Category: Saved by the Gun

Reported By Fox News on 2014-03-06 — “Thursday afternoon a Detroit homeowner fatally shot an intruder. A second intruder was also at the scene but ran away and is still being sought by police. Police say the homeowner heard glass break around 12:30 p.m., ran to the back of his house and saw a person climbing in the window, so he grabbed his gun and fired. Police say the 17-year-old suspect then collapsed on the driveway, appearing to have died from a gunshot wound to the chest. The other suspect is in his 20s….’It’s a message to the criminals – stop coming in to people’s homes unannounced and uninvited. Crime no longer pays in the city of Detroit,’ says Dep. Chief Rodney Johnson of the Detroit Police Department….”

Reported By www.wbtv.com on 2014-03-05 

“A Fort Mill [South Carolina] mom … caught her 15-year-old daughter having sex with a [23-year-old] man who … claimed to be a teenager. The mother held him at gunpoint until Sheriff’s Deputies arrived. Around 3:30 Sunday morning, she noticed an unfamiliar car in her driveway…. She says she sent her oldest daughter to check the home and when she did, she found Addison Pittman in one of her bathrooms. The mother quickly grabbed a BB gun…. She held up Pittman until Sheriff Deputies arrived. At first, the mother thought Pittman was a burglar until her 15-year-old daughter revealed she invited the man over to have sex….”

Reported By www.wbbjtv.com on 2014-02-19 

“Officers charged David R. Miles Jr, 30, of Dyersburg [Tennessee], with aggravated burglary after he was found by officers with a single gunshot wound to his groin on Hull Street. Police said Miles was shot by a resident of the apartment complex while he was allegedly breaking in through their window….”

Reported By www.wxyz.com on 2014-02-18 

“A Detroit mother opened fire Monday night when three suspects broke into her home. Surveillance cameras caught it all…. When she heard the door to her home on Woodrow Wilson being kicked in, she immediately warned the three teenage intruders and then opened fire…. One of the teens dropped a handgun on his way out the door. He then tried to get back inside the house a second time, but was again met with gunfire. Once again, he took off and all three were arrested shortly after the incident by Detroit Police….”

Reported By ABC News on 2014-02-17

“An off-duty police officer came to the rescue of a robbery victim last night on Houston’s north side, and he ended up killing the suspect….Police Department veteran C. Rodriguez was out of uniform and in his own pickup truck with a passenger when he noticed two men hiding behind a dumpster outside a convenience store. That’s when HPD says the off-duty officer saw the two men jump out and start beating a man who was walking out of the store with groceries. According to police, Rodriguez opened his window and ordered the suspects to stop. Officials said one of them responded by showing his gun and walking toward the officer, so Rodriguez shot him. The wounded suspect ran to a neighboring house where he collapsed and died. Police said they recovered a pistol at the scene. Police arrested the second suspect….”

Reported By CBS News on 2014-02-16

“An off-duty police officer is being called a hero after he confronted an armed suspect who pulled out a gun in a busy restaurant. His valiant efforts may have saved a lot of lives…. Things were fine until suddenly an argument started at the bar. Police say it escalated and a man pulled a loaded gun out and started pointing it at patrons…. That’s when off-duty officer Joe Silva, who was there eating with his family, took action…. Drawing his own weapon, Silva led the man out of the restaurant and managed to take away his weapon, say police. Silva then held the man at gunpoint until more officers arrived and arrested the man. “

Reported By The Blaze on 2014-02-14 

“A 76-year-old South Carolina man fatally shot a robbery suspect who assaulted him in his own driveway…. Sunday’s incident wasn’t the first time he was robbed.Neighbors of the 76-year-old said criminal activity is becoming commonplace on their street and in their town and are glad the man took action…. The homeowner told them he was exiting the house and walking toward his car when the suspect attempted to fire at him with a stun gun or taser….”

Reported By ABC News on 2014-02-13 

“Burglary suspects came face to face with a businessman who was not going to become a victim. A deputy constable and a store owner both fired their guns at the two suspects who tried to break in to a northeast Harris County (Houston) store. The suspected burglars are now behind bars. They made a brief attempt to run away even after being hit by a bullet….”

Reported By www.chicagotribune.com on 2014-02-11 

“A gun pointed at his gut, the off-duty sheriff’s sergeant digs through his pockets with his left hand, fumbling for money, as the three robbers surround him at the Far South Side (Chicago) gas station. The sergeant is surer with his right hand, quickly drawing his own gun and firing point-blank. The gunman, 16, drops at his feet as the two others scatter, according to surveillance video that captured the robbery….”

Reported By Fox News on 2014-02-06 

“Detectives say two male hispanics broke into a home on the 10500 block of Blythe Ave. in Cheviot Hills. The burglars got inside the home through the garage. They were able to steal several items while the homeowners slept through it all. The men hit a second home about 40 yards away on the 2400 block of Patricia Ave. That’s when their luck ran out.  As they tried to gain access to the home, 59-year-old Carla came out with her shotgun…. She fired once toward the ground … just to scare them off. It worked. The two suspects ran back to a white sedan and drove off….”