Category: Self Defense

Long Beach homeowner fatally shoots woman attacking neighbor

A Long Beach homeowner fatally shot a woman who was harassing his neighborhood early Saturday morning.

According to Long Beach Police Department, neighbors say that the woman was following people home and pounding on front doors and windows in the early morning, just after midnight, before she attacked a woman.

The shooting happened minutes before 1 a.m. in the 600 block of Roycroft Avenue, police said, when a man shot a woman in the head.

“Through their preliminary investigation, including statements provided from witnesses, detectives learned a male adult observed a female adult attacking another woman,” said Long Beach Police Department spokesperson Alyssa Baeza. “The female victim was calling for help and the man armed himself with a handgun.”

Investigators believe that the man was armed prior to the altercation due to the “prior suspicious activity in front of his residence.”

The deceased woman, who has been identified as 44-year-old East Long Beach resident Andrew Powell, was fatally shot as she was charging towards the armed homeowner, police said.

“He was trying to protect himself and the other neighbors as well,” said one resident Eileen Gelso, who says that Powell was banging on doors over and over demanding money. “She was definitely dangerous. I believe that.”

The homeowner was detained and officers recovered his handgun from the scene, but after gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses, he was released.

Grieving family members, who say they plan to pursue legal action against the homeowner, say that Powell was undergoing a mental crisis at the time of the incident, and that the use of force was extremely unnecessary.

“This case will be presented to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office,” police said.

Man called ‘hero’ for stopping shooter at Turnberry Towers Friday

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A resident at Turnberry Towers near Karen and Paradise is calling a building employee a hero after a gunman walked in and fired shots at the front desk on Friday.

Channel 13 spoke with the resident to get their story. Law enforcement has not confirmed the following details.

According to the resident, a man wearing a helmet had an AR-15 and other weapons when he entered the towers Friday afternoon.

This is when the resident tells us the man fired shots in the area of the front desk, shattering glass which is shown in pictures they have provided to us.

The resident says it was an employee of the towers who stopped the attack, and thinks they are a hero who deserves recognition for stepping in.

Channel 13 is working to confirm details surrounding the employee’s identity and their role in the events of June 23.

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Texas woman shoots, kills home intruder

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A homeowner shot and killed a man who broke into her house, according to Amarillo, Texas police.

Around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a residential burglary on N. Adams St.

When officers arrived, they found the body of 53-year-old Cedric Milligan. The woman who shot him said Milligan broke into her home.

According to police, he forced his way inside through the back door which was locked. She grabbed a gun and shot him.

Louisville police say man fatally shot while trying to carjack undercover police officers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A man was shot and killed by a Louisville Metro Police officer Monday afternoon after police said he tried to carjack two undercover officers in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood. But the man’s father is pushing back on what police say led up to his son’s death.

According to Interim Police Chief Jackie Gwinn-Villaroel, the incident took place just after 1:30 p.m. near the intersection of Griffiths Avenue and North 22nd Street.

Gwinn-Villaroel said two undercover officers with LMPD’s Fugitive Unit were inside a vehicle attempting to apprehend a suspect in an unrelated investigation when their vehicle was approached by a man in his 20s.

According to Gwinn-Villaroel, the man had a gun and attempted to carjack the officers.

One of the officers — a 10-year veteran of the department — shot the man with his service weapon.

The officers immediately tried to render medical aid, according to Gwinn-Villaroel, but the suspect died as a result of his injuries. Neither of the officers were injured.

Hours after the shooting, a man named Mark Jaggers reached out to WDRB News. He said his son, Mark Jaggers Jr., wasn’t trying to carjack anyone and that he thought the car was dumped off near their Portland home and wanted to take it for a joyride. When he opened the door, two undercover officers were inside.

“That car was sitting here for three hours,” said Jaggers. “My son thought it was a stolen car.”

Jaggers said he watched video from a neighbor’s security camera after the shooting. He said the alley where it happened is a known drop-off spot for dumped cars.

