Category: Slugs For Thugs

Naked man breaks through apartment wall in St. Louis, threatens family, is shot

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – The shooting of a man who allegedly broke through an apartment wall while naked and threatened to kill a man and his family will be investigated as an act of self-defense, police said.

According to St. Louis Police incident reports, officers were dispatched around 2 p.m. Friday to a report of a shooting in the 900 block of Park Avenue. There, officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his left hand. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Police said an initial investigation showed the suspect, described as a 32-year-old man, broke through the wall of the victim’s apartment. The suspect was naked and threatening to kill the victim and his family, according to the report.

Fearing for his family’s safety, the victim shot at the suspect, striking the suspect’s left hand, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

First Alert 4 will update this story as additional details are provided.

2 shot during attempted carjacking in Murray gym parking lot

MURRAY — Police believe an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of Murray fitness center led to the shootings of both the victim and the man accused of trying to take her car.

About 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, Murray police were called to the EOS Fitness parking lot, 5550 S. 900 East, on a report of shots fired.

“When officers arrived they learned that it was an attempted carjacking where the victim and suspect both received gunshot wounds,” police said in a prepared statement.

A woman in her 20s was shot in the abdomen and taken to a local hospital in critical condition. A man, also in his 20s, got into another car after being shot and before police arrived, and was later “dropped off at a local hospital with a critical but stable gunshot wound to the chest,” police said.

Investigators believe the woman was the victim of a random carjacking attempt. Few details about what transpired in the parking lot have been released, but police say two weapons have been recovered. Why the man picked the victim or her vehicle to take remained under investigation on Thursday.

Although police said the man who was shot was “dropped off” at a hospital, Murray police spokeswoman Kristin Reardon says detectives believe they have identified everyone involved.

One woman said she had talked to the woman after she had finished a swimming workout and as she was leaving the locker room. The woman heard a loud sound and then saw the victim on the ground.

“When I came out, she was laying on the ground and she had obviously been super wounded,” the witness said. “The only thing we were hearing was that we didn’t know where the shooter was. Some people had thought they ran in, some thought they ran out.”

Another witness told KSL-TV he was working out when he heard three gunshots.

Alleged home invasion suspect shot by Bay City resident,

BAY CITY, Mich. – Police say that an alleged home invasion suspect is in serious condition after being shot by a Bay City resident.

Police responded to a shooting in the 200 block of N. Jefferson St. shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday.

Officers found a 33-year-old Bay City man outside of the residence suffering from two gunshot wounds to the torso.

Investigators say the individual that was shot was allegedly armed with a pipe and had broken into the residence.

That is when one of the residents shot the alleged suspect, according to the Bay City Department of Public Safety.

The individual has been hospitalized with serious injuries, but is stable.

Coroner IDs woman shot by Clark County homeowner targeted in scam

A Franklin County woman shot to death outside a Clark County house this week has been identified as Loletha Hall, 61, according to Dr. Kent E. Harshbarger, Montgomery County coroner.

The resident, an 86-year-old Madison Twp. man, had been targeted in a scam, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting happened at 11:18 a.m. Monday in the 7000 block of South Charleston-Clifton Road.

Lt. Kristopher Shultz said preliminary investigation revealed the resident had been contacted by telephone by strangers. They told the 86-year-old a relative of his was incarcerated in the Clark County Jail and “a significant amount of money, in cash, was necessary to post bail for this relative,” Shultz said.

The caller provided pertinent information for the case and the posting of bail, “all of which was bogus information,” the lieutenant said.

The caller and the resident, whose identity has not been released, spoke multiple times regarding the situation, Shultz said, “with the resident being hesitant and resistant to complying with the instructions of the caller.”

The investigators said the caller threatened violence toward the 86-year-old man and members of his family.

When Hall went to the man’s house, the resident produced a pistol and shot Hall multiple times.

“The resident then retreated to the interior of his home, secured his firearm, and made contact with the (911) Communication Center,” Shultz said.

Deputies responded as did fire and EMS units from Madison Twp. and Cedarville.

They found the 86-year-old with lacerations to the head and an ear, bleeding profusely. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment and later released.

The Franklin County woman was on the ground about 20 feet from her vehicle. After treatment at the scene, Hall was flown to Kettering Health in Kettering, where she died while in surgery.

Shulz said significant evidence has been seized and collected by detectives, with search warrants in process to continue the investigation.

“It was reported that there was an assault on the homeowner here at the residence, it was an elderly male, and that he used a firearm to defend himself in the course of that assault,” Shultz said at the scene Monday.

