Category: Self Defense

Attempted home invasion robbery leaves 2 fatally shot, 2 others wounded in Riverside County community

Gunfire exchanged between residents and people who broke into their home in La Cresta, west of Murrieta, early Saturday morning left two people dead and two others wounded, authorities said Monday, Dec. 28.
Investigators believe a number of suspects — it wasn’t immediately confirmed how many — forced their way into a home on 37000 block of Calle de Lobo and attacked one of its residents, Riverside County Sheriff’s officials said in a news release. Shots were fired during the altercation, and four people were hit.
Deputies were summoned at 4:01 a.m., and found two people dead when they arrived, Sheriff’s officials said. One decedent was a suspect in what the agency called a botched home invasion robbery. Information was not immediately released on the second person who was fatally shot.
A second suspect in the robbery and one other person who was shot were taken to a hospital. Details regarding the severity of their wounds was not immediately available.
Sheriff’s officials believe at least one more suspect fled in a car. A detailed description of any possible outstanding suspect or vehicle was not available Monday afternoon.
Those shot were identified only as males, their ages were not immediately disclosed.
Authorities asked anyone with information regarding the shooting and robbery to contact Sheriff’s Investigator Stites at 951-245-3300, or Investigator Button at 951-955-2777.
The identities of those who died were withheld pending the notification of their relatives.

Woman shot during break-in at Kenmore storage facility

KENMORE, Wash. – A woman was shot early Monday during a break-in at a Kenmore storage facility, sheriff’s officials said.

The incident unfolded at about 12:45 a.m. as deputies and medics responded to a report of a shooting at People’s Storage in the 6900 block of NE 181st Street in Kenmore, said Tim Meyer of the King County Sheriff’s Office.

A woman was found at the scene with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

A preliminary found that the resident caretaker at the facility interrupted the woman as she was attempting to break in and steal items.

At some point, the woman pulled out a gun. The caretaker, who was also armed, responded by firing a single shot and striking the woman in the shoulder, Meyer said.

The woman will be booked into the King County Jail once she is released from the hospital.

Store clerk shoots man attempting to rob convenience store

TUNICA,Miss. — Unexpected shots were fired when a young man attempted to rob a Mississippi convenience store, Tunica County Sheriff’s Office reported.

According to police, at exactly 6:42 p.m. on December 23rd, they received a call about an armed robbery at a local store.

The suspect walked into the store with a handgun and demanded money from the store clerk, police said.

During the robbery, the store clerk shot the suspect who then fled out of the store, per reports.

Forensics used the evidence and determined that 22-year-old Joshua Johnson of Horn Lake, MS is the person responsible for the crime.

The evidence also led them to a home where they learned that someone dropped him off at a nearby hospital for treatment.

Officials said there will be criminal charges against Johnson as this investigation is ongoing.

Homeowner shoots burglary suspect 3 times in north Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A burglary suspect was shot three times in the leg by a homeowner early Sunday in north Houston, according to police.

It happened at a home in the 6500 block of Jensen around 3 a.m.

Police said the homeowner went outside with a gun to investigate the noises he said he heard coming from his backyard.

That’s when he found a man breaking into his shed.

Officers placed tourniquets on the burglary suspect, and he was taken to the hospital. Police said he is expected to survive.

“I’m not exactly sure what he was thinking, but he was inside the shed taking some items from the owner when the owner came outside,” a police officer said.

Woman Shoots Suspect Who Forced Way Into Home And Assaulted Her On Christmas

STOCKTON (CBS13) – A man involved in a dispute with his neighbor was shot after allegedly pushing his way into the woman’s apartment and assaulting her and her family on Christmas Day, the Stockton Police Department said on Saturday.

The neighbor, a 29-year-old woman, was confronted by the suspect and engaged in an argument, police said. This happened just before 2:45 p.m. on Friday in the 1700 block of Quail Lakes Drive.

Stockton police said the suspect, a 32-year-old man, forced his way into the woman’s home and began the assault, which prompted the woman to shoot the suspect. His identity has not yet been released.

The suspect was taken to the hospital to be treated for what police described as a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

Stockton police said the case was handed over to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office. No further information was released.

Man with concealed carry permit shoots and kills robbery suspect inside Chicago cell phone store

CHICAGO – A man was shot and killed while trying to rob a cell phone store in Chicago on Saturday, police said.

