A Coralville woman will not face prosecution after she allegedly shot and killed a man in June, the Johnson County Attorney's Office recently announced, saying she was acting in self-defense.

Mason Edwards, 27, was shot twice in the chest and killed just before midnight on June 11 , at the Western Hills Mobile Home Park on the west side of Coralville.

Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith, in a release on Friday, Oct. 31, said no charges will be filed against Michelle Jenkins-Robertson, the woman who shot and killed Edwards. Zimmermann Smith said her office determined "there is not enough evidence to show that the force was not justified."

Zimmermann Smith also said they couldn't find evidence "to rebut the legal presumption" from Iowa code section 704.2A , which covers ju

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