A New York teenager, who was accused of choking his mother's abusive ex-boyfriend to death, will return to normal life after a grand jury declined to indict him.
High school senior Luis Moux, 18, was facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of Stanley Washington in August.
The teen told police he saw Washington beating his mother inside their Bronx, New York apartment. Moux ran out of his bedroom, pulled Washington off his mother and then started choking him, said police.
Washington had been previously arrested for domestic violence involving Moux's mother.
Moux was arrested shortly after the incident, with police saying it wasn't "cut and dry." He was charged with manslaughter. The teen's family maintained he was protecting his mother and it was self-defense.
Now with the grand jury decision not to formally charge Moux, his attorney, Walter Fields, said the teen will move on with his life.
"It was clear that Luis didn't do anything wrong. He testified in the grand jury and his story didn't change a bit," Fields told the New York Daily News.
"When you are an innocent man, you just want to move on with your life."
Washington, meantime, had a long criminal history, that included more than 20 prior arrests, according to police.
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