The incident prompted a message from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to remind residents, especially older citizens, that no law enforcement agency or court will make contact with anyone to solicit cash for bail or other official functions.

“We encourage all citizens to use extreme caution when being contacted unexpectedly by subjects claiming to be relatives incarcerated in a correctional facility, or claiming to have direct knowledge of relatives incarcerated in a correctional facility,” the sheriff’s release said.

Police Say Man Was Shot By Homeowner At Wenatchee Residence

Wenatchee Police are investigating a shooting just after midnight Friday morning in the 300 block of South Wenatchee Avenue.

Officers say a 50-year-old man was shot by a homeowner who said the man tried to enter the residence.

Police Sergeant Nathan Hahn says they haven’t determined yet whether a crime was committed.

“Obviously a homeowner has the ability to protect themselves if they feel like they’re in danger or threatened,” said Hahn. “But in this case, we just don’t have enough information to be able to definitively say what exactly happened.”

The man was taken to Confluence Health Hospital Central Campus with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

Police said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

They say it does not appear the homeowner knew the man who is a Wenatchee resident.

No charges have been filed at this time.

The shooting took place at 12:05 am Friday. All four local law enforcement agencies were called to the scene initially – Wenatchee Police, East Wenatchee Police, Chelan County deputies, and Douglas County deputies.

Grandmother shoots man who allegedly broke into her home while fleeing police

Albuquerque police say a woman trying to protect her 4-year-old grandchild shot an auto theft suspect who twice broke into her home demanding car keys Friday night in the North Valley.

Joseph Rivera, 32, is charged with burglary, attempted burglary and auto theft.

Franchesca Perdue, an Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman, said Rivera will be booked into jail after being released from the hospital, where he is being treated.

Rivera is currently on pretrial release in a July 2023 case in which he was found in a stolen vehicle with fentanyl, cocaine and heroin on him, according to court records. At the time, Rivera told police that “his personal life and caring for his family has been incredibly difficult” as he struggled with undiagnosed mental health issues and addiction.

A warrant was issued in that case when he didn’t show up for a court hearing in October.

On Friday, around 8 p.m., police tried to pull over a stolen truck near Central and Cypress and used spike strips to flatten the tires, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. Police said the driver fled with the truck “on its rims” and crashed it into a curb near Candelaria and Rio Grande NW.

The driver ran into the neighborhood, and police made a perimeter to search the area.

Around 9:30 p.m., a woman called 911 and said she had shot a man in her home after he “took her keys and said he did not want to go to jail,” according to the complaint. Officers detained the burglar — identified as Rivera — at the home and the woman handed police the gun she used to shoot him.

Police said the woman told them she was with her 4-year-old grandson when she heard someone inside the home. She said she confronted the man, who “appeared to be angry” and told her he “just needed her keys.”

The woman told police she thought about arming herself then but “did not know if she had time to use the weapon” if he also had a gun, according to the complaint. The woman said she took him to a “bowl of keys” in the kitchen and Rivera took several keys and left.

Police said the woman told them she then grabbed a gun and took her grandchild into the bedroom. She said she then found Rivera back in her hallway, “demanding more keys.”

The woman told police she pointed the gun at Rivera and “told him to get out” but he began approaching her instead, according to the complaint. She said she was scared “he would kill her or her grandchild” and she shot him once.

Police said the woman told them Rivera fell to the ground and began “crawling through the halls asking for water.” She said she “put pressure on his wound until police arrived.”

Victim fights back, fires weapon during attempted carjacking in North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA – What would have been another Philadelphia carjacking was thwarted when its victim took matters into their own hands.

Police say a suspect tried to carjack a victim at 10th and Mount Vernon streets in North Philadelphia around 1:30 a.m.

But the victim fought back, firing his weapon at the suspect, according to authorities.

It’s unclear if the suspect was hurt.

Police have to release any details about the victim, who did not suffer any physical injuries.

So far, no arrests have been made, and no suspect description.

Man shot, killed by homeowner after allegedly breaking into home in Trenton, New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) — A man is dead after being shot and killed by a homeowner in Trenton, New Jersey, according to police.

Trenton police responded to Bert Avenue around 10:25 p.m. Sunday, after receiving reports of a shooting in the area. Detectives in the area on an unrelated assignment then found a man on St. Francis Avenue who had a gunshot wound to the chest.

That man, identified as 34-year-old Andray Ingram, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

During the investigation, police determined that a homeowner on Bert Avenue had fired multiple shots at an unknown individual who allegedly had a hammer, and was banging on the homeowner’s front door and smashing his Ring camera.