The would-be robber entered the cell phone shop on the 3400 hundred block of West Chicago Avenue in Humboldt Park around 7 p.m.

A man on the scene shot the robbery suspect in the chest and abdomen, police said. It is not clear if the man was the owner, employee, or another customer.

Police said the shooter, 29, had a valid concealed carry permit.

The robbery suspect was transported in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police confiscated the robbery suspect’s gun and the gun belonging to the concealed carry permit holder.

Driver shoots man during attempted Denver carjacking; witness shares account

DENVER — A man allegedly involved in two Denver carjackings was shot by one driver he was trying to rob, according to the Denver Police Department.

It started around 6:30 a.m. Thursday with a carjacking at Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue. The man who was involved in the carjacking then tried to carjack another driver in the area of Buchtel Boulevard and Downing Street, according to police. The driver at the second location shot and wounded him.

The injured man took off in the original car taken from Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue, police said. Officers found him around 8 a.m. in the 2100 block of S. Ash Street in Denver.

Alex Valdes witnessed the initial carjacking at the intersection of Speer and Colfax. He said he chose to call 911 after seeing other bystanders drive away,

“I just witnessed a carjacking [and] I see nobody reacting. It takes no energy to call 911.”

The man who was shot was taken to the hospital. The investigation is ongoing.

String of armed robberies ends with suspect shot at corner store in Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A string of armed convenience store robberies that started in Victor ended on Thurston Road in Rochester Wednesday night, when an employee of Angelo’s Grocery Store shot the suspect.

That’s according to Rochester police, who say the suspect — a 25-year-old Rochester man — is in custody.

Investigators say the suspect began by robbing a Kwik Fill in Victor and then robbed a FastTrac on West Ridge Road and a Family Dollar on Dewey Avenue. They say the suspect was shot while attempting to rob Angelo’s Grocery. The timeline is as follows:

3:38 p.m.: robbery at Kwik Fill in Victor (a suspect and vehicle description was broadcast to RPD)
6:49 p.m.: robbery at the FastTrac at 375 W Ridge Road
7:07 p.m.: robbery at the Family Dollar at 706 Dewey Avenue
7:26 p.m.: attempted robbery at Angelo’s Grocery and Deli at 579 Thurston Road
While attempting to the last of the robberies, RPD officials said the store owner produced a legally owned hand gun and fired at the suspect, striking him. The store owner stayed on scene until police arrived.

“The first sergeant on the scene was by herself but did a great job taking the male suspect who had been shot into custody, as well as detaining the two clerks from the store,” said RPD Captain Naser Zenelovic. “She recovered two handguns, one from each person. You can imagine how stressful that was.”

Rochester police say the suspect is being treated at Strong Memorial Hospital and is expected to recover. The investigation is ongoing.

Gas station worker kills armed robber

New Orleans Police say an armed robber is dead after holding up a New Orleans gas station.

“The NOPD has determined this incident to be a justifiable homicide,” Public Information Officer Juan Barnes said. “A store employee produced a gun and exchanged fire with the armed subject. The armed subject was struck and later died on scene, as a result of injuries sustained in the shooting.”

He says the suspect had walked behind the checkout counter and threatened the employees and then fired his gun.

“Through investigation, NOPD Homicide Unit detectives determined that while inside of a business at the location, the decedent had grabbed a drink out of the wall cooler. He then walked towards the front of the checkout counter, subsequently he goes behind the counter. At this time, the decedent pointed a gun towards the direction of the employees, threaten to harm them and then fired a round in their direction.”

15-year-old suspect shot in attempted carjacking, search continues for second suspect

UPDATE — Pensacola Police has provided the following statement in regards to the attempted carjacking Wednesday morning.

We do not anticipate any charges against the victim in this incident as it is a Stand Your Ground type case. The suspect who was shot is in critical condition, and he is 15 years old. The victim is 80 years old. We are still looking for the second suspect.

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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Officers with the Pensacola Police Department are searching for a suspect following an attempted carjacking on West Brainerd Street.

Investigators say the homeowner was in his driveway around 11pm, locking his cars for the night when two men approached him and tried to steal his car. One of the suspects pulled out a gun. The victim then pulled out his own gun and shot at the suspects.

