson brandished a handgun on Oct. 20, 2022, at the El Camino Hotel in Cherokee. Police said Wilson and Pruess, who was at the hotel with his wife, had gotten into an argument prompting the shooting.
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