Category: Slugs For Thugs

Attempted armed robbery in Alpharetta thwarted by armed bystander

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A quick draw at a fast-food restaurant as police say a bystander stepped in and shot a robber. Now, the police are waiting to book the suspect on some serious charges once they get out of the hospital.

Police say a 57-year-old man tried to rob the manager at gunpoint, but a man who had just pulled in to order some food also had a gun.

“I’m glad somebody was there to help the people who could have been a victim,” said Shameerah Bates, one of the customers of the Zaxby’s restaurant located on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta where the attempted armed robbery took place.

It was closing time on Sunday night. Police say as the manager was leaving, an armed man approached him in the parking lot and tried to rob him.

“An independent witness observed the robbery in process, and intervened in the robbery, and shot the suspect after the suspect pointed his firearm at the witness and the victim,” said Alpharetta Police Lt. Andrew Splawn.

Alpharetta Police raced to the restaurant and set up a perimeter.

Investigators say the man had run into the woods to try to get away.

Officers were eventually able to track him to his location. They found he had two bullet wounds to his leg.

He was rushed to the hospital, but when he gets out, the 57-year-old man will face a number of charges including armed robbery, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Police say the bystander with the gun ill not be charged.

“Georgia law allows a person to use reasonable force to protect themselves or a third party when they believe an individual or themselves is going to suffer serious bodily harm or death,” said Lt. Splawn. “We do believe this is going to be a defensive third-party incident, so at this time we don’t anticipate any charges for the witness.”

“I’m glad he was here and was able to stop him. People do stupid stuff, and there’s consequences,” said Angie Trapino, another Zaxby’s customer.

Police say the manager was shaken up and went to the hospital for some superficial injuries to be checked out, but is expected to be OK.

Homeowner needs target lessons.

Homeowner shoots intruder, and he responds, ‘You’re gonna have to kill me.’ So homeowner shoots him again

That last paragraph does nothing but prove that Assistant State Attorney is a moron, and/or a liar.

Gun-toting Florida man turns tables on sister’s ex who broke down front door

An armed Florida man who rushed to defend his sister from an abusive ex-boyfriend will face no charges after fatally shooting him, according to the local sheriff’s office.

“If someone points a gun at you and cocks it, you can shoot them,” Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons told WEAR News of the incident that unfolded last week.

Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home within the Silver Lake Mobile Home Park last Tuesday and found an unidentified 26-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Investigators said the man was the ex-boyfriend of a 24-year-old unidentified woman who lives in the home. The man reportedly broke the woman’s door down, entered the home and struck her “several times,” according to the sheriff’s office.

The woman grabbed her phone and texted her neighboring family members, including her 23-year-old brother who rushed to her home to protect her.

Investigators said another argument broke out when the brother arrived, and the ex-boyfriend pulled out a gun and aimed it at the brother.

“At one point, the male that forced entry into the trailer pulled out a handgun, pointed it at her brother and cocked it,” the sheriff said.

The woman’s brother was also armed, and he fired two shots at the man, killing him.

The brother is not facing charges, according to the sheriff’s office. The State Attorney’s Office added in a comment to WEAR News that recent Florida laws have expanded the scope of self-defense for residents.

“‘Stand Your Ground’ has expanded the area of the castle,” Assistant State Attorney John Molchan told the outlet. “We used to have the ‘Castle Doctrine,’ which said that your home was your castle and that you could use deadly force to defend yourself from a murderer or a person committing a forcible felony.”

Teen shoots man who was reportedly breaking into his home near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road

PHOENIX — A man is hurt after he was shot by a teenager while trying to break into a home in Phoenix late Friday night.

Phoenix police say they were called to the area near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road just after 10 p.m. for the report of a fight.

When officers arrived, they found a man had been shot, he was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police learned the man who was shot was trying to force his way into a home he does not live in and had no connection to.

A woman and a teenage boy who lived in the home confronted the man as he was trying to force his way in.

That’s when the teen reportedly shot the suspect.

The teen told police he shot the man in self-defense, and police say self-defense is consistent with other witnesses and evidence at the scene.

The man who was allegedly breaking into the home is facing charges, but it is not clear what those charges are.

Concealed carry holder shoots invader in Belmont Cragin; surge in FOID holders in Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police late Tuesday were investigating a home invasion turned violent the day before in Belmont Cragin.

Holes in the door frame of a house in the 2100 block of North Meade Avenue show where at least one bullet hit Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile, as CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported, police said the homeowner who pulled the trigger was well within his rights.

The man who shot the intruder has a valid Firearm Owners Identification card and Concealed Carry license, police said.

CCL instructors said the surge in residents wanting to have and use a gun legally has continued well after the height of COVID-19.

