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https://www.abc-7.com/story/41094308...ar-in-his-home

North Fort Myers man fires shot to scare off burglar in his home
The break-in happened along Blue Beard Drive in Buccaneer Mobile Home Estates.

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. - A North Fort Myers woman was awakened Friday by a burglar shining a light in her living room.

Around 3:40 a.m., the woman woke her husband up, who grabbed a gun and approached the man in his living room. He fired off one warning shot, and the burglar fled.

The break-in happened along Blue Beard Drive in Buccaneer Mobile Home Estates, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stopper

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/...ods-in-august/

Lawful Gun Owners Defended Their Lives and Livelihoods in August

It seems as though every day another celebrity or politician demands that we place more severe restrictions on the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Unlike many of these celebrities and politicians, most of us do not live in safe, gated communities or spend much of our day protected by professional armed security.

Our deep respect for law enforcement does not negate the fact that police officers do not serve as our private protection details, and cannot always be there to assist us in moments of serious danger.

America is currently in the midst of a decade of historically low rates of violent crime, including gun-related crime, but Americans still use their firearms to defend themselves between 500,000 and 3 million times every year.

This is not just some conservative talking point, either, but a reality that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a 2013 report, concluded has been found “by almost all major studies” on the issue.

Moreover, while the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms does not depend on a balancing test between criminal and lawful uses of firearms, law-abiding citizens use firearms for lawful purposes far more often than criminals use them to commit crimes.

Every month this year, we’ve highlighted just a handful of the numerous times that law-abiding Americans have exercised their Second Amendment rights in defense of themselves or others. Just like January, February, March, April, May, June, and July, August was full of examples of how the right to keep and bear arms is essential to the protection of individual rights.

Aug. 1; Nashville, Tennessee—A restaurant employee stopped an armed robber in his tracks by retrieving a co-worker’s handgun and opening fire on the robber, causing him to flee the restaurant. No employees or patrons were injured, but the robber was struck by the employee’s rounds and later died of his wounds.

Aug. 7; Lake City, Florida—A man used his firearm to protect his home against an intruder, attempting to hold the intruder at gunpoint while calling the police. The intruder fled but was later captured by law enforcement officers. An investigation later determined that the intruder, who had a lengthy criminal record, had been in the process of stealing rifles and a hunting knife from the homeowner.

Aug. 8; Espanola, New Mexico—A woman called police to report that two men impersonating FBI agents were trying to kick open her apartment door. Another tenant in the apartment repeatedly warned the fake agents that he was armed and tried to stop them from coming inside, but they nonetheless kicked down the door. The resident saw that one of the fake agents was armed and used his firearm to defend himself and those in the apartment, killing one intruder and sending the other running.

Aug. 14; Phenix City, Alabama—The owner of a jewelry store defended himself, his mother-in-law, his employees, and his family business by shooting at two armed men who tried to rob his store. Both men immediately fled the scene, and the only loss to the store occurred when one of the men accidently knocked over a glass case in the process of fleeing. The owner’s mother-in-law expressed her gratitude, telling reporters, “You can replace material things, but you can’t replace a life.”

Aug. 18; Spartanburg, South Carolina—A shopper successfully protected himself outside of a Lowe’s Home Improvement store, shooting and killing a man who appeared ready to attack him with a 4-foot-long piece of lumber. The attacker had earlier been confrontational with the shopper inside the store, but appeared to leave after the shopper started walking down different aisles to avoid him. However, he had only gone to the parking lot to grab the lumber from his truck, and waited until the shopper came out of the store to threaten him again.

Aug. 20; Washington, D.C.—A concealed carry permit holder shot at two armed men who approached him at a bus stop and threatened to rob him. The would-be robbers blocked the permit holder’s path, telling him not to move while brandishing a gun. The permit holder then drew his own firearm and fired several rounds, striking one assailant in the arm and sending both fleeing.

Aug. 21; Pasco County, Florida—A local community is hailing one of its own as a hero after a man intervened with his firearm to defend a neighbor from domestic violence. The Good Samaritan was mowing his lawn when he heard a woman screaming in a nearby house and ran to assist her, first removing the children from the dangerous scene to ensure their safety and then attempting to de-escalate the situation. The domestic violence suspect ultimately tried to shoot the Good Samaritan and the woman, but was instead shot and killed by the Good Samaritan.

Aug. 27; Akron, Ohio—An elderly homeowner told journalists that a would-be burglar “picked the wrong house” after being caught by the homeowner and held at gunpoint until police arrived. The house had been broken into just days earlier, and some of the homeowner’s firearms and ammunition had been stolen. Since other valuable items had been left behind, the homeowner feared that the burglar might return to finish the job armed with one of the stolen guns. This time, however, the homeowner was ready.

