UPDATE 5/24/2022 @ 10:32 pm EST Officials have increased the death toll to 21, including 19 children and 2 adults. The suspect reportedly entered the school with a handgun and rifle, opening fire indiscriminately. A group of border patrol agents were nearby and responded to the scene, along with local law enforcement. An officer with the border patrol is said…
Two armed robbers got more than they bargained for when they attempted to rob a Church’s Chicken fast food restaurant back on Oct. 1, 2021. And surveillance footage of the incident was just released. Around 8:45 PM Oct. 1, 2021, two men armed with handguns barged into a Church’s Chicken restaurant in Port Arthur, TX. Without hesitating, they both hopped…
A 30-something San Antonio mother grabbed her handgun and shot a would-be home invader as her three kids were asleep in the house last Thursday night. Police said the woman had heard someone breaking into her home through a laundry room at the back of the house. As the intruder was trying to break in the second main door, she…
LIBERTY COUNTY, TEXAS – A man was fatally shot following an argument with his neighbor over alleged damage to a pick-up truck. A press release from the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office indicated that the argument and subsequent shooting occurred on the evening of Sunday, May 1st. LCSO Lead Investigator Linda Worley oversaw the investigation, which revealed the following circumstances which led to…
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A man drew his firearm and shot a suspect who police say was attempting to steal his vehicle as he was pumping gas. The man was at the pump when a truck pulled up alongside his vehicle, and a person got out of that truck and jumped into the driver’s seat of the car. The shooting…
A suspect got more than a set of keys when he attempted to rob a car dealership last month. And the whole incident was caught on surveillance footage. On March 21, 2022, two men pulled up to a Houston, TX, car dealership around 5:15 PM. One of the men got out of the car, walked up to an employee, and…
A criminal thought he was clever by wearing a disguise to gain entry to a home. But he wasn’t as clever as he thought, and he definitely won’t be trying that again. Around 12:30 AM this morning, a Houston, TX woman heard a knock on her door. When she checked to see who it was, she found a man dressed…
A home intruder is dead after knocking on multiple houses in a neighborhood. He apparently picked the wrong one to break into. Witnesses say they saw a man knocking on multiple doors in a Houston neighborhood early this morning around 1 AM. One homeowner saw the suspect through the peephole on his front door. The suspect walked off and keyed…
A 9-year-old girl is dead, and a 41-year-old man is facing serious charges after he shot at the man who robbed him at an ATM. The only problem is that he was shooting at a fleeing suspect and then at a truck which he “thought” the suspect was in. Earlier this week, a man in Houston, TX, was at a…
We often cover defensive gun use stories where armed citizens intervene in a situation they see unfolding between people they don’t know. Sometimes intervening can be questionable as you may not know the whole story of what has transpired. We cover this in more detail in the article Defending Strangers: Legal and Practical Considerations. But this incident seems like a…