Six defensive gun uses by people legally carrying in public over four days in mid-September

Sep 16, 2017 | Featured

Dolton, Illinois, ABC Channel 7 WLS, September 14, 2017

The 20-year-old man with a gun walked into the Advance Auto Parts store in the 800-block of East 147th Street around 8 p.m. and tried to rob the store, police said.

He ran out of the store and toward a customer, who told police the suspect had a gun. The customer pulled out his own weapon and shot the suspect at least once.

One of the front doors was shattered during the shooting, covering the ground with shards of glass. A handgun appeared to have fallen on the sidewalk. . . .

DeKalb, Georiga, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 14, 2017

The 44-year-old man told investigators a white Lexus with Florida tags pulled next to him in the 5800 block of Cedar Croft Lane near Lithonia.

Two teens jumped out of the vehicle and attempted to rob the man at gunpoint, DeKalb police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell said Thursday.

That, police said, is when the man pulled out his own gun, shot one of teens and called 911. . . .

Dallas, Texas, NBC Channel 5, September 11, 2017

According to police, officers responded to a shooting near the AT&T location at 3329 Oak Lawn Avenue shortly after 10 a.m.

The person who called police said someone ran up to him and threatened to kill him, said Melinda Gutierrez, Dallas police spokeswoman. The caller, who is a concealed handgun owner, shot and killed the person, Gutierrez said. . . .

Selma, Texas, ABC Channel 12 KSAT, September 13, 2017

The Texas Rangers are investigating, and a suspected carjacker is dead after being shot in Selma by his intended victim. . . .

Selma police believe Garcia and another man committed several car burglaries in the area before the shooting. A city official said the pair then crashed their vehicle on the southbound I-35 access road near Forum Parkway, which led them to try to get another.

Police said the pair tried to steal a car at gunpoint. However, the driver had a license to carry, and shot Garcia. . . .

Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sun, September 11, 2017

A convenience store employee shot and killed a man late Sunday after a confrontation with several people at the east valley business, according to Metro Police.

The shooting happened shortly before midnight at a 7-Eleven in the 4500 block of Vegas Valley Drive, police said.

Three people showed up at the store about 45 minutes before the shooting and got into a confrontation with employees, police said. After they left and returned, there was another encounter, and an employee fatally shot a man in his 20s at least two times in the chest, police said.

Police said they found two knives at the scene . . . .

Pole Mountain, Laramie County, Wyoming, K2 Radio, September 12, 2017

The Albany County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting on Pole Mountain that left one man dead.

According to the Sheriff’s Department, Brice Page, 27, allegedly fatally shot Matthew Butrick, 43, in what the Sheriff’s Department is investigating as a case of self-defense. Both men are from Laramie County.

The Sheriff’s Department were informed of a shooting on Saturday, Sept. 9 at about 1:22 p.m. on Forest Service road 701 on Pole Mountain. According to the Sheriff’s Department, Page was driving on the Forest Service road and saw what he thought to be a multicolored truck chasing two people riding ATV’s. The truck allegedly ran the ATV’s off the road and Page saw Butrick, the driver of the truck, leave the truck and begin assaulting one of the ATV riders, who were later revealed to be 15 years old.

Page, with his family, approached the scene and yelled at Butrick to stop assaulting the youth. Butrick threatened to hurt Page for not minding his own business. Page noticed the young ATV riders collecting themselves and leaving the area. Page pulled his vehicle closer and waited for everyone to in the area to leave safely, the Sheriff’s Department said. . . .

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3 Comments

  1. John Beck

    Love these case studies. Where can I read more?

    Thank you!

    • johnrlott

      We collect examples of self-defense cases in public. You can find more examples by clicking on this link. Each of the stories that we have also have links to the original news stories.

  2. J.J.Kitts

    Feel good stories like these always bring a smile to my face! 🙂

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