“The suspect attempted to carjack the officers with a gun,” Chief Gwinn-Villaroel said at the scene. “One of the officers shot the suspect with his service weapon.”

Jaggers said when he got the call, he heard someone screaming “in the alley.”

“And when I got here, that’s when I saw my boy on the ground,” he said.

Jaggers’ son died at the hospital. His father is pushing back on the accusation that his son was trying to carjack the officers. He doesn’t believe his son knew anyone was inside the car.

“My son thought it was a dumped car. I know it’s still illegal, I know. But it’s not worth getting shot over,” he said.

Hours after the shooting, in the same area where it happened, friends and family released balloons in his memory as they wait for more answers and Jaggers prepares to bury his son.

Kentucky State Police will lead the investigation into the shooting, Gwinn-Villaroel said. The agency has statewide jurisdiction and investigates police shootings throughout the state at the request of local law enforcement agencies.

Police later said Rex Wright Jr., 23, is the person detectives were initially looking for. He turned himself in after the shooting. He was wanted for a non-fatal shooting incident.

Wright is charged with one count of assault and six counts of wanton endangerment in connection with an incident on May 28, 2023.

Wilson’s Mills father shoots, kills intruder who threatened his juvenile daughter

WILSON’S MILLS, N.C. (WTVD) — A father shot and killed an intruder Sunday who had reportedly threatened his young daughter. Wilson’s Mill Police said.

Police officers and Johnston County sheriff’s deputies responded to the 100 block of Parker Street just after 9 p.m. for a report of a breaking and entering in progress with a shooting.

Police Chief A.Z. Williams told the JoCo Report that it appeared the suspect entered the home’s backyard where children were playing outside. He apparently tried to accost an 11-year-old girl, one of three children playing outside.

The two other children ran inside and alerted the parents, Williams told ABC11.

Police said the 23-year-old suspect tried to follow the children inside and violently shook the door handle.

The homeowner then shot the intruder. The suspect’s name has not yet been released.

Williams said the family did not know the attacker. The sheriff’s office said the homeowner fully cooperated with detectives and was not arrested.

Williams told ABC11 that this was one of the first violent incidents he could remember in his five years with the department.

At the request of Wilson’s Mills Police, the sheriff’s office has assumed the investigation.

American U. students at odds with D.C. group that favors unarmed police

Some American University students are skeptical at claims made by the District of Columbia’s so-called “Peace Team” that unarmed police are “highly effective” at preventing gun violence — in one of the deadliest cities in the country.

According to its website, the DC Peace Team’s mission is to “cultivate the habits and skills of nonviolence in communities, so [it] can better resist injustice, and thus, build a more sustainable just peace.”

The team is a huge proponent of, and utilizes, restorative justice (which has been growing in the nation’s school systems, much to many teachers’ chargrin) and weaponless “civilian protection units.”

According to Peace Team Board Member Sal Corbin (pictured), such methods “emphasize inclusion rather than exclusion […] and punishment.”A former psychology professor, Corbin told The Eagle he grew up in a violent atmosphere where punishment was “swift and severe.”

As such, he wanted to study an alternative. Corbin believes an unarmed police force is “extremely effective” and involves “deploying teams to events where violence or escalation is a possibility.”

Robert Schentrup of the youth gun reform group Team ENOUGH added that “when victims of [gun] violence don’t get help, their natural response is to traumatize other individuals in that same way.”

The Peace Team notes it will even intervene in certain situations “with their bodies.”

But The Eagle notes some American U. students are wary. One student said even with stricter gun control, criminals will still find a way to possess firearms, so yes, cops should be armed. Another said disarming police when the threat of a mass shooting is ever-present seems like a bad idea.

American, like other colleges in and around the nation’s capital (Georgetown, Howard) have unarmed campus cops. George Washington University, however, recently decided to arm a small percentage of its officers.

Washington DC’s violent crime is up 10 percent so far this year, and is 147 percent higher than the national average. Other crimes in the city occur at a rate 87 percent higher than the national average.

