An Alabama man was jailed after being declined to borrow tools from another man and returning to the home brandishing a gun, both parties exchanging fire. Authorities report Brandon Scott Swack, 32, is being charged with attempted murder, first-degree theft of property, and first-degree criminal mischief, bonds totaling $60,000. How close both parties lived to one another is unknown, but…
A man’s vehicle was occupied by a would-be car burglar, the owner warning him to leave before shooting and killing him. The vehicle owner was inside his home when his motion detection camera alerted him of movement on his driveway. He then found an unknown 23-year-old man sitting inside of his vehicle and demanded he leave. “As the male homeowner…
Gregory Lyle, 33, broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend and assaulted her which resulted in him being shot and killed by another occupant in the home. Cincinnati officials report Lyle had entered through one of the home’s windows just before 2:30 A.M. After being shot, he was pronounced dead at the scene. They also say Lyle had open warrants…
Tulsa Police said a homeowner was alerted someone was trying to get into his house, and when he arrived, the suspect was carrying out some of his belongings. At gunpoint, the homeowner attempted to prevent the suspect from leaving while he called 911. The suspect attacked him with an unknown metal object, and that’s when he fatally shot the intruder…
The Lawton Police Department is investigating a shooting of an alleged burglar by a homeowner after the suspect broke into the home. The homeowner heard the suspect trying to enter his home, eventually breaking into the back door, according to a witness. The suspect was yelled at by the homeowner to leave but was shot after breaking in. He is…
In Tulsa, OK, there was a situation involving a knife that was considered self-defense. An unknown man and Joseph Sexton got into a fight outside a convenience store. No one is sure of the events leading up to the fight and exactly what happened, but Sexton got fatally stabbed. “We don’t really know why the fight was being picked,” Watkins…
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…