No Charges In KOP Fatal Shooting After Basketball Game: DA

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA — No charges will be filed in the fatal shooting at a King of Prussia fitness center last month after authorities determined it was justified, they said Friday. The shooting occurred following a disagreement over a basketball game moments before.

The incident occurred at around 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at the LA Fitness in the King of Prussia Town Center.

Alan Womack, 28, of King of Prussia got into an argument with another man in the game at 9:49 p.m., police said.

Womack accused the man of traveling (moving of the feet without dribbling), and the verbal confrontation escalated to the point where other players had to break the pair up, according to authorities.

Once the game resumed, Womack threatened to shoot the other man in the head, and the man decided to leave the game. Womack followed him, the DA said.

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The man then came back inside to retrieve something he'd left behind, and Womack waited outside the entrance at 9:53 p.m. The man left the building at 9:54 p.m., with Womack following him and yelling, before pulling a Taurus handgun from his pocket, according to authorities.

Womack then approached "within feet" of the other man, who pulled a Glock out of his backpack and fired one shot, hitting Womack in the chest, police said.

Womack fired two shots as he was hit, and both missed the other man, striking parked cars instead.

First responders found Womack dead in the parking lot when they arrived.

In explaining why the shooting was justified, DA Kevin Steele said that interviews with witnesses and surveillance footage showed that the shooter had tried to de-escalate the situation "several times."

Both Womack and the shooter were licensed to carry concealed weapons.

It's the second day in a row where a recent fatal shooting in the county has been determined to be a case of self-defense, resulting in no charges. On Thursday, the DA's office said that the shooting of an intruder inside a Collegeville home last month was self-defense.