A Washington state prosecutor dropped murder charges against a man, saying he acted in self-defense. The Benton County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday that it determined that Jose Cruz Escobar probably acted in self-defense in a fatal Oct. 12 confrontation with his half-brother, NBCRightNow, a Yakima-area TV station reported. Escobar had initially told law enforcement officers that his half-brother, Alejandro Salazar, had been shot in a d…