Author: AW1Ed

So much wrong here.
Did Violation of Massachusetts’ Gun Storage Law Save Man from Pit Bull Attack?
By: Dean Weingarten

On the 2nd of December, 2018, a 25-year-old man was at home with his girlfriend and a pit bull dog they were fostering. All of them were lying on a bed at about 6 p.m. The dog attacked the man. The man attempted to move the pit bull off of the bed. Instead, the dog bit the man on the left arm, and would not let go. From bostonglobe.com:

In a desperate attempt to end the attack, the man reached for a 9mm handgun he had in his nightstand and shot the dog, police said.

“The single shot stopped the attack and the dog died shortly afterwards,” police said in the statement. “The man is fully licensed to have firearms in Massachusetts.”

The man was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital to be treated for his injuries, police said.

Police took the man’s handgun, a 12-gauge shotgun, and ammunition found in the home “for safekeeping.” The dead pit bull was taken away by Yarmouth animal control officers, police said.

It is unknown if the legal gun owner will be charged in the case.

The article may be viewed at Ammo Land.

Another case of poor target selection skills.
18-year-old robber dies, was 1 of 2 males found shot in street
By: Staff Reports

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An 18-year-old who was one of two males found shot in a street Thursday night has died, the Marion County Coroner’s Office said Monday.

Deayris Perkins died of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said, but his death is not being considered a criminal homicide because Perkins was trying to rob the other male, Officer Genae Cook said Monday night. The other male, who has not been identified, will not be charged because he was firing his gun in self-defense, she said.

Police said Thursday that two males younger than 25 had been found shot and were in critical condition.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was called to reported “shots fired” about 9:50 p.m. Thursday in the 3800 block of East 31st Street. The call was upgraded to a “person shot” when a person was observed laying in the street and people with guns were nearby, police said Thursday.

Read the entire article at WISHTV.com

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One in the cooler, one in the wind.
No murder charge in shooting, DA rules By AMY HAMILTON

A woman who admitted to the September shooting death of 26-year-old Brandon Sanchez will not face a murder charge, because the case meets all the criteria for self-defense under Colorado’s “Make My Day” law, according to a recent ruling by Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein.

Melissa Pruitt, 34, told investigators she shot and killed Sanchez after he and another man entered a Grand Junction garage where she and three other people were sleeping, and the two intruders beat up one of the people in the garage.

Pruitt said she had permission and had been staying for a few days at the home at 3116 Chipeta Ave. when she was woken up the night of Sept. 16 by two men hitting “Lil A” — a man later identified as Adam Rodriguez, 27. Pruitt told investigators Sanchez and the other man hit Rodriguez in the face, until his teeth were bashed out and “there was blood everywhere each time they hit him,” an affidavit for her arrest said.

According to the record, Pruitt had seen guns in an unlocked case in the garage so she ran to it, picked out a gun and shot one of the intruders, who then ran outside after being shot.

Police were called to the home and found Sanchez lying in the backyard, dead from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the affidavit.

“I shot him, I didn’t know what to do. He was beating that kid,” Pruitt spontaneously told a deputy, according to the affidavit. “I was woken up by him beating that kid. I didn’t know what to do. I needed to make it stop.”

More to read here at The Daily Sentinel

Note the employee didn’t pursue the wounded robber- good headwork.
North Side market employee facing no charges for shooting alleged robber
An Alibaba Market employee shot and injured a would-be robber Friday night, police said. The employee is not facing any charges at this time, police said. (Chris Libonati | clibonati@syracuse.com)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The employee at a North Side market is facing no charges for shooting an alleged robber who entered the market Friday evening, according to police.

A man armed with a handgun entered the Alibaba Market at 419 Wolf St., around 7:45 p.m. and tried to rob the store, said police spokesman Sgt. Richard Helterline.

The employee shot the suspect, who fled on foot, police said.

Soon afterward, police found a man on the 600 block of Lemoyne Avenue with gunshot wounds. That’s about a tenth of a mile away from the store.

The alleged, would-be robber was rushed to the hospital and into surgery for his injuries. He was in critical condition but is now in stable condition, according to police.

Police said it doesn’t look like the store employee will be charged, though the investigation is ongoing.

The entire article may be viewed here at Syracuse.com

A bit thin on motive, but there’s no arguing the result.
Homeowner fatally shoots intruder, Scioto deputies say
by JARROD CLAY

BLUE CREEK, OHIO (WCHS/WVAH) — The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a homeowner shot and killed an intruder in Blue Creek, Ohio.

Deputies said they found the body of Michael Bashaw, 34, of West Portsmouth in the back yard of a residence from what is believed to be a single gunshot wound to the chest.

According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, there appears to be a prior connection between Bashaw and the homeowner.

The release said at this time the shooting appears to have been in self-defense.

The article may be viewed at WCHS 8

That went well, except for the whole butter fingers and getting shot in the ass part.
Robbery suspect drops gun, victim grabs it and shoots him in leg and buttocks, deputies say

By Jim Guy
An alleged bandit was shot in the leg and buttocks Thursday afternoon when he dropped his pistol southwest of Fresno and his victim grabbed the weapon and opened fire, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The incident took place about 12:30 p.m. near Floral and Jameson avenues as a contractor arrived at a field to pay the workers, according to sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti. A short time after the contractor began distributing the cash, three hooded men, two of them armed, pulled up in a black Dodge Durango. One of the bandits grabbed the money from the contractor.

Then, things turned bad for the suspects, according to Botti. One of the armed man, identified as Dion Loftis, 22, of Hanford, slipped and dropped his gun. A nearby worker grabbed the weapon, and shot the suspect in the leg once and twice in his backside. Other workers jumped on the bleeding suspect while the other two robbers jumped back in the SUV and began to speed away. The worker who shot the suspect then unloaded the rest of the ammo at the fleeing suspects.

The rest of the article may be viewed here at The Fresno Bee
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In honor of Army’s win over Navy yesterday, I present the first of “What makes America great” series. Navy fought well but failed to prevail. So congrats, Army, and see ya next year.