Even Corbin conceded that “clearly there are circumstances where weaponry is needed.”

“Our goal isn’t to replace law enforcement entirely, but rather give an alternative approach to it that doesn’t necessitate, increase or escalate violence,” he said.

Suspect shot during attempted burglary at home in Milo-Grogan neighborhood

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A suspect was shot when he allegedly attempted to break into a home in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood late Saturday night, police said.

Officers with the Columbus Division of Police responded to the 800 block of East 4th Avenue around 11:30 p.m. after receiving calls of a burglary and a shooting.

Records from Franklin County Municipal Court state that two men, 24-year-old Dante Shields and 24-year-old Chase Fetherolf, arrived at the home armed with handguns because they had an issue with a man who lived there. Police did not say whether the victim knew the suspects.

The victim confronted the suspects at the front door and told them they needed to leave the property.

Court records say Shields and Fetherolf refused to leave and continued yelling and making threats toward the victim, who ran into the house.

Fetherolf and Shields forced their way into the home and a fight occurred between Fetherolf and the victim’s brother, according to court records. Police said Fetherolf dropped his handgun during the fight.

The victim pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the suspects and told them to leave, according to court records.

After Shields and Fetherolf left, they kicked down the front door after hitting it several times. When the front door opened, police said the victim fired his handgun, striking Fetherolf once in the hip.

Fetherolf was taken to Grant Medical Center for treatment and is expected to be OK.

Police recovered three handguns from the scene.

Fetherolf and Shields were arrested and charged with aggravated burglary.

If You Draw The Gun, Be Prepared to Use it—Video

This video has tons of lessons we can learn from. I just want to mention one of the more obvious take-aways and encourage you to study the clip to extract all you can. Now the main point I want to focus on, taken the wrong way, leads to some bad advice on defensive handgun tactics and self defense law.

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Setting up the Defensive Gun Use Video—

I’m not quite sure from where or when this video comes, but a good guess would be central or south America. I’m not sure about the country, but one person—the guy in the blue shirt—is openly carrying a handgun on his right hip. So wherever it is, civilians must be able to carry firearms openly, or this guy has a military or law enforcement occupation.

It appears the incident happens in a street-side store. The shop keeper is behind a counter and there is a customer wearing a red shirt who is standing at the counter. When the video begins, the shopkeeper is pointing outside the shop, and it appears he is speaking to the armed man wearing the blue t-shirt. Because the video has no audio, I am speculating, but it seems that maybe he is pointing at the man in blue and telling him to go away and not come into the store.

The man in blue enters the store and walks up to the counter a few feet away from the man in red. Both men face each other and begin talking or arguing. Perhaps—again I’m speculating—the argument started outside the shop, the man in red came into the store, the shopkeeper told the man in blue to stay away, but the man wearing the blue shirt came in to argue with the man in red.

Regardless of the exact reason, the men argue. The man in red reaches into his waistband and pulls out a handgun. Now here is the part I want to focus on.

The Purpose Behind Drawing Your Gun Matters—

The man in red drew his firearm, pointed it at the man in blue. Almost immediately the man in blue blades his body and starts drawing his gun. This might have caught the man in red off-guard as he seems to pull the gun back deliberately, and point it straight upward away from the man in blue.

The man in blue responded quickly, but still, because the men stand roughly 6 feet apart, he could point the gun directly at the man in blue before he can respond.

Now certainly people use force unjustifiably, but it doesn’t appear as though the guy in red had a legally justified reason to shoot the guy in blue. Based on what I see in the video, I think he drew and pointed the gun at the man in blue to scare him, and not to use it. This is an incredibly bad idea.

We see that the man in blue didn’t give up and run away. He reasonably perceived the man in red, posed a deadly threat, and used his firearm to stop him. I can’t say for sure how many shots the man in blue fired, nor how many hit the target, but the initial group caused the man in red to drop his gun.

