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Prosecutor: LSU's Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Jared Small appeared justified in fatal shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. -- A prosecutor says two LSU football players appear to have responded with justifiable force when they gunned down an 18-year-old man who was allegedly trying to rob them at gunpoint.

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore tells The Associated Press that the investigation is still in a preliminary stage and that authorities are not prepared to release whether it was sophomore running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire or freshman linebacker Jared Small who fired the shots that killed Kobe Johnson. Baton Rouge Police have said the Dec. 22 shooting occurred off campus, where the players were trying to sell an electronic item.