CHICAGO, IL – In a response to an armed carjacking incident in Chicago early Jan. 5, a man, after being forced out of his car at gunpoint, quickly entered his home and armed himself. He then confronted the carjacker, reclaiming his vehicle and held the suspect at gun point. The incident began when the victim, a 39-year-old man, was sitting…
PITTSBURGH, PA – In a harrowing incident in Pittsburgh’s Terrace Village neighborhood, a woman was forced to defend herself against her ex-boyfriend. The confrontation occurred around 10:30 p.m. Sunday at her home. Local media reported that earlier that day, the pair had argued over text regarding belongings the ex-boyfriend had left at the victim’s home. This escalated when he found…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – An Indiana homeowner was forced into a life-threatening confrontation on Tuesday evening, just before 7 p.m. The homeowner faced a masked intruder who forcibly entered his home initiating an attempted robbery. The intruder pistol-whipped the homeowner, announced the robber which lead to a violent struggle. The homeowner described the incident as resembling a movie scene, where both…
CHICAGO, IL – Early this morning in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood, a dramatic encounter unfolded at V’s Convenience Store located at 460 East 61st Street. Three male suspects shattered the store’s front door window around 4:35 a.m., initiating a burglary. Vanessa Harris, the 40-year-old store owner, arrived on the scene as the suspects were taking merchandise. Confronted by one of the burglars…
CHICAGO, IL – A carjacking in West Garfield Park, Chicago erupted in gunfire during the early morning hours of Dec. 27, according to the Chicago Sun Times, when the would-be victim started shooting at the carjackers and they returned fire. The incident occurred just before 5 a.m. when the victims were stopped near a silver SUV. The carjackers exited the…
The scant details of a late November shooting read almost like a Western – a lot of them were titled “The Man From…” – but seem to indicate an unstable drifter who got himself into trouble. Police responded to a Nov. 27 call in Vanderburgh County, Ind., according to WTHI-TV, finding a homeowner/area resident who reported that he’d been attacked…
GRANADA HILLS, CA – A homeowner was recently the target of an early morning armed robbery on Dec. 4, but he fought back, shooting two and killing one. The robbery occurred before 5 a.m., so it’s probable that the break-in and ransacking of the home woke the homeowner up and alerted him to a robbery in progress. There were three…
GARDENDALE, AL – A jewelry store owner in Gardendale, Ala. (roughly 10 miles from Birmingham) shot a robber on Dec. 6, stopping the robbery attempt in its tracks. In an interview with AL.com, store owner Jeff Dennis said that the robber – one Heather Denise Wright, 32 – blocked the door of Jeff Dennis Jewelers after she entered the store, alerting…
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. – It pays to take good advice, as a home intruder learned to his cost recently when a homeowner armed himself and gave him a warning. Just before midnight on Nov. 29, a homeowner in Knightdale, N.C., was alerted to a man breaking a window, trying to enter his home according to ABC 11. The homeowner was armed…
HOUSTON, TX – A man attempted to rob a Dollar Store, arming himself with an Airsoft gun, only to be shot by an employee with a real gun. Shortly after 1 PM yesterday, a man parked his car in front of a Dollar Store in Houston, TX. After arming himself with an Airlift gun, which looks like a replica handgun…