Concealed carry instructors Creative and Alexis Scott were demonstrating with plastic guns and practice targets when we met with them. But they said the scene in Belmont Cragin on Monday is the number-one reason residents continue to sign up for their classes.

“It’s our right to protect our home; our dwelling,” said Creative Scott.

Chicago Police said a 26-year-old man was in his house on Monday afternoon when a man broke in.

The resident, a licensed FOID and CCL holder, shot the intruder twice in the chest.

The suspect was taken to the hospital in serious condition, and charges were still pending late Tuesday.

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Armed intruder killed during Slidell home invasion early Tuesday morning

SLIDELL – A home invader was killed after forcing his way into a Slidell home early Tuesday morning.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said the attack happened around 1 a.m. at a home on Rue De La Paix. The department said a 911 call initially came in around that time, but the caller hung up before law enforcement could get details on the situation.

Authorities called the number back and a woman explained that the intruder entered the house and got into a fight with the homeowner and another person who was staying there.

All three involved in the encounter were hurt, and the unnamed burglar was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. One of the people who was inside the home at the time of the attack remains hospitalized in stable condition.

At this time, investigators believe the attacker targeted the home and that it was not a random break-in.

Woman shot after allegedly kicking in door during home invasion at north Harris County apartment complex

HOUSTON – A woman believed to be a home invasion suspect was shot after kicking in a door at an apartment complex in north Harris County Tuesday, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman’s Office said.

Constable deputies were called to 311 N. Vista Dr.

EMS is at the scene for the suspect. Her condition is not known.

Constable deputies have not provided any additional information at this time.

Car burglars don’t get any more leeway

Man shot by person that allegedly broke into his car in Bloomfield
(who was also shot by the victim)

Police said a man and apparent thief are injured after an attempted car burglary turned into a violent confrontation in Bloomfield on Thursday.

Officers were called to a home on Cottage Grove Circle at about 5 a.m. for a reported car break-in and shots fired incident.

A homeowner told authorities that someone had broken into his car, which was parked in his driveway. The alleged thief approached him and the man fired what he described as a warning shot into the ground.

That’s when the suspect ran towards a vehicle parked in the road, grabbed a firearm and shot at the man, hitting his arm. The alleged thief fled the scene, according to police.

The homeowner was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Police later discovered that the suspect walked into a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to his face.

Hartford police said a car with shell casings and blood was located on Madison Street, which is near the hospital. The vehicle was seized and towed to the Bloomfield Police Department.

Detectives responded to the scene and conducted an investigation. 23-year-old Yavier Ruiz-Valez was arrested and faces several charges in connection to the incident, including assault with a firearm, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, burglary, larceny and more.

Suspected car burglar shot by vehicle’s owner outside SW Houston apartment complex

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A suspected car burglar was shot in southwest Houston early Tuesday morning, according to police.

Houston police responded to a shooting call at an apartment complex in the 6200 block of W. Airport Boulevard shortly after 4 a.m.

At the scene, a citizen waved officers down and told them their vehicle had been broken into.

The vehicle owner told HPD they noticed their car had been broken into, and then they spotted two individuals nearby. That’s when a shootout began with the suspects, the owner said.

The suspects allegedly stole a handgun from the car before the shootout.

One of the suspects was shot and officers applied two tourniquets at the scene. He was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition.

No one else was injured, HPD said. It’s unclear if the second suspect got away.

Homeowner shoots 2 suspects breaking into vehicle in DeKalb County neighborhood

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A shooting investigation is underway in a DeKalb County neighborhood.

DeKalb County police told Channel 2 Action News at 2:35 a.m. Monday, officers received reports of a person shot at a home on Leicester Way SE.
When officers arrived, they found two people who had been shot.

The identities and conditions of the shooting victims have not been released.
Police believe two people were breaking into cars when a homeowner confronted them.
One of the suspects raised a gun and pointed it at the homeowner and the homeowner shot both suspects.

Police say the homeowner is not facing charges at this time.

The two suspects are stable and remain hospitalized.Charges are pending for their arrest.

Armed robber shot during stick up on Canal Street

New Orleans Police say an armed robbery gone wrong ended with a store clerk shooting a suspect.

“The NOPD is investigating a shooting in the 4700 block of Canal Street. Initial information shows a male victim located on scene with a reported gunshot wound to the hand,” Senior Public Information Officer Aaron Looney said in an email.

Further investigation revealed that the person shot was allegedly one of the robbers. “The subject injured by gunfire is considered to be one of two reported suspects in this incident. The injured suspect was transported to a local hospital via EMS for treatment. The second suspect reportedly fled the scene.”

Looney says the call came in just before 2:00am.

An initial police report said, “Suspects entered business at location. One suspect produced handgun. Store clerk produced handgun and fired shots toward suspects, striking one suspect.” The investigation continues.