Aug. 28; Dallas—An 84-year-old man protected himself and his sleeping wife by shooting an armed home intruder, who then fled the property. Burglars had targeted the couple in the past and the man told journalists that he had decided not to be a victim anymore. He explained that the police can’t be everywhere at once, so “sometimes you’ve got to take responsibility of your own to protect your own.” The neighborhood crime watch leader agreed, saying: “If more people would shoot at the robbers or invaders, they would think twice about breaking into their homes. [They would think,] ‘Hey this person might be armed.’”

These examples show that when firearms are in the hands of law-abiding citizens, the public is more secure. When the Second Amendment is flippantly treated as an antiquated measure and serious burdens are placed on the right to keep and bear arms, the people with the most to lose are not criminals, but jewelry store owners protecting the family business and elderly Texans defending their wives during home invasions.

We all want safer communities, and everyone agrees that criminals or objectively dangerous people should not have access to weapons. For the ordinary Americans most likely to face these threats and least likely to live in gated communities or afford armed security, the right to keep and bear arms is not an abstract ideal. It is, rather, an important tool in an everyday battle to secure their rights against those who care little for the life, liberty, or property of others.

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https://stockdailydish.com/cumberlan...ected-burglar/

Cumberland homeowner shoots, kills suspected burglar
Posted by SDD Contributor on September 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm
— A Cumberland County homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar Wednesday night, authorities said.

Deputies went to 507 Snow Hill Road at about 8:30 p.m. in response to a reported burglary. The homeowner, 46-year-old Tony Libson, told deputies two masked individuals broke into his home and shot him, but he was able to return fire.

Deputies found Henry Miller, 23, dead inside the home. The second intruder is believed to have fled after the shooting, possibly in a white sedan, authorities said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Cumberland County Sheriff‘s Office Homicide Unit at

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https://weartv.com/news/local/self-d...uled-justified

Self-defense shooting at Gulf Breeze home ruled justified
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) —

The State Attorney’s Office has announced a decision after a Santa Rosa County man shot and killed his son in April.

The Office says the shooting death of Erich Gunter Reitz has been deemed justified and no charges will be filed.

On April 30, officials say Reitz stabbed both of his parents multiple times at their home at Blair Circle.

The father then shot Reitz, who authorities say later died at a hospital.

Reitz’s parents told the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office their son had a history of mental illness and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychosis.

Reitz was previously employed as a law enforcement officer with the Niceville Police Department for several years. He was terminated in February 2018 following an incident where Reitz “began exhibiting erratic behavior and was subsequently Baker Acted.”

The day before the stabbing incident, the State Attorney’s Office says Reitz admitted to his father that he’d stopped taking his medication 10 days prior.

On the day of the incident, a report states Reitz was acting agitated and erratic, calling his parents “the devil” and the “son of Lucifer.”

Reitz reportedly went into his bedroom that day and asked his father to come and help him with his phone. When his dad walked into the room, Reitz said things like “devil be gone,” flipped open a knife and stabbed his father several times.

When Reitz’s mother heard screaming, she went to check on things, where officials say Reitz stabbed her in the chest.

The mother was able to grab a phone and call 911.

A report claims Reitz then lunged at his father, who remembered he had his firearm still in his pocket. While still on the floor, he grabbed the gun and fired it multiple times at Reitz. The report goes on to say the father continued to fire the gun as Reitz moved past him into the hallway until his son was out of sight.

The father said he didn’t know how many times he fired his gun, but believed it was necessary to “stop the threat in any way he could.”

When an autopsy was performed, eight gunshot wounds were found on Reitz.

All three were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Reitz's mother and father were able to recover.

The State Attorney’s Office says based on the circumstances, the use of deadly force against Reitz was reasonable and justified.

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https://kxnt.radio.com/articles/news...ttacking-woman

Off-Duty Marshall Shoots Dog Attacking Woman
Woman Was Exercising In Her Garage At The Time

LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - A Deputy U.S. Marshall shot and killed a pit bull that was attacking a woman who was exercising in her garage.

The Marshal, assigned to the District of Nevada, responded to a female neighbor screaming in the area of Hualapai and 215 around 6:30 Wednesday morning. When
the deputy marshal approached the residence he saw his neighbor being viciously attacked by a pit bull dog.

The deputy marshal shot the dog twice in an attempt to stop the attack. The dog limped across the road, collapsed and died.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the scene and summoned an ambulance for the injured woman, who was taken to a nearby hospital where she
was treated for multiple dog bites.