Both men ran away. One of the victims turned up at a house on N Street with a gunshot wound. His injuries are non-life-threatening. The homeowner was not injured and it appears that the suspects never fired their guns.

One dead after reported robbery attempt in Laurel County

LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) – One man is dead after an alleged attempted robbery at a Laurel County store.

According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, an attempted robbery was reported at the Bait Bucket store south of London around 7 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19.

Deputies were told 32-year-old Jacob Vann entered the store saying he wanted money and implying he had a weapon. An employee fired a gun at Vann when he allegedly assaulted another employee. Vann was killed by the gunfire.

A third employee was hit in the side by a stray bullet. She was treated at the scene and taken to UK Medical Center in Lexington

Beaumont woman shoots, kills ex-boyfriend breaking into her home,

BEAUMONT, Texas — A woman shot and killed her ex-boyfriend who was trying to break into her home Friday evening, Beaumont Police said.

Beaumont Police officers responded to a call about a burglary at 6:06 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 in the 3200 block of Cartwright Street in the South End neighborhood.

The caller told 911 dispatch that her ex-boyfriend was breaking into her home, Officer Haley Morrow said. Then she fired a gun and hit the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.

Jefferson County Precinct One Justice of the Peace Ben Collins, Sr. said the man had a gunshot wound to the chest and was from Georgia. He said the homeowner fired one shot which struck the man in the chest and he has ordered an autopsy.

Officials will release the man’s name after the family has been notified.

Man killed after shooting, injuring paramedics in Pine Bluff Arkansas

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot early Thursday after reportedly shooting two paramedics who were giving aid to his injured girlfriend, police said.

Officers responded to a call regarding two paramedics who had been shot at 1409 W. 23rd Ave. just before 4:40 a.m. Thursday, according to a news release issued by Pine Bluff police.

Paramedic Joshua Godfrey, 35, was sitting in the back of an ambulance bleeding and John Spriggs Sr., 21, was lying on the ground beside the ambulance when police arrived, the release states.

The paramedics told officers they were rendering aid in the back of the ambulance to a 20-year-old woman complaining of knee pain, when her boyfriend, Kevin Curl Jr., walked up to them “aggressively,” police said.

Spriggs told police Curl refused to back up, and pushed him and asked what he was going to do about it, police said. Spriggs punched Curl, who then pulled out a gun and shot both paramedics approximately three times each in the chest, pelvic and abdomen areas, according to the news release.

Spriggs returned fire, striking Curl, police said. When officers arrived they found Curl dead on the kitchen floor of a residence at the address with at least one gunshot wound in his chest, police said.

Both paramedics and the woman were transported to Jefferson Regional Medical Center to be treated for their injuries.

Woman shoots suspect who fatally shot man inside apartment

One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting inside an apartment in northwest Atlanta late Monday night.

Police say the two men were involved in a fight when one of the men fatally shot the other. A woman also inside the apartment then fired her own weapon multiple times at the shooter. That man was taken to an area hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He’s currently in stable condition.

Police say the woman is not expected to face charges as the shooting is believed to be in self-defense. The victims have not been identified and are only described as men in their late 20’s to early 30’s.

No additional information was released.

Gunman Shot by Police at NYC Cathedral Christmas Concert

NEW YORK — A man was fatally shot by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of a Christmas choral concert, police said.

The gunfire began just before 4 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

A 45-minute concert held on the cathedral steps had just concluded and a crowd of several hundred people was drifting away when the gunman started shooting, sending people running down Amsterdam Avenue screaming and diving to the sidewalk.

A detective, a sergeant and a police officer who were at the event fired 15 rounds, killing the man, said New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea.

“It is by the grace of God today,” he said, that no one besides the gunman was struck…

Rosedale man fatally shot in Walmart parking lot was attempting to rob another man

Baltimore County police say a 20-year-old Rosedale man who died Sunday was fatally shot in a Walmart parking lot after he attempted to rob someone.

Baltimore County Police spokeswoman Ofc. Jennifer Peach said on Sunday that the department was called to the Golden Ring Shopping Center at 6420 Petrie Way Road in the Rossville area just after 5:20 p.m. for a shooting

When police arrived, Peach said, they found Kumar Jumar Burney suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body. Peach said Burney, of the 5300 block of King Arthur Circle, was transported with life-threatening injuries to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center where he later died.

