{"id":113670,"date":"2025-12-04T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=113670"},"modified":"2025-12-04T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:00:32","slug":"113670","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=113670","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/michigan-man-who-shot-shovel-wielding-man-acted-in-self-defense-police-say\/ar-AA1Rw1Qu?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan man who shot shovel-wielding man acted in self-defense, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">A 60-year-old Michigan man who shot another man who attacked him with a shovel acted in self-defense, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Douglas Avenue in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Police say a 60-year-old man returned a ladder to a home in the 1100 block of Douglas when he was approached by a 49-year-old man holding a snow shovel and told to leave the area. The 49-year-old then shoved the 60-year-old and hit him with the shovel, causing a minor injury, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">During the alleged assault, the 60-year-old fired two rounds, hitting the 49-year-old twice, before calling police and waiting for officers to arrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The man who was shot was taken to an area hospital, where he is in stable condition, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Police recovered the shovel used in the assault, two 9mm shell casings and a handgun.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The man who fired the shots is cooperating with police and used a handgun that is legally owned and registered. Investigators say video obtained by detectives supports the man&#8217;s account of the incident.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">An investigation is ongoing and will be sent to the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan man who shot shovel-wielding man acted in self-defense, police say A 60-year-old Michigan man who shot another man who attacked him with a shovel acted in self-defense, authorities said. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Douglas Avenue in Kalamazoo. Police say a 60-year-old man returned a ladder to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=113670\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113671,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113670\/revisions\/113671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}