RFP Staff
♦ Wednesday about 10 p.m. an unidentified man, abiding by the “Castle Doctrine”, an N.C. law for defending your home, vehicles, and your work place, allegedly stood his ground and shot Jesse Dean Ciancimino who allegedly attacked him in Eastern Rowan County.
The unidentified shooter, living on the 100 block of South Long Street, was relaxing on his porch when he spotted Ciancimino,31, tooling up and down his street in a car and yelling out the window. Puzzled by the stranger’s behavior, the man who lived there stepped partially out of the door and onto the porch.
Ciancimino pulled his car over, climbed out, and started walking toward the man in the doorway. When Ciancimino arrived at the glass door, he pulled it open and punched him the head. Instants later the man in the doorway drew a handgun and shot Ciancimino in the leg. Startled, he hollered at the shooter.
A neighbor and the shooter’s wife tried to tend the wounded man, now laying on the ground, as best they could until Rowan County EMS showed up and the Sheriff’s deputies arrived.
Ciancimino was transported to the hospital. His leg wound was alleged to be minor. Nothing accounted for Ciancimino’s alleged loud and aggressive behavior.
No charges were filed for this case as yet.
The case remains under investigation even though sheriff’s office deputies believe the shooter was within the law provided by the Castle Doctrine:
N.C. Law for Defending Your Home, Vehicles, and Work Place: Castle Doctrine
Jesse Dean Ciancimino’s Previous Record:
Jesse Dean Ciancimino:
