EUGENE, Ore. -- A fatal shooting that took place in a west Eugene Walmart in September has been deemed self-defense under Oregon law, according to the Lane County District Attorney’s Office.

The DA’s office said that law enforcement officials with multiple agencies responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 to a reported shooting in the parking lot of the Walmart store located on West 11th Avenue. The confrontation began inside the store, where a man and his stepson were verbally threatened by Jaime Javier Lagarda-Govea and others, said the DA’s office. Authorities said that, as they exited, Lagarda-Govea pursued the man and his son, brandishing a firearm. The man being accosted by Lagarda-Govea retrieved his own weapon from his truck and shot Lagarda-Govea, who was armed and approachi

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