The person, who police say they have identified as Ingram, had entered inside the vestibule area of the residence when the shots were fired, according to officials.

Officials say no charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing.

Man shot after forcing entry into Orange County home

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was shot Saturday night after allegedly forcing entry into a home near Baldwin Park, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded around 8:50 p.m. to the 700 block of Eldridge Street, a statement reads.

The man accused of forcing entry to the home suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital in stable condition, deputies said, adding the two parties know each other.

The sheriff’s office is still investigating.

Charlotte boy shoots hotel intruder while defending pregnant mother

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say an 11-year-old boy shot a man to defend his pregnant mother against an attack from a hotel room intruder.

Police have warrants out for the suspect.

Investigators said he broke into a hotel room and started attacking a pregnant mother when her young son stepped in and shot him.

According to CMPD, the break-in and shooting happened late Wednesday, March 13, after 11 p.m. at the InTown Suites just off I-77 in west Charlotte.

Investigators said a man busted into a hotel room and started attacking the 27-year-old pregnant mom, leaving her with bruises and scratches.

Police said the woman knew her attacker, and it was a domestic violence situation.

Detectives said the woman’s 11-year-old son saw his mom getting attacked, and the young boy rushed in and shot the intruder.

The suspect and the pregnant woman were taken to the hospital.

Police said the young boy is not facing any charges.

Investigators have warrants out for the suspect, including assault by strangulation, assault on an unborn child, and false imprisonment.

NYC Straphanger Shoots ‘Aggressive’ Rider in Head After Wrestling Gun Away From Him During Fight: Cops

A fight on a packed Brooklyn train Thursday afternoon took a horrific turn when one straphanger wrestled a gun away from an apparent agitator and shot him in the head, police said.

The violence on a rush-hour northbound A train erupted when a 32-year-old man was confronted by an “aggressive” 36-year-old rider after boarding at the Nostrand Avenue subway station at 4:45 p.m., NYPD Chief Michael Kemper said at a press conference.

What started as a verbal argument quickly escalated as the 36-year-old man flashed what’s believed to be a knife or razor before pulling out a gun, Kemper said.

No charges in Sterling Heights shooting after attack

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office said it will not charge a woman who shot two people accused of attacking her, citing self-defense.

A mother and daughter driving a Jeep Compass followed a woman in a Dodge Durango to Carrabba’s Italian Grill off Schoenherr Road on Feb. 27, according to a press release from the prosecutor’s office.

The Durango driver had stopped for a stop sign near the restaurant when the duo got out of their car and began assaulting her, officials wrote.

A witness tried to help the Durango driver but fled when she opened fire, striking both women attacking her, according to the release.

The two women had been trying to attack the Durango driver, a witness who saw the shooting told 911.

Both attackers are recovering from non-life threatening injuries, the prosecutor’s office said.

Sterling Heights police filed a warrant request for charges against the shooter this month. The prosecutor’s office denied charges, as the shooter also had a valid concealed pistol license, according to the release.

The shooter will also not file charges against the two women who attacked her, the office reported.

“Denying charges on the ground of self defense is a recognition of the inherent right to protect oneself when faced with imminent danger,” Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said in the statement.

Elderly woman fatally shoots suspect during home invasion near Blackfoot

A home invasion turned deadly for the intruder on Wednesday north of Blackfoot [Idaho], authorities said.

The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office said the elderly female homeowner fatally shot the adult male suspect during the home invasion that occurred around noon at a residence at 134 West 600 North in the Rose area.

The elderly woman suffered injuries during the incident and was transported via ambulance to a local hospital. She’s expected to survive, the Sheriff’s Office said. Her name hasn’t been released.

“She was harmed but protected herself,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

The adult male suspect was dead when sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene after the home invasion was reported to the county’s 911 center.

As of Wednesday evening his name hadn’t been released.

The Sheriff’s Office said the area around the house where the home invasion occurred has been cordoned off and the public should stay away until further notice.

The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information about the case should contact the Sheriff’s Office at 208-785-1234.

“This is believed to be an isolated incident with no further threat to the community,” the Sheriff’s Office stated.

Alleged burglar shot by homeowner ID’d

A 28-year-old Hernandez man is dead after being shot early Saturday morning by a homeowner who caught him in his garage.

A call was received at the E-911 Dispatch Center around 4:20 a.m., from a woman who told the dispatcher that her husband shot someone they caught in the garage. She said her husband shot the man, later identified as Pablo Hinz, because he attacked the couple and pushed the caller over. The names of the homeowners were not released.

According to a press release from the Española Police Department that was circulated later in the morning on Saturday, EPD officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Middle San Pedro Road regarding a burglary in progress.

