Prosecutors with the Santa Cruz County Attorney’s Office announced that George Alan Kelly, the Arizona rancher charged with murder in the shooting death of a Mexican national inside border property, will not be retried.
The state charged Kelly with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing immigrant Gabriel Quyen Buittimea on his property in January 2023.
George Alan Kelly enters for a preliminary hearing in Nogales Justice Court on February 22, 2023 in Nogales, Arizona. (Mark Henle/Arizona Republic via Associated Press, Pool, File)
The decision not to retry Kelly came a week after the jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared.
Kelly’s defense attorney confirmed to Fox News Digital that there was “only one” juror who wanted to convict him, while the remaining jurors wanted him to acquit.
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