Police: Elder Abuse Victim Killed Stepson in Self Defense
http://www.expressnews.com/news/loca...in-5871123.php
Shooter is in his late 70's and is the retired chief of the Hill Country Village Police Department. The step son was 59 and was previously arrested for Elder Abuse in 2013 after he assaulted his stepfather.
Indiana update: Man who shot intruder gets jail time.
A man who shot an intruder outside his Dunkirk home was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in the Jay County jail, followed by four months on home detention.
David McLaughlin, 32, was found guilty of criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury by a Jay Superior Court jury on Sept. 4. Testimony indicated he fired three gunshots April 21 at a man he said had broken into his garage, at least two after the intruder had left his property and was running down an alley.
David A. Bailey, 29, of Albany — charged with burglary in the garage break-in — testified he was shot in the left arm.
On Wednesday, Judge Max Ludy Jr. — who agreed to reduce McLaughlin's conviction from felony to misdemeanor status in a bid to preserve the defendant's job as a letter carrier — said he found the firing of the first gunshot, in the direction of a neighbor's home, especially "reprehensible."...
Grocery store employee defends self.
Two men, armed with hand guns, faced off on a grocery store parking lot in Barnhart Thursday morning. Witnesses told sheriff deputies a customer, who was intoxicated, threatened a store employee with a gun. The employee pulled out his concealed gun and shot the man several times...
“The victim, at some point in time during the conversation, produced a hand gun and pointed it at the store employee. The store employee drew his weapon and fired his weapon at least twice, maybe three times, striking the individual,” said Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer.
The store employee, a 23-year old man also from Imperial had a legal permit to carry a concealed gun according to Sheriff Boyer...
"Victim".... is used quite incorrectly in that story.Originally Posted by IRISH
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
Yeah, that jumped off the page at me as well.
Marine veteran shoots home invasion suspect caught climbing into window
Must be hard to climb a fence after getting hit in the chest with a 12ga round.“He's not robbing me. He didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. I shot him and he fell back out the window and ran away,” Reynolds said.
Reynolds says the blast hit the intruder square in the chest.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
From the article:
Just a pet peeve but it an officer shoots you while you are committing a crime, you are not a victim.The Tulsa Police Department identified the officer and shooting victim involved in a shooting in south Tulsa on Thursday.
Suspect would be appropriate.
Next time, don't use bird shotI shot him and he fell back out the window and ran away,” Reynolds said.
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