Police said Burney arranged a meetup in the parking lot with a man he found on a popular app selling an expensive pair of shoes. During the transaction, police said, Burney attempted to rob the seller, who pulled a handgun, shot Burney once, then called 9-1-1 and remained at the scene.

Responding officers located Burney lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound, and recovered a loaded handgun from him before he was transported to the hospital.

“Investigators interviewed and released the seller, who is cooperating with the police investigation,” police said in a news release. “Once detectives from the Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit have concluded their investigation the case will be reviewed by the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office.”

Man in Las Vegas killed after attempting break-in

LAS VEGAS (NV) — A man who police in Las Vegas said was attempting to break into an office building and used car dealership died after being shot by an employee, authorities said.

Police said the man was trying to enter a United Way office and nearby car dealership on Friday when an employee confronted him. Police believe the alleged burglar was homeless and armed with barbecue utensils.
The employee shot the alleged burglar after a confrontation, police said.
The man was taken to the University Medical Center, where he was later declared dead. The employee was taken to the hospital for observation.
Lt. Ray Spencer said the department is investigating the shooting but that he expects the incident to be regarded as self-defense.

Seems reasonable. I think carjacking isn’t ‘nice’.

Victim fatally shoots attempted carjacker in Nicetown

NICETOWN (PA)- A man is dead after what police say was an attempted carjacking in Nicetown.

Officials say two men stopped at a gas station at the corner of West Hunting Park Avenue and North Broad Street Saturday, just after 10:30 p.m.

One of the two men went into the convenience store, while the other remained outside. It was then, authorities say, two men pulled up in a dark SUV and attempted a carjacking.

The man inside the store came outside, saw the two men and began to fire a gun, according to officials.

The two men with the dark SUV reportedly returned fire. One of the two men was hit once in the chest.

That man was transported by police to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators say the other man reportedly fled the scene in the dark SUV.

The man who saw the attempted carjacking and fired a weapon was said to be licensed to carry a gun.

The investigation is ongoing.

Homeowner shoots 17-year-old intruder during home invasion in Sycamore

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Two killed, 3 wounded in Lacombe home invasion

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – St. Tammany sheriff’s deputies are investigating a double homicide in Lacombe in which two of four of the armed intruders were killed. The homeowner’s four-year-old daughter was also struck by a bullet in the crossfire.

It is a tight-knit community here on Palmer Drive where everyone is either related or has known each other for years and many are stunned by what happened here on Tuesday.

Police say four armed intruders entered the home at the end of Palmer Drive at around 10 a.m. and all four wound up being shot by the homeowner leaving two of them are dead.

The St. Tammany Coroner’soffice has identified the deceased as 25-year-old Renard Causey Jr. and 21-year-old Justin Hill, of Hammond. The homeowner’s four-year-old daughter was also apparently struck in the crossfire.

A relative tells us that the homeowner may have been pistol-whipped before he fired at the intruders. Neighbors say they waited 24 hours to learn about the shooting.

“It was late morning and we heard patrol cars, one after another and detective cars and then there would be ambulances. There were several dozen emergency vehicles involved,” said Shannon Bordelon of Bayou Adventure in Lacombe.

Family members say they are relieved that the four-year-old girl in the home was operated on and is expected to be okay. The St. Tammany sheriff’s office says they didn’t want to put out information sooner, because they say they did not want to impede the investigation, which is ongoing.

The homeowner is also expected to be okay.

Hammer-wielding suspect attempting to break into home shot, killed by house-sitter
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said no charges have been filed at this time, but an investigation is underway.

NEW CANEY, Texas — A man house-sitting for a friend shot and killed an attempted burglar Wednesday night in New Caney, according to Montgomery County Sheriff deputies.

This happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the 23700 block of Pankey Drive.

Investigators said the man heard a banging sound coming from the back of the house and when he went to see what was going on, he was confronted by an unknown suspect who was holding a hammer.

Deputies said the suspect charged at the man and that’s when the man pulled out his gun and shot the suspect multiple times in the backyard of the home.

The man then called police, according to deputies.

The suspect died on scene. His identity has not been released, but deputies said he was in his 20s.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said no charges have been filed at this time, but an investigation is underway.