This shooting is the first of three self-defense cases in Tulsa on the same day. “There’s a lot of people who claim self-defense,” Tulsa Police Lt. Brandon Watkins said. “That’s usually the first refuge that people go to when they come in, but we look at the evidence. On these three cases, the evidence was compelling.” Early on Thursday, Sept.…
Two recent self-defense shootings both involved the victims not notifying law enforcement of said shooting in a timely fashion. This has influenced Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright to try and make it law for victims to notify police reasonably quickly. Sheriff Wright says he wants to do this as well so that something good can come out of these unfortunate events.…
A Southfield, Mich. homeowner arrived home about 1:30 AM when he was approached by an armed man demanding money. The suspect timed his attack so that he could enter the home with the victim. He fired on the homeowner after he was in the house, but the victim was able to get to his gun to return fire. The suspect…
An Atlanta man was leaving a grocery store when he noticed two men breaking into his car. The man confronted the suspects, and unfortunately, the situation escalated, and the man ended up exchanging shots with one of the suspects. One of the suspects was hit and died at the scene. The other fired shots as he was fleeing. He was…
According to Houston police, Anthony Carr, 35, was fatally shot by a woman whom he shared a dating history after breaking into her apartment after midnight. The 22-year-old woman was on the phone with police when Carr entered her home. She shot Carr multiple times and rendered aid afterward, but Carr was pronounced dead after being transported to Ben Taub…
About 12:30 AM in front of a Philadelphia McDonald’s a man got out of his car and began approaching another man in a Camaro. The Camaro driver fired at the man with the bat striking him in the head, killing him. The Camaro driver fled the scene before police arrived. Of course, police are looking for the Camaro driver and…
The Montgomery County sheriff’s office said they received “several” 911 calls regarding a burglary followed by a shooting in the town of Porter just North of Houston, TX on September 2, 2021. When police arrived, the homeowner said his security alarm detected motion outside. He then told detectives he checked on the disturbance and found a man he did not…
A road rage incident along the Kansas Turnpike led to what authorities believe to be a self-defense shooting where one driver was shot and killed. According to Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Chad Crittenden, the shooting occurred near the Haysville exit of the Kansas Turnpike toll road. The man shot, Jerry Gehlen of Colwich, was rendered aid but succumbed to his…
A man who broke through the front door of a California home was shot and killed by one of the residents. “Around 4:15 or 4:20 a.m. there was extreme banging, it sounded like it was in our backyard,” Amy Lee of Newport Beach told the Orange County Register. Others heard a man swearing. Neighbors and officers responding to the scene…
A 23-year-old man was riding a bus in Aurora, CO with his wife and 18-month-old daughter. In a nearby seat, a teen was vaping which is not allowed on public transportation. At first, the vaping teen ignored the couple but after the third time they asked him to stop he stood up, cursed all three of them, and then started…