Yes, quite often the display of a firearm CAN be a deterrent, but it doesn’t happen all the time. And if you’re not justified in using the gun, it can amplify the problem, and give the other person a reasonable justification to use deadly force against you.

I don’t know if the guy in red saw the man in blue had a handgun on his hip and thought he wouldn’t use it, or if he just didn’t see the gun and thought he had the only gun in the equation. Either way, drawing it without actually intending to use it was a fatal mistake.

Have the Right Mindset—

If you draw your gun, you better be justified in using it, and prepared to press the trigger. Don’t ever draw the gun as a tool for intimidation only.

Now I also want to touch on some bad information I’ve heard circulated on social media and from students in classes. Maybe you’ve even heard this said.

“If you draw your gun, you have no choice but to use it, because if not, you’ll get charged for brandishing, assault, attempted murder, etc.”

That is bad info.

Now I know I just got done saying if you draw your gun you better be ready to press the trigger, and just showed a video of what happens when you draw your gun and don’t use it. But there is a difference between drawing the gun because you’re justified and ready to use it, and drawing the gun and pressing the trigger just because you drew it.

If you only draw the gun when you are legally justified in using deadly force, then you are also justified in drawing the gun and NOT using deadly force. The only problem is when you draw the gun and you’re NOT justified in using deadly force. It’s not just a matter of semantics. For this guy, it cost him his life. For someone else, it could cost them their freedom.

See the Video For Yourself—

That is just one of the many lessons to pull from this video. Take a look at the video below and leave a comment on something you noticed.

MAN SHOT, KILLED BY TULSA HOMEOWNER IDENTIFIED BY POLICE

A man that was shot and killed by a Tulsa homeowner over the weekend during an argument has been identified by police.

The Tulsa Police Department said Blake Williams was found dead in the backyard of the home Sunday morning near 1200 N. Toledo Ave.

TPD conducted an investigation and concluded that Williams approached the homeowner around 10 a.m. as he was doing yard work and became aggressive.

Police say the homeowner, who was not identified, asked Williams to leave several times before he was eventually cornered in his garage and attacked with lawn trimming shears.

During the fight, police say the homeowner escaped and grabbed his gun before forcing Williams to leave.

As he was leaving, police say Williams turned around and attacked the homeowner again. Williams was shot and killed.

Tulsa Police say the homeowner is not under arrest at this time.

How We Protect Our Children At School

What does it mean to protect our children at school? For the past decade, I’ve been following a program that protects school children from celebrity-seeking mass-murderers. This program teaches school staff to be first responders who provide both armed defense and medical first aid. We’ve learned a lot over the past decade, but there are still unanswered questions.

Protecting our children at school actually covers a lot of ground. Being “at school” is really a shorthand way of saying we want to protect the children when they are out of their parents care. That includes when they are off campus and on the school bus before school starts. It includes the school events after the last class period ends. We want to protect our children from the ball field to the classroom and into the parking lot.

Once you see the scope of the problem, you realize why a single uniformed School Resource Officer is only the beginning of a safety plan. One defender, no matter how well-trained or effective, can’t be everywhere all the time.

First responders must be near the children because we don’t want to give a murderer time to kill. That means an armed defender has to be within a few hundred feet of every child. The number of defenders that we want depends on the size of the campus and the layout of the buildings. A one-room school house takes fewer defenders than a sprawling K-12 campus.

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DA: Woman commended for protecting herself, kids in shooting, killing man in self-defense in McMinnville

MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A woman was commended for her bravery after shooting and killing a man that posed an imminent threat to her and her kids in McMinnville on Monday, according to District Attorney General Chris Stanford.

Stanford said just before noon the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and McMinnville City Police Department responded to a shooting on Grandview Avenue in McMinnville.

Law enforcement determined that Maurice Malone, 38, had been shot in the chest and died due to the gunshot wound. Through further investigation, law enforcement said that the woman who shot him had an honest and reasonable belief that the then occurring and previous actions, threats and behaviors of Malone posed an imminent threat to Desiree Mears and her minor children.

