Armed citizens making a difference thread.

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Rob the wrong pizza joint, get shot in the face.
Facts.

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A man near the University of Southern California fought back against three armed would-be robbers, killing one of them with a gun they dropped during the altercation.

Three armed men in their 20s exited a vehicle early Saturday morning in South Los Angeles and attempted to rob the unidentified man, Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Norma Eisenman told the Los Angeles Times.

An altercation broke out after the victim resisted complying with the suspects. One of the suspected robbers then dropped his handgun, and the victim picked it up and shot the suspect, according to police

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...122328667.html

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A North Carolina tobacco store employee faced off with three would-be robbers, shooting and killing one of them, according to police. Three men reportedly entered Tobacco & Vape near downtown Greensboro at around 7:45 p.m. Monday. Police said the suspects attempted to rob the store, demanding the employee hand over cash at gunpoint. The worker then drew his own gun and fired at the men, killing 17-year-old Gabriel Malachi Kalu, CBS 17 reported. The two other suspects fled the scene with the stolen money, police said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...?ocid=msedgntp

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An elderly homeowner in Pennsylvania shot and killed a half-naked home intruder after the intruder attacked him and his wife, authorities say.

The suspect, identified as Steven Shaffer, 54, entered the home of a couple in their 70s in Berwick Township, Pa., wearing only a T-shirt and assaulted the couple before being shot multiple times by the husband and killed, Pennsylvania State Police said, according to FOX 43 of York, Pa.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/elderly-m...ulted-his-wife

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WEST PHILADELPHIA - Two suspects in an armed carjacking are in the hospital after police say they attempted to take a vehicle from a Lyft who was armed with a gun he was licensed to carry on Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia. Officials said the shooting happened on the 4200 block of Parkside Avenue Monday, just before 2:45 in the afternoon.
A Lyft driver, with a passenger, was rear-ended twice, according to authorities. When the driver stopped and got out, two men got out of their vehicle with a gun and demanded the Lyft driver's vehicle.
The driver then got his passenger out and one of the two suspects took control of the vehicle.
Investigators said the Lyft driver was licensed to carry a firearm and proceeded to fire his weapon at the suspect who took his car and the accomplice in the other vehicle. He hit both suspects, according to official accounts.
One of the two men was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center by police and placed in critical condition. The other was also hospitalized, though his condition is unknown.
Police say the Lyft driver was not shot, and a rifle had been pointed at him during the encounter.

https://www.fox29.com/news/police-ma...t-philadelphia

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York City

Cox, carrying a firearm, was attempting to rob the Asian Best Chinese and Thai Cuisine Restaurant at 15 North Penn Street in York City around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday. The owner shot Cox and he died immediately, the coroner*s office said.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/0...estaurant.html

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NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana mom and Air Force veteran pulled a gun on a man who tried to get into her car while she was sitting in gridlocked traffic with her 2-year-old son.

"You shouldn't have to navigate your own city like a war zone. It's un-American," Charise Taylor, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, told WDSU. "The crime is out of control and it's terrifying. At this point, having to use the same tactics in an American city that you use in Iraq and Afghanistan simply to navigate through the city, it's scary, and I'm not the only mom feeling this way."

Taylor said she was on her way to pick up her husband on Friday in New Orleans when she got stuck in traffic on Interstate 10. While navigating the backup, a group of people in a truck motioned to her to let them into her lane. She let them in, but soon after a man came up to her passenger door and began pulling on the handle.

https://www.fox29.com/news/mom-iraq-...ked-and-loaded

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Peaceful Valley, WA * The sheriff released more details about what led up to the shooting of two Whatcom County Sheriff*s Office (WCSO) deputies on Thursday and thanked the armed good Samaritans who came to the wounded heroes* aid and kept them safe until backup arrived.

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Police said that was when good Samaritans armed with their own weapons stepped forward and fired multiple shots in the direction of Young to provide cover for and protect the wounded deputies, the Bellingham Herald reported.

The good Samaritans told KING that they were military veterans and they weren*t going to sit still and watch law enforcement officers be murdered so they took their children inside their homes and came back out with their own guns.

https://policetribune.com/armed-good...nded-deputies/

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I’ve seen a lot of people now flip their stance on carry. Which is refreshing

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A homeowner shot and killed a man caught trespassing and breaking into his vehicle in West Philadelphia, police say.
Just after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, police received a 911 call about gunshots on the 4400 block of Fairmount Avenue.

https://6abc.com/homeowner-shoots-tr...ndow/11658261/