Brother-in-law faces upgraded murder charge in reported self-defense shooting [Video]

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – Brian Fredde died July 4, 2019, shot by his brother-in-law Russell Woods in Moscow Mills. The previous Sheriff’s office posted on Facebook that it was self-defense.

Five months later, Lincoln County Prosecutor Mike Wood’s office charged him with second degree murder.

“We were able to seize a video of the actual incident,” the prosecutor said, “From the standpoint of the state, we did not believe that self-defense, at least to the point of deadly force, was not justified in that situation.”

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Key to that decision is what prosecutors allege in a probable cause statement that they saw in the video. According to that statement, “The defendant smiles immediately before taking the weapon from behind his back and shooting the victim.”

A grand jury has now returned a first-degree murder charge based on reported new witness interviews alleging “The defendant has made comments wondering what it would …