The woman had been exercising in her garage with the door open when the unrestrained pit bull came into the garage and attacked the leashed family dog. When she tried to separate the dogs the pit bull attacked her.

It's not known who the owner of the pit bull was, as the investigation continues.

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https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Cou...oting.html?ti=

UPDATED: Johnson City man found not guilty in 2016 shooting

Becky Campbell • Yesterday at 7:12 PM
Michael Young stood with his attorneys as a jury foreman read the not guilty verdict.
Michael Young pumped his fist in the air in victory and a widow sat nearby crying silently as a jury foreman read “not guilty” verdicts Thursday after a four-day trial.

Young, 49, was acquitted of first-degree murder and all lesser included charges — second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, reckless homicide and criminally negligent homicide — in the shooting death of his 45-year-old neighbor, Jose Mijares, in what investigators called a road rage incident near their homes on Lambeth Drive Feb. 13, 2016.

After the verdict, Young’s lead attorney, Matthew Spivey, said there was no real victory in a case like this.

“No case like this is a victory for anybody,” Spivey said. “This is how the criminal justice system works. Anytime somebody loses their life it’s a tragedy. This was a tragedy, but wasn’t a crime from our perspective, and the jury spoke. I’m sorry for the Mijares family, but Mr. Young is not guilty.”

Testimony ended Wednesday, but the case was in limbo and came close to an outright dismissal after defense attorneys, Rick and Matthew Spivey, discovered during the trial that there was potentially helpful evidence they never received.

From the beginning the case was threatened as the Spivey/Spivey team obtained a trickle of discovery not turned over by the state. In the state’s defense, however, some of that evidence wasn’t turned over to the DA’s office by the Johnson City Police Department in a timely manner.

Two key witnesses in the case turned out to be Young — who described prior incidents that he said made him fear Mijares — and Mijares’ son, Jesus Mijares, now 18, who was with his father at the time of the shooting.

Both witnesses seemed unflappable and believable.

Jesus Mijares said he and his father were going to get gas and coffee that Saturday morning when their neighbor’s green pickup came up on them fast on Lambeth Drive, then passed on the right side and stopped at the intersection of Lambeth and North Roan Street.

The younger Mijares testified that his father got out to see what the problem was and why Young was driving in that manner. Mijares didn’t hear the shot, but saw his father stagger back to the vehicle and collapse in the road. He went to his father’s aid and saw that his father had been shot.

During his testimony, Jesus Mijares pointed to Young as the person who shot his father.

But the fact Young shot Mijares was never an issue. The defense acknowledged Young shot and killed Mijares, but said all along it was self-defense.

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https://www.ocala.com/news/20190928/...shooting-death

Fort McCoy man won’t face charges in shooting death
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John Spooner, 62, killed 32-year-old Justin Phillips, also a Fort McCoy resident, on May 25.

Citing self-defense and Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, prosecutors will not charge a Fort McCoy man who shot and killed a visitor on his property earlier this year.

John Spooner, 62, killed 32-year-old Justin Phillips, also a Fort McCoy resident, on May 25, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

In a three-page memorandum, Assistant State Attorney Rich Buxman said that, based “on the physical evidence, which is consistently with the statements of the suspect, along with the fact that this event occurred on the suspect’s property, the State is unable to prove that the suspect did not act in self-defense.”

Buxman said “pursuant to ‘Stand Your Ground’ and Florida Statutes Chapter 776, Mr. Spooner had the right to defend himself based on the fact that he shot the victim as the victim was approaching Mr. Spooner and only after Mr. Spooner had ordered him to stop advancing.”

The shooting occurred in the 14000 block of Northeast 147th Place. The home is on a narrow dirt road, surrounded by mobile homes, not far from County Road 316.

At about 3:13 p.m. on May 25, deputies received a call about the shooting. According to Buxman’s report, Spooner called 911 and told a dispatcher that he had shot and killed Phillips. When deputies arrived, they found Phillips, who had been shot once in the face, dead outside the home.

A third man, John Daniels, was yelling, “He just killed my friend,” Buxman’s report states. Spooner told deputies he had shot Phillips and the firearm was in the shed. Deputies retrieved the pistol.

Spooner gave deputies a bag of cannabis, agreed to give a blood sample and agreed to be interviewed. Deputies said he appeared to be impaired.

He told them Phillips and Daniels had come to his home to drink beer and smoke marijuana, something they had done for the past six months, the prosecutor’s memo states. At the home, Spooner said Daniels was calling him derogatory names and pushing and grabbing his arm. Spooner said he later hugged Daniels.

Spooner said Phillips began saying things to him that made him feel uncomfortable. Feeling uneasy, Spooner said he went to the shed for the firearm.

