ASHEVILLE - City police will not file charges against a man in a downtown Asheville gunfight after police say he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Andy Garcia Porras.

After gunfire erupted on Rankin Avenue near College Street around 12:07 a.m. June 1, Asheville Police Department detectives reviewed a "significant amount of physical and digital evidence" and conducted "an extensive series of interviews" with victims and witnesses, the department said in a June 4 news release. After consulting with the Buncombe County District Attorney's Office, officials determined not to press charges, the release said.

The incident began when the "bouncer" of a local night club saw two men, one identified as Porras, 26, "harassing a group of women," according to releases from both APD and th

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