The shooting death of Malone was deemed justified as self-defense and defense to third parties, according to the DA.

“As a result of the clear case of self-defense and defense of a third-party present here, no charges will be brought against Desiree Mears in connection with the shooting death described herein,” Stanford said in a press release.

“I also want to commend Ms. Mears for her bravery as she acted under extreme pressure yet decided to protect herself and children from the imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death that she was imminently facing. It is never easy for victims of violence to stand up to those that are trying to hurt and kill them. However, Ms. Mears’ bravery last night likely saved her life and the lives of her children, and she is commended for her courage.”

Lastly, the DA asks the public to respect the victims’ privacy during this difficult time, “It is never easy to take a life, even in the instance of a justified killing, such as this one.”

‘Vigilance’ in Haiti.
Don’t think it can’t happen here, because in the past it has. And there are indications that people living in places where the local goobermint doesn’t seem to care all that much about ‘law and order’ will start taking care of business if goobermint won’t. We may not go as far as necklacing, but you never know what’ll happen if things start going kinetic.

“Fear has changed sides” in Haiti as street justice takes hold

Haiti may not be hell on earth, but it’s at least one of its suburbs. The island nation has been absolutely gutted over the decades, first by the despotic rule of the Duvalier family, and more recently by the power vacuum and near total absence of government authority in the wake of the assassination of Jovenel Moïse two years ago.

Crime is rampant, police are few and far between and in many cases, work alongside or in cooperation with the gangs that are the de facto authorities in many communities. At times the streets of Port-au-Prince have resembled a war zone; specifically a civil war pitting Haitians against Haitians in a deadly fight over control of a few square blocks of territory.

But as the New York Times reports, gang violence and violent crime has dropped dramatically in recent weeks as a new power has gained strength on the streets: the “bwa kale” movement, described by the Times as “a citizens “self-defense” movement. Over the past six weeks members have delivered their own brutal form of street justice against the gangs that are causing so many residents to live in fear, killing an estimated 160 suspected gang members.

“Before the 24th, every day someone passed by and demanded that I give him money because of my little business,” said Marie, 62, who sells shoes on the streets of Port-au-Prince. The Times is withholding her full name and those of other residents quoted in this article for their safety.

“When I had no money, they took whatever they wanted from my table, and this happened at any time of the day,” she said.

But two weeks ago, members of the “bwa kale” — crude slang for erection — burned a man believed to be a gang member alive in front of her shoe stall.

Though she sees the revenge movement as “God beginning to make things right,” Marie has misgivings.

“I support vigilance groups, but I don’t like the way they do it,” she said. “He could have been punished in another way. He could have been arrested and put in jail.”

The outbreak of mob justice is worrisome, Haiti experts say, because it could easily be used to target people who have nothing to do with gangs, and could lead to an explosion of even worse violence if the gangs seek retribution.

That it took a movement of self-appointed vigilantes to bring some semblance of calm to parts of Port-au-Prince underscores the chaos engulfing a country where no president has been elected in two years, and underpaid and outgunned police have fled in large numbers.

Even as vigilantes set people ablaze and set up checkpoints, many Haitians support them and consider them a natural consequence of an acute power vacuum.

It’s almost unfathomable to think of living in circumstances so awful that you shrug off or cheer on someone’s immolation, but I’m not sure many of us can truly comprehend what daily life is like for the average Haitian.

“People lived like rats who only came out of their holes to eat,” said Arnold Antonin, 80, a Haitian filmmaker living in the Dominican Republic who fled last year when his wife, Beatriz Larghi, was kidnapped and gangs took over his neighborhood, south of the capital. “The gangs were like the cats.” (His wife was released unharmed after three days, when a ransom was paid.)