Homeowner shoots intruder wanted by sheriff’s office

BUTLER, Pa. — According to Butler City Police, a man broke into a house where the homeowner held him at gunpoint and eventually shot him.

Channel 11′s Rich Pierce spoke to the homeowner, Jeremy Cox.

“Nothing was really going through my head except for the fact that I didn’t want to kill him, but if I had to kill him, I would,” Cox said.

“It was a loud bang and a scrape sound. We just kind of looked at each other like, ‘What the hell was that?’” Cox said. He and his girlfriend had just ordered pizza when they heard the noise and went downstairs to investigate.

Cox says Harvey was halfway through the door when he saw him. He grabbed his gun while his girlfriend called 911.

“He said he was hiding from the cops and they were outside,” Cox said. The cops were not outside.

Jeremy says Harvey had a mostly empty liter of vodka with him and appeared intoxicated. He told Harvey to put his hands on the washing machine.

“I took a step back again, he took a step forward. He kept telling me, ‘no, no, no’ then I fired a shot to the side of him to hopefully scare him,” Cox said. “He said ‘no’ and he came forward again. I shot him in his side.”

The bullet grazed Harvey. According to police, he was treated for the wound at Butler Hospital. Jeremy is still thinking about pulling the trigger.

“It is. It’s weighing on me a lot because a lot of people are telling me I should’ve taken his life. Other people are saying ‘you did good’ by not taking his life. It’s kind of eating at me.”

According to Butler Police, Harvey had been wanted by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. He’s facing a felony burglary charge once he’s released from the hospital. Jeremy will likely face no charges.

Man shot in the neck while trying to break into neighbor’s home

JACKSON, MI – A Jackson man was shot in the neck Monday morning while he was allegedly trying to break into his neighbor’s home after she yelled at him.

Police were called at about 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28, to a townhouse in the 1200 block of Heather Drive for report of man with a knife smashing the windows of a woman’s home while apparently trying to get inside, according to the Jackson Police Department.

While en route to the scene, police were told shots were fired and the man had been shot by the woman, police said.

The man, 19, suffered a single gunshot wound to the neck and was taken to Henry Ford Jackson Hospital for emergency treatment. He currently is listed in stable condition, police said.

The preliminary investigation indicates the woman, 26, heard what sounded like a domestic dispute in the adjacent townhome and began knocking on the wall telling them to keep it down, police said.

After being told to be quiet, the man exited his home with a knife and began breaking the woman’s window leading her to call 911, police said.

The woman then shot the man as he allegedly tried to get inside the home, police said.

No arrests have been made. It is believed the woman was acting in self-defense, police said.

The incident remains under investigation. Once completed, the case will be sent to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

Would-be burglar shot by homeowner; 2 charged with attempted murder

MAINE (WBNG) — The Broome County Sheriff’s Office said a homeowner defended his house from two would-be burglars this week.

According to a news release, two Binghamton residents, Jayvon Phillip; 21 and Rozlyn Warthen; 31, have been charged with attempted murder and attempted burglary after a botched home invasion on Bradley Creek Road in the Town of Maine on Aug. 23.

Around 10 p.m., officers responded to the location and determined that a masked suspect had tried to get into the home unlawfully and pointed a gun at the homeowner.

According to the office, the homeowner exchanged gunfire in front of his home with the suspect. Two shots were fired by the homeowner and eight were fired by the suspect. Eventually, the suspect fled the area before deputies arrived.

Detectives responded to the scene to assist with the investigation. The detectives believed that the suspect sustained a gunshot wound during the shootout. The homeowner was not injured. The sheriff’s office said the homeowner was in his legal right to defend himself and his home.

Authorities said the incident was not a random attack and the homeowner was specifically targeted.

An investigation determined that Phillip and Warthen went to the home armed with illegal handguns in an attempt to burglarize the home. Phillips sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and is being treated at a hospital. Information about his condition was not released.

Phillip and Warthen were charged with the following:

Attempted murder in the second degree, criminal liability for the conduct of another, a class B felony
Attempted burglary in the first degree, a class B felony
Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, a class B felony

Would-be robber shot, killed by Metairie cab driver he targeted

A man who tried to rob a Metairie taxi driver at gunpoint was shot and killed when the cabbie fired his own pistol in self-defense early Monday morning, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The death of Gerald Pope, 23, was classified as a justifiable homicide, said Capt. Jason Rivarde, a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. The taxi driver, 43, will not face criminal charges, according to authorities.

The shooting occurred just before 1 a.m. near the intersection of Robertson Street and Merit Way (map)

The driver was in his cab when a man armed with a handgun, later identified as Pope, approached and demanded money, Rivarde said.

Video shows Dallas apartment tenant fire through door as men posing as maintenance workers attempt break-in

In a now viral video obtained by WFAA, a tenant in a Dallas apartment is seen shooting through his apartment door as two men accused of pretending to be maintenance workers attempt to break in.