“Upon arrival, officers learned, an elderly home owner confronted a burglary suspect within their residence,” the press release said. “During the incident there was a struggle resulting in the home owner shooting the burglary suspect at least one time.”

The press release said Hinz, whose name had not been released until Monday afternoon, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was being withheld pending next of kin notification, which was done Monday, EPD Chief Mizel Garcia said.

“He was well known to law enforcement in the area for commission of burglaries,” Garcia said about Hinz.

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APD: Man tries to break into off-duty officer’s apartment, falls 3 stories after being shot at

ATLANTA — Investigators say an off-duty Atlanta police officer fired at a man who tried to break into the officer’s apartment.

It happened around 5 a.m. Tuesday at the Dwell at the View apartment complex at 1620 Hollywood Road NW.

Police say the officer, who was home and off-duty at the time, grabbed a gun and fired toward the man.

The suspect was not hit, but police say he suffered non-life threatening injuries after he fell three floors to the ground.

The names of the suspect and the officer have not been released.

A resident, who declined to give his name and speak on camera, told Channel 2′s Bryan Mims that the apartment complex has recently been hit with several break-ins and other crimes.

Investigators are working to determine all the circumstances surrounding the attempted burglary.

Man Shot After Breaking Into Reading Home, Attacking Residents

A trespasser who forced his way inside a Reading home Thursday night, March 7, is now recovering from a gunshot wound, according to city police.

Timothy Harris, 37, went inside a house on the 100 block of South 5th Street, an RPD spokesperson told Daily Voice.

When confronted by residents, police said Harris attacked two of them before he was shot in the leg. He fled the scene but was picked up by police a short time later, authorities said.

Harris was treated at Reading Hospital and then charged with criminal trespassing, assault, and related counts, according to police.

No charges are being filed against the shooter, they added.

Man shot and killed during reported break-in at McCalla home

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — A 33-year-old man was shot and killed at a home in McCalla early Friday morning.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened in the 6600 block of Newbridge Drive around 4:30 a.m. during a reported home invasion. The sheriff’s office said deputies were told the man broke into the home and engaged in a physical altercation with the occupants.

The sheriff’s office said that during the altercation, shots were fired, killing the man who entered the home. The man and the occupants knew each other, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Jefferson County Criminal Division detectives are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Home burglary leads to man being shot and wounded as IMPD reports double-digit decrease in non-fatal shootings

INDIANAPOLIS — An attempted home break-in led to a man being shot and wounded on Indy’s near east side.

Just after 5 a.m. Tuesday on Forest Avenue, police were called following a confrontation between a homeowner and a would-be thief that turned violent.

The homeowner admitted he shot the suspect, who was trying to steal his generator. “As I confront him about my generator, he goes into his pocket like he’s about to pull a weapon, and I shot him in the leg to make him stop,” said Alfred Burdine.

Burdine had to have his home and garage doors repaired after they were damaged during the overnight break-in.  Alfred admits he didn’t want to shoot the victim, but felt he had to defend himself and his property.

Burdine wishes the city would do a better job to help fix the root causes of violence.

“You’ve got too many homeless people and drug addicts in the neighborhood, and no one is offering them treatment,” said Burdine.

At the same time, IMPD has reported that there has been a double-digit decrease in non-fatal shootings over the first two months of the year.

So far this year, there have been 80 non-fatal shooting incidents.  That’s a decline of 20% compared to the 100 incidents at same time last year.

The number of victims has also gone down.

That continues a trend of non-fatal shootings decreasing over the last three years.

Fewer non-fatal shooting victims has translated to fewer fatal incidents.   Total homicides have declined by 13% compared to last year as well.

“We’re doing well, but we have a lot more work to do,” said Antonia Bailey.

Bailey supervises IMPD’s non-fatal shooting victims support program, which connects shooting survivors with assistance and tries to prevent violence by sharing an important message.

“Please just put the guns down,” Bailey said. “There’s plenty of resources out here that can assist you. “We’re just hoping people think before they act.”

Bailey’s team is also taking proactive steps to prevent non-fatal shootings by speaking to students in middle and high schools about gun violence.

The team also plans to begin canvassing high-crime neighborhoods in the coming months to make people aware about resources offered by the city.

Burdine was not arrested following the shooting. He said just a few hours after the shooting, a second suspect also tried to break into the home.  That suspect was detained without violence until police arrived.

Alfie Steadmon, 30, was named as the suspect caught breaking into the home. He is charged with one count of burglary, a Level 5 felony, and possession of meth, a Level 6 felony.