Court paperwork filed Tuesday said an armed good Samaritan stopped an attack on a runner on a popular trail near Rainey Street last week.
Rockledge, Florida, November 24, 2017 (Florida Today, WFTV.com in Orlando)
Two concealed handgun permit holders stopped an attack at Schlenker Automotive repair shop at 4:30 PM on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The attacker, Robert Bailey, was armed with a .45-caliber handgun and “multiple magazines” and killed one person and severely wounded another in the business’ parking lot. …
Concealed Handguns Stopped Mass Public Shooting, Defensive Gun Use
As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a homeowner 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 defend themselves or others.…
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 Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, the 73-year-old woman felt certain she would be the next one killed.
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 stuffing him in the car,” Pearson said.
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 cousin may not be alive today.”
A much longer video from Fox 2 in Detroit is available here.…
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 Jordon McEachern, 22, of forcing a runner to the ground Friday and sexually assaulting her on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail near East Avenue and Cummings Street on Friday around 5:46 a.m.
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.
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 car was found abandoned nearby at 86th Street and Lisbon Avenue.
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 defend themselves or others.…
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 Republic that a man jumped the pharmacy counter, pointed the gun at people and demanded oxycodone from the pharmacist.
