CHICAGO, IL – A permit holder in Chicago shot an assailant in the hand during an altercation recently after the assailant had been asked to leave the place of business where the fracas took place. Assailant Shot In The Hand During Altercation According to a press release from the Chicago Police Department, a 25-year-old man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital…
CHICAGO, IL – Just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 3, gunshots rang out in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side, which is not typically a hotspot of violence or crime. A man tried to force his way into a home and was repelled by the homeowner or resident (details are few at this time), who opened fire…
CHICAGO, IL – A local news crew was robbed at gunpoint while filming a segment on recent armed robberies in the area. Univision Chicago sent a news crew to West Town, a neighborhood in Chicago, IL, early Monday morning. The segment they were filming covered recent armed robberies in the area, including a carjacking a few days earlier on the…
CHICAGO, IL – A group of kids in Chicago attempted to rob a CCL holder with a pellet gun. Their plans took an unanticipated turn when their intended victim, with a concealed carry license, responded with a real firearm. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon on Chicago’s North Side. CWBChicago reports that a group of people approached a 37-year-old woman…
A man turned the tables on a would-be-armed robber last month, and it all unfolded on a Chicago CTA Train during rush hour. A 25-year-old man was riding the train when a 33-year-old man approached him. The suspect drew a handgun and announced that he was robbing the victim. But the victim wasn’t giving up that easily. The 25-year-old pulled…
A Chicago man is lucky to be alive after getting into a gunfight with a car thief in Chicago this past weekend. Shortly after noon on Jan. 28, 2023, a 46-year-old man saw someone trying to break into his car. The address in the news reports matches Best Buy in Burbank, IL which is a suburb of Chicago. We can…
On Jan. 30, 2023, a home invasion at an apartment complex near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was thwarted when the 80-year-old victim successfully defended himself with a firearm. The victim was inside his home on West Catherine Avenue when two suspects, one male, and one female, attempted to enter the residence without permission around 10:30 a.m. A physical altercation ensued,…
On the morning of December 7, 2022, a 22-year-old Chicago woman was shot and killed by a home invader who had taken the woman’s gun away from her. At approximately 3:18 AM at a residence in South Side Chicago, the female victim, a concealed carry permit holder, was at home when a female intruder entered. There was a verbal altercation…
On the evening of December 15, 2022, outside of Chicago Ridge Mall, two people were shot in what appears to be an extension of a continuing domestic dispute. While leaving a restaurant at approximately 8:20 PM, three men confronted a couple entering their vehicle to leave. One of the vehicle entrants, a concealed carry permit holder, fired numerous shots at…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Two suspects were shot by a CCL holder after shooting at him in what was believed to be an attempted carjacking in Chicago’s Loop. The shooting occurred Saturday, December 10th, at around 3:37 am. The incident occurred in the Loop’s 0-100 block of West Randolph Street. Chicago police reported that the armed citizen, a 31-year-old man, was…