On April 24, residents decided enough was enough. The 14 presumed gang members had been arrested and taken to a Port-au-Prince police station. Police officers watched helplessly as neighbors beat the suspects and used tires doused in gasoline to set them on fire, according to the report by the Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights, known as CARDH, which used a combination of field investigators, local authorities, witness accounts, media and verified social media reports to compile its data…

“The reaction of the population, after years of gangs imposing their law, can be attributed to self-defense,” said Gédéon Jean, the executive director of CARDH. “Gangs are supported by certain authorities, politicians and business people. At almost all levels of the police force, gangs have links with police officers. The police do not have the means to systematically and simultaneously confront the growing gangs.”

The “bwa kale” movement has led to a significant reduction in gang violence, according to the report. In May, 43 murders were recorded, most in Port-au-Prince, compared with 146 in April, Mr. Jean said, adding that there have been almost no kidnappings.

“Fear has changed sides,” Mr. Antonin said. He plans to return to Haiti in the coming weeks now that his neighborhood is back in the hands of the community.

It wasn’t white-helmeted UN peacekeepers who have the gangs trembling in fear, but pissed off and fed-up citizens who’ve been pushed to the breaking point. I can’t say I agree with every one of their tactics, but then, I’m not living in a hellhole where the police and gangs are often on the same side and law and order is nowhere to be found.

“The people who are doing this are not criminals,” said Robert Maguire, a retired professor at George Washington University who has studied Haiti for decades. “They are just ordinary Haitians who are fed up, frustrated and frightened. And they want some kind of security. If they have to do it themselves, they’ll do it.”

It may not be pretty, but life is hardly beautiful for most Haitians these days. They’re in a fight for survival, and for the moment it looks like they have the upper hand over the gangs that have been waging war on them since the country descended into anarchy.

Survey: 54% of Protestant Churches Rely on Armed Congregants

U.S.A. — A stunning survey that revealed more than half of Protestant churches across the country rely on “armed congregants as part of their security plan” has just recently been reported by Lifeway Research, even though the poll was taken last September.

The revelation comes 3 ½ years after a gunman opened fire at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, only to be shot dead by armed parishioner Jack Wilson just a few seconds later. The shooting, which was live streamed at the time—the video warped across social media—shows at least a half-dozen armed citizens in the church sanctuary with drawn guns after Wilson fired the single shot that stopped killer Keith Thomas Kinnunen before he could wreak more havoc.

At the time, Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, ripped into anti-gunners.

“The gun control crowd has been predictably silent,” Gottlieb said following the December 2019 incident, “because the use of firearms by private citizens in defense of themselves and others—especially a large crowd of worshippers in a church—just doesn’t fit the extremist gun control narrative.”

He even had some blistering remarks for then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and fellow Democrats for their “deafening silence.”

However, Biden had been critical of Texas gun laws in September of that year, which earned the Delaware Democrat plenty of scorn from gun rights advocates, including Gottlieb. At the time, Biden contended the relaxed Texas gun law was “irrational.” The December shooting demonstrated otherwise as Wilson and other armed churchgoers were able to immediately react.

But the Lifeway Research report, now coming to light nearly nine months after it was conducted, has some other revelations that might elicit silence from the gun control crowd.

As noted by Fox News, “Approximately 81% of churches — or four in five pastors — said they have at least one security measure to prevent potential attacks.”

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Montana hunter kills grizz in self-defense encounter

ENNIS, Mont. — On June 5, a hunter in Montana’s Madison Range killed a grizzly bear in self-defense after being charged, according to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP).

The person was hunting black bears on a remote parcel of private land.

According to FWP, the hunter notified the proper officials and a field investigation was conducted. While the investigation is ongoing, the bear’s behavior appeared to be defensive due to the surprise and close encounter with the hunter.

The grizzly was identified as a 15-year-old female that had previously been captured for research in 2013 and had no known history of conflicts with people.

The encounter is a reminder to folks recreating in the backcountry to carry bear spray and be prepared to use it.

