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Jurors on Tuesday heard testimony suggesting a tenant was fatally attacked. The defense says the landlord fired in self-defense.

Ocala landlord who shot tenant can't claim 'stand your ground' "The court finds no credible evidence to corroborate or substantiate the Defendant's claim that the alleged victim was ever armed or acted aggressively toward him," Circuit Judge Anthony Tatti wrote in his ruling. Last month, during a hearing, a doctor from the Medical Examiner's Office testified that the victim, Marc Bruss, had six entry wounds and six exit wounds. Bruss, 49, died as a result of the gunshots. The judge noted that a witness, Christopher Hofacker, was on the property at the time the shots were fired. This witnes...

The landlord says the tenant attacked him with a machete during an eviction dispute.