Seneca Shooting Update: Shooting Ruled as Justifiable Self-Defense, Murder Charge Against Susette Anderson Dismissed

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Newton County Prosecuting Attorney, Will Lynch, announced on Tuesday that the murder charge against Susette Anderson, aged 63, has been dropped. 

The charge had been filed as first-degree murder, and her trial was scheduled for this week.

Upon careful review of the case and recent depositions, Lynch determined that the shooting was a clear case of "justifiable self-defense." 

The incident occurred on December 23, 2021, near Seneca when Anderson tried to serve a protection order on David Stotts.  

Stotts, aged 45, was fatally shot by Anderson on that day.

According to the information obtained from a probable-cause affidavit and testimony during a preliminary hearing, an acquaintance of Anderson heard her shouting in apparent distress, followed by gunshots. 

He recounted that Anderson stood over the wounded Stotts and shot him a second time, seemingly trying to manipulate the situation to appear as self-defense.

However, after further investigation, Lynch confirmed that there was no evidence of a close-range shot, and Stotts had been shot three times in total. 

Despite Anderson's actions after the incident, the initial shooting was ruled as justifiable self-defense.

Ultimately, the authorities found that the act of shooting Stotts was justified as self-defense, and the murder charge against Susette Anderson was dropped.



In another news, a toddler fatally shot his sibling dead after having access to an unsecured handgun. See detailed story here.

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