Other ways to avoid human-bear conflicts include:

  • Travel in groups whenever possible and make casual noise, which can help alert bears to your presence
  • Stay away from animal carcasses, which often attract bears
  • Follow food storage orders from the applicable land management agency
  • If you encounter a bear, never approach it. Leave the area when it is safe to do so.
  • Keep garbage, bird feeders, pet food and other attractants put away in a secure building. Keep garbage in a secure building until the day it is collected. Certified bear-resistant garbage containers are available in many areas.
  • Never feed wildlife. Bears that become food conditioned lose their natural foraging behavior and pose threats to human safety.

For hunters:

  • Carry bear spray and be prepared to use it immediately.
  • Look for bear sign and be cautious around creeks and areas with limited visibility.
  • Hunt with a group of people. Making localized noise can alert bears to your presence.
  • Be aware that elk calls and cover scents can attract bears
  • Bring the equipment and people needed to help field dress game and remove the meat from the kill site as soon as possible.
  • If you need to leave part of the meat in the field during processing, hang it at least 10 feet off the ground and at least 150 yards from the gut pile. Leave it where it can be observed from a distance of at least 200 yards.
  • Upon your return, observe the meat with binoculars. If it has been disturbed or if a bear is in the area, leave.

Grizzly bears in the lower 48 states are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Management authority for grizzlies rests with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Suspect Allegedly Fires Shots at Victims After Forced Entry into Jonesboro Apartment

JONESBORO, Ark. – An alarming report filed this week with JPD alleges that a suspect forcibly entered an apartment at gunpoint and fired shots at two victims.

The incident occurred between 2:45 PM and 3:15 PM on June 8 at the 600-block of Gladiolus Drive. According to the police report, two residents were inside the apartment when the suspect forced entry. The report states that the suspect discharged a firearm at both victims, fortunately causing no injuries.

Upon receiving a report of shots being fired, multiple officers were dispatched to the address at 5:05 PM. Subsequently, Robert Hayden Kash Sanchez, a 21-year-old resident of Jonesboro, was arrested in connection with the incident. He now faces several felony charges, including aggravated residential burglary, aggravated assault, and terrorist act.

The probable cause affidavit, which was released to NEA Report on Friday afternoon, provides further details about the incident. According to the affidavit, a male and female victim were inside their apartment when they heard a knock on the door. Choosing not to answer, they observed a white female walking back to a white SUV parked in the lot. Moments later, a male suspect, later identified as Sanchez, emerged from the SUV. The male victim reported seeing Sanchez armed with a handgun as he approached their apartment door. Allegedly, Sanchez forcefully kicked the door open, leading to an exchange of gunfire between him and the male resident. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, and the suspect fled the scene.

During the interview with law enforcement, Sanchez reportedly confessed to traveling to the apartment with the intention of confronting the victim, engaging in a physical altercation, and stealing his money. Police assert that he admitted to kicking in the door and firing the weapon into the apartment.

More Coloradans carrying as concealed handgun permits climb above pre-pandemic levels.

DENVER — Despite the practice being targeted for restrictions by some municipalities, the number of Coloradans obtaining concealed handgun permits (CHPs) in 2022 still climbed above pre-pandemic levels.

Such local gun rights restrictions are possible after Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 256 in 2021. The new law unwound decades of state preemption and allows local governments to manage their own gun laws, but only so long as they are more restrictive than those at the state level, meaning the law only allows for a one-way ratcheting up rather than true local control.

To date several communities have been successful in passing laws prohibiting concealed carry in public-owned buildings or parks, including Denver, Boulder and Broomfield.  The City of Edgewater originally included such a ban in a broader package of potential ordinances but backed off after a large public outcry.

Such a patchwork of laws make it tough on gun owners to know where they can and can’t carry as they travel the state, and is one of the reasons the legislature originally passed preemption around gun laws.

However, except for a surge in permits issued in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the COVID lockdowns and in the wake of the George Floyd riots, the number of new Colorado residents who have chosen to go through the process to lawfully conceal a weapon is still rising.

According to recent data recently released by the County Sheriffs of Colorado, 27,031 new concealed carry permits were issued statewide in 2022, with another 26,622 existing permits renewed.  That is down from 2020 and 2021 when permits skyrocketed in Colorado and around the country, but it is 14 percent increase over 2019 (23,250) and a 6 percent increase over 2018 (25,643).

