UPDATE: Here is a dramatic article describing how Devin Patrick Kelley was going back to kill the people he had initially wounded when Stephen Willeford entered the front door of the church and shot Kelley. As Farida Brown lay on the floor in the last row of pews in...
Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 19, 2017 As he always does before leaving his house, Pearson, a concealed-carry weapon permit holder, put his pistol on his hip. . . . “About 50 yards in front of me, the driver grabs this young child and starts...
Detroit, Michigan, October 10, 2017: An attempted robbery in Detroit didn't turn out the way the criminal hoped it would. A concealed handgun permit holder was able to react quickly. "Police told the CPL holder it was a good thing he was legally armed or he and his...
Austin, Texas, Austin Statesman, September 20, 2017 (the graphic here is from the Austin Statesman) Court paperwork filed Tuesday said an armed good Samaritan stopped an attack on a runner on a popular trail near Rainey Street last week. Police have accused Richard...
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,...
For our lists of other cases where permit holders have used guns to stop crime click here. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, WISN 12 News, August 18, 2017 The car owner, a 24-year-old man, fired shots at the suspects. They then drove away in the same car they came in. Their white...
As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a home owner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...
Phoenix, Arizona, CBS TV Channel 3 (Phoenix), August 1, 2017 Sgt. Jonathan Howard described it as a "good samaritan in the right place at the right time." A video of the news broadcast is available here. From the Associated Press: Phoenix police tell the Arizona...
Nashville, Tennessee, WKRN.com, July 19, 2017 Two men tried to rob an elderly man in Madison, but the victim fought back, pulled out a gun, and shot one of them. The other suspect remains on the run, and police say they are still in the initial stages of the...
COLUMBIA, Mo., ABC Channel 17, July 9, 2017 Columbia police said they are investigating an attempted armed robbery on Claudell Lane, which the victim says he prevented by pulling his own gun and shooting at the robber. Police said they received calls of gunshots being...
From Fox Channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio: . . . “It was last Monday morning around 10:30,” Melinda Vandal told Fox 8. “I looked at the door and there was a man, right there, right outside looking like he was going for my door.” She said she saw another man cutting the...
Chicago, Sun-Times, June 14, 2017 A man with a concealed carry permit fired shots while he was being robbed Wednesday afternoon in The Loop. The man, whose age was unknown, was approached by two males while he was waiting in traffic about 3 p.m. in the 0–100 block of...