No charges in Campbell shooting death

CAMPBELL — Police do not plan to charge Nicholas Galanses in the Wednesday night shooting death of Ronald G. Harrison II.

“I discussed it with Law Director Mark Kolmacic, and unless something new comes up, we’re looking at it as a justifiable homicide,” Detective Sgt. Gus Nicolaou said Friday.

Kolmacic said a person may defend himself if he believes he is in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm. The duty to retreat does not apply if a person is in his home, he said.

“We’re taking a close look” at the results of a alcohol breath test that showed Galanses had an alcohol level of .156. That is above the legal limit of .08 to drive a vehicle, but there is no law against drinking in one’s own home, Kolmacic said.

Further, the law director said, there is nothing in the police reports to indicate his alcohol level caused any reckless behavior.

Galanses, 40, shot Harrison three times shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday in his (Galanses’) garage, which is attached to his home in the 300 Block of Porter Ave.

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