This past Sunday, a 13-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after being shot while breaking into a car in Chicago, IL. Around 2:30 PM, the owner of a Kia saw someone attempting to break into the car. The details are scarce, but the media reports that the owner confronted the teen and shot him in the leg. The teen…
A man is recovering after getting shot in the stomach after catching another man stealing his catalytic converter. Last Thursday, a Chicago, IL, man heard loud noises outside his home around 4:45 PM. He decided to investigate what the sound was while armed. He found a man attempting to steal the catalytic converter from his vehicle, which was parked on…
A Chicago man was walking to his vehicle early on a recent Thursday morning. An armed robber held the man up and demanded his belongings. The victim had an Illinois concealed carry permit and was carrying concealed at the time. So instead of complying, he drew his handgun and fired at the suspect. The suspect fired back, and both men…
A man was in the parking lot of a restaurant in Chicago, IL, around 5 PM this past Tuesday. It is unclear if the man was in a vehicle or standing in the parking lot. A car pulled up, and an armed 19-year-old got out and started shooting at the man. The victim drew his gun and fired back at…
This self-defense shooting might not be that newsworthy except for the fact it is the second in less than 24 hours in Chicago. At the beginning of last month, I wrote an article about how many times a defensive gun shooting had happened in Chicago since the beginning of 2021. It was 46, but after last weekend the number has…
During an attempted carjacking in Chicago’s South Loop, a man was wounded in a shootout with five men in hoodies and masks. Minutes earlier, a woman got hit in the head with a gun and had her car stolen blocks away. Around 4 a.m. on Monday in Chicago’s South Loop, five gunmen in a black Jeep Cherokee and a Chevy…
A Chicago man who stole from a 7-11, harassed customers, and then took a swing at the clerk got a gift from a customer that just happened to be a 3rd-Degree Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. And by gift, I mean being gift wrapped, which is a jiu-jitsu position that is not comfortable at all. Trust me, I know! Idriz Redzovic, a…
A dispatcher asked, “What is it that you have on scene for the [evidence technician] to process?” “One million shell casings,” an officer replied. “Alright. Let’s go between 30 and 50,” suggested the dispatcher. Two people are dead and eight injured in Chicago’s Gold Coast. It is one of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods and just blocks from the Magnificent…
Once again, the violence of Chicago continues to pour over into the suburbs. As the partons of a small local bar “pleaded for their lives,” one person in the group pulled out his concealed firearm and made sure the criminal would not get away with hurting anyone. The news release from the Will County Sheriff’s Office said, “Deputies would later…
A taxi driver got the upper hand and came out of this unharmed. He was lucky because drawing when a gun is already drawn on you usually isn’t the best idea. Yesterday evening, a 30-year-old man was driving a taxi in Chicago. He picked up three males around 6:30 PM. One of the men showed a gun and demanded the…