Shooting incidents in the news.

[blues]

The two Regions Security guards were in the middle of a shift change on Dec. 3 at the plant, 3441 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Florida, when they apparently got into a tussle over how a gate was locked, a police report said. When police arrived, Wilner Duce, 49, was on the ground claiming “he shot me, he shot me” as Andres Aviles, 26, holstered his 9 mm Glock. Aviles put his hands in the air and told police: “He just accosted me, he was assaulting me … and it’s all on video.” Although there was closed-circuit TV, no footage could be accessed. Duce, who lay on the ground bleeding, was also armed. His 9 mm Taurus was snapped into a holster. The safety was on and there was no bullet in the chamber, the police report said. Aviles told police he drew his gun for protection after Duce punched the gate door and caused it to hit Aviles in the chest. Aviles said he followed Duce and while struggling to disarm him, the shot was fired, according to the report. Aviles was not immediately arrested. Sometime after giving a statement to police, he drove to Mexico. From there he flew to San Salvador, where he was detained while trying to travel on to Nicaragua, Miranda Grossman, a spokeswoman for the Hollywood Police Department said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/br...122-story.html

The Clash certainly foresaw this scenario..."should I stay or should I go?"

[NEPAKevin]

[I]Duce, who lay on the ground bleeding, was also armed. His 9 mm Taurus was snapped into a holster. The safety was on and there was no bullet in the chamber, the police report said

No trigger lock?

[RoyGBiv]

No trigger lock?

Taurus. No need.

[blues]

Taurus. No need.

Glad someone finally said something. LOL!

[Wendell]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An employee killed a suspect during a robbery attempt at Sing Lay in the 2600 block of Frayser Boulevard, police say. According to the report, the employee shot the suspect while he was in the process of robbing the Chinese restaurant Monday night. One man was pronounced dead at the scene. The employee acted in self-defense and will not be charged, Memphis Police said Tuesday morning.
http://wreg.com/2018/01/22/employee-...mpted-robbery/

[Glenn E. Meyer]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.68db467a6a7b

Whether the shooting was justified isn't my role to determine. However, the sheer stupidity of folks to leave accident scenes and flee from the law enforcement officers is just incomprehensible on rational analyses.

[HCM]

http://www.kens5.com/news/local/lice...-car/510909702

Licensed handgun owner shoots man breaking into his car

SAN ANTONIO - Police say a licensed handgun owner shot a man seen breaking into his car and making threats.

Police say the man left his car unlocked while he went back into his apartment to get something he had forgotten. When he returned to his car, he found two men in the vehicle.

They got into an argument and the car’s owner pulled out a gun from his jacket, according to the police report. The man has a license to carry. The man told police one of the men breaking into his car began to walk away but started making threats, saying he knew where the other man lived and the car he drove.

The car’s owner then fired twice at the man making threats, hitting him in the calf. The two suspects took off on foot, but were caught by officers a short distance away.

The man who was shot was taken to the hospital and the other suspect was detained by police. No word on what charges they may face.

[Wendell]

A driver of a red Dodge SUV flagged down the pickup to say someone was hanging on to the truck. The pickup stopped, the victim let go and pickup left the scene. The victim then attempted to get into the Dodge SUV while two adults and three children inside the vehicle tried to prevent him from getting in. At some point, the driver took out a gun and started to hit the victim over the head. When that didn't work the driver fired two shots into the victim to stop him. The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. The five people in the SUV remained at the scene and cooperated with police officers. The incident is being considered as self-defense and no arrests have been made.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/man-...alexander-lamb

At some point, the driver took out a gun and started to hit the victim over the head.
When that didn't work the driver fired two shots into the victim to stop him.

[Dagga Boy]

A driver of a red Dodge SUV flagged down the pickup to say someone was hanging on to the truck. The pickup stopped, the victim let go and pickup left the scene. The victim then attempted to get into the Dodge SUV while two adults and three children inside the vehicle tried to prevent him from getting in. At some point, the driver took out a gun and started to hit the victim over the head. When that didn't work the driver fired two shots into the victim to stop him. The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. The five people in the SUV remained at the scene and cooperated with police officers. The incident is being considered as self-defense and no arrests have been made.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/man-...alexander-lamb

Pssssst.....just FYI, sounds like that is a suspect and not a victim. Fricking “news”....

[JTQ]

This incident was here in Pensacola on Monday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O62ixJsa59g

I travel that intersection fairly regularly. I don't know what I'd do if I were the guy in the pickup truck. I'm not sure I would have realized it was happening, while it was happening. I might have said, "wait, were those guys just shooting at each other, here in the middle of the street?"