According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, just over 15 percent of the Colorado population 21 or older holds a carry permit.

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Suspected car burglar dies after shootout in west Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A deadly shootout erupted after a man confronted two suspected car burglars outside his home in west Houston overnight.

The Houston Police Department said the shooting happened at about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday at a home on Woodway near Fondren.

Investigators said a 60-year-old man saw two men trying to break into his fence through surveillance cameras.

The homeowner reportedly approached the suspects to tell them to leave. That’s when at least one suspect pulled out a weapon and started shooting, according to police.

The homeowner, also armed with a gun, fired back several times, police said.

Police say the 60-year-old was shot in the leg, and one of the suspects was shot multiple times.

The injured suspect ran back through the fence and stopped at a stairwell. First responders were called to the scene, and the suspect was taken to the hospital, where he died, officials said.

The second suspect’s location is unknown at this time.

“The other suspect he must have left with a gun because we can’t find the other weapon. And he did leave on foot. We have a decent video we’re working with,” Lt. R. Willkens said.

Police said there have been several thefts and car break-ins in the area, so neighbors are on high alert.

Police around the city responded to at least seven shootings in 12 hours overnight, and three were deadly.

The homeowner is at the hospital and cooperating. Police haven’t disclosed if anyone will be facing charges.

Centerville homeowner shoots, kills alleged intruder during home invasion

CENTERVILLE — A man is dead after a home invasion led to a shooting in Centerville early Thursday morning.

Joseph Gibson, 36, of Dayton, was identified Thursday afternoon as the person who had died in the shooting, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

Officers were dispatched to the 9700 block of Sheehan Road shortly before 5 a.m. after a woman at the home reported that someone was attempting to break in, according to Centerville Public Information Officer John Davis.

“We have someone trying to break into our house right now,” the woman told dispatchers.

While officers were on their way to the home, a “bang” that was believed to be a gunshot could be heard over the phone, Davis said.

Upon arrival, officers were met by a man at the front door who said that he had just shot an intruder in his home.

Officers then located Gibson lying on the floor inside the front door with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Davis said officers also located a 40-year-old female lying face down in the front lawn unresponsive but breathing. She was taken by medics to a local hospital for treatment for matters unrelated to the shooting.

No other injuries were reported.

Homeowner shoots, kills accused burglar during attempted break-in

ASCENSION PARISH, La. (WAFB) – A man was killed on Sunday, June 4, after allegedly attempting to break into a home in Ascension Parish, officials said.

Kameron Serigny, 20, of Gonzales, has been identified as the man found deceased in the home.

According to officials, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted break-in around 6 a.m. at a home on Tiggy Duplessis Rd., in Ascension Parish.

Deputies said when they arrived Serigny was found in the rear entrance threshold of the home. The homeowner told deputies he fired several shots at Serigny who was attempting to break in.

Investigators say the suspect first tried to break into a car in the driveway, setting off the car alarm and alerting the homeowners.

The home is equipped with several security cameras which showed the suspect eating grass and beating on his chest, investigators said.

Video shows the suspect punching a hole in the glass on the home’s door, investigators said at that point, the homeowner fired one shot and the suspect fell to the ground. The suspect then reportedly got up again and punched another hole in the glass.

The homeowner then shot him again, sending the suspect back to the ground. The suspect then got up and slammed himself into the door, breaking it open, the video shows. At that point, the homeowner fired 3 to 4 additional shots, killing the suspect, investigators said.

Detectives with the APSO Violent Crimes Unit investigated and received information that corroborated the homeowner’s statement.

Serigny is believed to have used an illegal substance before the attempted break-in, detectives added.

The homeowner has not been charged and a toxicology report is pending, officials said.

If you are willing to paint people who disagree with you as monsters who are “pro dead elementary school children”, I can’t begin to imagine the state-sponsored violence you could rationalize being used against them. We’ll keep our guns, thanks.