Category: Saved by the Gun

;Reported By The Blaze on 2015-10-08 

 “Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said it’s “imperative” that Israelis with gun licenses go out armed

as he does

in order to defend against Palestinian terror attacks…. The Jerusalem municipality earlier issued a statement urging residents with licensed firearms to carry their weapons in light of the major increase in Palestinian terror attacks over the past month.’Many terror attacks in Jerusalem have been prevented or neutralized due to the quick actions and response of responsible bystanders,’ the municipality said….”

 Reported By Fox News on 2015-10-05 

“A weekend triple shooting in Northeast D.C. appears to be a case of self-defense from a robbery. Four people were walking in the 700 block of H Street around 1 a.m. Saturday when a [career criminal] identified as Jerome Wright held them up at gunpoint. But according to a source close to the investigation, one of the victims fought back. In the struggle, two of the robbery victims were shot. One of them, after being hit in the chest, managed to wrestle the gun from Wright and fatally shot him….”

;Reported By www.actionnewsjax.com on 2015-09-30 

“An intruder was shot dead after police say he attacked two sisters in their own home. Investigators say the two sisters fought back. Deputies said they got a 911 call that there was a burglary happening in the home, but when they got here, they found an unresponsive man lying at the edge of the property. Deputies say two sisters, ages 64 and 75, living in the home had to fight off an intruder on Tuesday night. They say a man named Jonathan Shellman Green came into the home and attacked the two women, but they fought back. They said one woman grabbed a gun and fired three shots….”

;Reported By www.12newsnow.com on 2015-09-24 

 “At approximately 12:30 a.m. Thursday … Ahmall Bodden was at his home … with his family when he heard glass breaking at the front of his home…. Bodden went to investigate and found a man on the front porch with a hammer trying to get into his home.  The man then reportedly confronted [Bodden] and the suspect was shot once in the hip/pelvic area…. Police responded and the suspect was taken into custody….”

;Reported By www.clickondetroit.com on 2015-09-21 

“A man who was robbing a Citizens Bank near 9 Mile and Van Dyke roads on Monday was shot by a customer at the bank. The robber initially fled the bank on foot but was found lying on the ground bleeding. He was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound…. The robber walked into the bank and announced a hold-up. He received money from a teller and then pointed the gun at the customer, who shot him. He shot him in both arms and the leg….”

;Reported By ABC News on 2015-09-09 

“A home invasion turns deadly after a Dayton woman reportedly shoots an intruder. And this is the second time she’s opened fire in her home. Around 3 a.m. … the woman heard someone breaking in to her Richmond Avenue home. First, he tried a downstairs window then climbed through one upstairs…. The intruder couldn’t get in the kitchen window because the homeowner put bars on them after her house was broken in just last week…. In the hallway, the homeowner reportedly confronted the intruder with a gun. After being shot, the man … took off running and collapsed on the sidewalk….. This isn’t the first time the homeowner has shot someone. Two years ago, two teenagers kicked in her back door and she shot one of them….”

;Reported By www.wxyz.com on 2015-09-04 

 “A 17-year-old remains in the hospital in critical condition after the young father he tried robbing shot him several times…. Joe fired his gun when the teenager tried robbing him while he was sitting in his car. She says he was on the job as an exterminator when the teenager pulled a gun on him…. Lanier has a concealed carry license and his mother is an instructor herself, who says she’s taught all of her sons how to responsibly operate a gun….”

;Reported By Fox News on 2015-09-03 

  “A child shot a teen that was trying to break into a home in north St. Louis County. Police say the 11-year-old shooter fired one round from a handgun and killed the 16-year-old suspect. Two suspects tried to break into the home twice before on Thursday. One of the suspects got into the unlocked front door of the home at around 2:30 pm while the 11-year-old and a 4-year-old girl were home alone. That is when the 11-year-old shot and killed the suspect. Police found the body with a gunshot to the head in the front foyer of the home. Investigators say the second suspect ran off when shots were fired.  St. Louis County police have taken the suspect into custody….”

;Reported By www.wgme.com on 2015-09-01 

“Harvey Lembo was fed up. The last straw was last month when a burglar stole thousand dollars and prescription medicine from his apartment. It happened again late Monday night. Only this time, Lembo woke up. ‘I had the gun under my pillow. I reached out and I cocked it. And I got in my wheelchair.,’ Lembo said. Lembo confronted the intruder in his home rifling through his pills. He held him at gunpoint. ‘This is the fifth time I’ve been robbed. And it’s all been about drugs. I’m tired of it. So I went and bought a gun,’ Lembo said. Lembo got the gun on Monday. He never thought he’d have to use it that night. ‘I screamed at him to stop. And I told him to go sit on the coffee table or I’d blow his brains out. I still had the gun in my hand. And I’m trying to dial 911 with the gun in my hand,’ Lembo said….”

;Reported By www.khou.com on 2015-08-19 

 “Raul, a father of three, woke up to his son scared for his life saying a man was banging on his window, so Raul jumped into action. ‘Went into the closet and I grabbed my handgun and I loaded it up,’ he said. He ran out the front door, noticed the burglar had ripped off his surveillance camera and then saw him standing in the street…. His surveillance cameras caught the burglar making a run for it and jumping into [a getaway car]….”