According to the Dallas Police Department, just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 19, officers responded to call for service at the Interlace Apartments where two male suspects had knocked on a victim’s door claiming to be maintenance.

Arrest made in Oak Cliff apartment shootout with burglary suspect posing as maintenance man

According to an arrest affidavit, the video posted and circulated on social media, leading to CrimeStoppers tips that identified the suspect posting as the maintenance worker as 30-year-old Aaron Contreras.

What weasel of a prosecutor.

Gas station customer who shot suspected thief won’t face charges

The QuikTrip gas station customer who police say shot and killed a larceny suspect Wednesday will not face charges, Channel 9′s Hunter Sáenz has learned.

The case, which authorities are investigating as a self-defense case, began Wednesday morning at the gas station off Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and Bellhaven Boulevard.

Police said a suspected thief, 32-year-old David Leonhardt, fired a shot at that customer while at a gas pump, and even tried carjacking him.

Detectives said that’s when the customer shot and killed Leonhardt.

Police said minutes before the shooting, that suspect was seen stealing things from the gas station.

Alleged intruder killed by woman near Tucson was sex offender

A man deputies say was shot to death while trying to break in to a woman’s home in a rural area near Tucson last week was a registered sex offender who lived nearby, records show.

Jayson Magrum, 43, was shot dead Aug. 11 when the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says he was trying to get into a house in Three Points, about 30 miles southwest of Tucson.

Sandra Tracy, 54, was home alone when the incident occurred.

She told deputies she grabbed a gun and fired a warning shot through the window hoping it would scare the intruder away, according to an initial news release from the department.

She fired a second time, striking Magrum.

Responding deputies tried to revive Magrum, but he died at the scene.

Magrum listed a residence in the same block of West Pyle Road where the alleged attempted break-in occurred, records shows.

Lucky the lady was slow on the trigger.

Oopsie! 15-year-old robber with pellet gun ran away when woman pulled out a real gun

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old boy who pointed a pellet gun at a woman during a robbery attempt in Uptown ran away when his would-be victim pulled out a real firearm, Chicago police say.

It happened around 12:31 p.m. Tuesday in the 5000 block of North Winthrop, not far from the Argyle Red Line station.

But the woman had another idea. She pulled out her own firearm, and the group ran away, police said.

Cops took the 15-year-old into custody a few minutes later and confiscated his pellet gun.

Charges are pending.

The ‘double homicide’ was two of the crims winning free trips straight to the morgue.

Double homicide began as vape shop robbery that ended in deadly shootout

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — A double homicide at a Shreveport vape shop began as a robbery that ended in a shootout between at least one customer and the robbery suspects, police say.

Two of the robbery suspects — 19-year-old Anthony Lee and 18-year-old Martavious Henderson — were struck by gunfire and ultimately succumbed to their injuries.

Now detectives are sharing surveillance camera videos and photographs in hopes someone can help them identify the third robbery suspect as well as the two customers who were in the store at the time of the robbery.

Lee, Henderson and another male were armed when they entered the business in the 1900 block of Centenary Boulevard about 4:55 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 12). At one point during the holdup, two of the three robbers jumped the counter and took a handgun and other items from the store clerk.

While this was going on, the two customers escaped the business and went to their vehicle, described as a blue Chevrolet 1500 extended cab pickup. There, they armed themselves then engaged the robbery suspects as the three left the business.

The third robbery suspect escaped on foot and has not been identified. He is described as a Black male who stands about 5′6″ to 5′8″ tall and who has a slender build. He was wearing gray shorts and a black hoodie.

People in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood are shaken up by the double homicide Saturday evening on Centenary Boulevard near Olive Street.

“I’m going to tell you, it was scary. It was very scary,” one resident said.

Police said one of the slain men was found outside the shop while the other was inside.

“I’m going to be honest with you, I was taking my son to work. I was at the stop sign when it happened. When everything happened, yeah. We was in the car.”

He said he didn’t know if the incident occurred inside the store.

“It had to been because one in and one out. It had to been because the young man that was on the other side, it looked like he was running. But as he got closer to the end of the building, he got slower and slower. So I knew then he got shot. We heard gunshots and everything; but who did it, I don’t, I can’t tell you.”

Neighbors said people in the community are upset.

“Maybe because they were children; I mean, that’s the only way I can see it. But when you doing wrong. You can’t say how it’s going to come back on you. And it just so happened the day they did whatever they did, it came back on them the same day.”

Even before police said so, neighbors also believed it could have been a robbery gone wrong.

Whoever those lil kids were, they actually went up in there and tried to rob them. And you know people going to protect their goods. You know so, that’s what I feel. I don’t know if that happened, but that’s what it seemed like.”