Man won't be charged for shooting intruder

CEDAR CITY, FL -- A Cape Coral, Fla., man was justified in shooting an intruder who forced his way into the man's motor home at a Wal-Mart parking lot, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Iron County Attorney Scott Garrett said no charges will be filed against Carl Coltellino, who was taking his wife, Tracy, and their two daughters to Grand Canyon National Park when they made an overnight stop July 25 at the Wal-Mart.

Garrett said Stephen Stubbs, 26, of Cedar City, forced his way into the motor home and during a struggle tried to take a hand gun away from Coltellino, who shot and killed the stranger.

Family members have said Stubbs approached them saying he wanted to "go south," and that they tried to get him to leave, shoving and screaming at him, but he refused.

"The law allows for one to defend himself, his family and his property under circumstances where one reasonably believes that unlawful force is about to be used against them," Garrett said in a statement Tuesday.

"Under these specific facts, the Iron County Attorney's Office has determined that no criminal charges will be filed," he said.

Stubbs, who graduated from high school and college in Cedar City, most recently attended Barry University of Law in Orlando, Fla.