He told deputies that, because of his heart and a brain aneurysm, if anything hit his head or chest, it could kill him, the memo states. Spooner said Phillips approached him. When he told Phillips to leave, Spooner said, Phillips cursed and continued to walk toward him.

The shooter said he again told Phillips to leave but Phillips, who was younger and bigger than him, continued to approach. At the time of the shooting, Spooner weighed 120 pounds, the memo states. Phillips weighed 193 pounds.

Buxman said deputies asked Spooner to do a re-enactment of the events leading up to the shooting. They said it was “consistent with his original statement to law enforcement.”

Deputies interviewed Daniels and said he made inconsistent statements. He refused to allow a blood draw. He also refused to take a polygraph test.

Neighbors said they felt Phillips liked confrontations, the memo states. For instance, one neighbor said Phillips got angry for no reason while playing dice. They told him to leave the home for being “confrontational when he was around others.”

Phillips’ mother told deputies her son was not a violent person but was depressed about his wife’s death.

A woman who was at the Spooner’s home before the shooting told deputies Spooner, Daniels and and Phillips were there and “appeared to be getting along” before she left.

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https://www.kptv.com/news/man-confro...73f9acae2.html

Man confronts intruder at late mother's vacant home in SE Portland
Kandra Kent Updated 12 hrs ago | Posted on Sep 30, 2019 0
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Days after attending his mother’s funeral, a Portland man went to check on her vacant home only to find an intruder.

Portland police on Sunday arrested 32-year-old Candance N. Irvin and charged her with first-degree trespassing.

The son, James Adams, told FOX 12 he held the suspect at gunpoint at the home off Southeast 92nd Avenue until police arrived.

“Had my gun in my hand, telling her to stay where she was,” Adams recalled.

Adams said his mother passed away a couple of months ago but her memorial service was just held a few days ago in eastern Oregon.

Adams told FOX 12 after he got back from the funeral he went to check on his mother’s home and found his troubled nephew there with others he didn’t know.

“That particular nephew would have known that that memorial was going on, and okay -- rather than go to the memorial for grandma, I’m going to break into her house and steal things,” Adams said. “There’s still beds in there, of course, they’ve pretty much trashed one of them, been doing cocaine or something on the other -- found a mirror with the residue."

Adams said the home had been broken into and some of his mother’s belongings were missing.

When Adams returned Sunday he brought a gun and called 911 when he found a strange woman in the bathroom and his nephew nowhere to be seen.

“I back out on to the porch – keeping her in sight at all times and she just kind of followed me out – came out, put the gun up, laid it down, told the police it was loaded, safety was on.” Adams said. “They arrested her, apparently she has some issues with the law, from the past.”

“The police did everything right, for their safety, for the safety of others,” Adams added. “They’re very commendable.”

Police told FOX 12 that they are also charging Irvin with first-degree burglary from an unrelated case

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https://www.wsfa.com/2019/09/30/poli...ooting-friday/

Police: Man dies after self-defense shooting Friday
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A death investigation is underway in Montgomery following a fatal self-defense shooting.

According to Capt. Regina Duckett, the shooting happened Friday around 5:20 p.m. in the 200 block of East Riding Road. Officer found a man who had a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting initially were unknown. Duckett says an investigation shows the man fired shots at another man during an argument. The second man returned fire in self-defense, fatally striking the deceased.

Duckett says the second man involved in the argument was not injured.

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https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Ma...1.html?ref=841

Man shot and killed after altercation in Preston County
WDTV News StaffMon 1:00 PM, Sep 30, 2019

PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. (WDTV)-- UPDATE 9/30/19 time
"There was an altercation along the Woolen Mill Road at a residence in Albright," said Chief Deputy Pritt with the Preston County Sheriff's Office.


A man was shot and killed after an altercation Friday evening, according to the Preston County Sheriff's Office.

On Friday night, a house along Woolen Mill Road road was a crime scene after a fight broke out between two family members.

"As a result of the altercation Mr. William French was apparently shot and as a result of being shot died from his injuries," said Pritt.

Chief Deputy Pritt says when deputies arrived on scene 43-year-old William French had been shot by a younger man. Other relatives watching close by.

"There were just two people primarily involved and there were others present."

Pritt says no arrests have been made or charges filed. This is because of the initial indication of the motive gathered at the scene.

"This may have been an act of self defense on the part of the person who shot Mr. French."

According to the report, the shooter did have some injuries and no one else was hurt.

"Domestic calls themselves are a fairly frequent thing, but typically they don't escalate to this point."

It is unclear at this time what kind of gun was used or where on the body the victim was shot.

Stick with 5 News for the latest updates.