• Family Dispute Ends In Gunfire; 1 Dead And 2 Injured

    WEST POINT, GEORIGA — At about 9:15 PM on November12th, police in West Point Georgia responded to a report of multiple people shot. When they arrived at the West Point Depot, officers found three people shot. Tarrance Holloway Sr., 53, was dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. Two others, Tarrance Holloway Jr. and Minnie…

  • 15-Year-Old Shoots And Kills Mother’s Boyfriend In Possible Self-Defense; Police

    EASTPOINTE, MICHIGAN — Just before 10 PM on November 16th, the Eastpointe Police Department received a 911 call from a woman in the 18000 block of Holland, to report that her boyfriend was attacking her. When they arrived, police found a 34-year-old man dead in the area. According to people who knew him, the deceased…

  • Jury Finds Self-Defense In St. Petersburg Shooting, Defender Still Facing Gun Charges

    On November 9th, a jury found a man not guilty by reason of self-defense after 2 hours of deliberations in a case stemming from a downtown St. Petersburg, Florida shooting. On September 28th, 2021, a parking dispute began between a group of people near Martin Luther King and Central in St. Petersburg. At the end…

  • Homeowner Defends Himself Against Squatter After Checking On Property

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — During the early morning hours of October 6th, a property owner received a call from some neighbors in the area of 42nd and St. Clair in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The callers told the property owner that a group of people appeared to be inside his vacant home on the corner. The…

  • Judges Rules Self-Defense In September 2021 Shooting

    On October 11, 2022, a Butte County, California Judge ruled that a September 2021 shooting by a juvenile was self-defense.  There were 3 days of testimony involving 15 witnesses as well as surveillance video related to the case.  The Judge ruled that the Prosecutor did not meet the threshold to override a claim of self-defense. …

  • Hookah Bar Shooting: Self-Defense Claimed, Cell Phone Video Shows A Different Picture

    KENNER, LOUISIANA — Police responded to a reported shooting at the Mazar Café Hookah Lounge at 3244 Georgia Avenue at 3:15 AM on 3/27/2022.  Upon their arrival, they found a 27-year-old man from LaPlace down with a gunshot wound.  He was transported to a local hospital, where he died the next day. A local couple…

  • Son, Wearing Body Armor And Pointing Gun At Father, Is Shot In Self-Defense

    ST. CHARLES PARISH, LOUISIANA — A 21-year-old man with a history of “unstable and violent” behavior was shot and killed in a self-defense shooting in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana on March 29th, 2022.  The incident occurred in the 200 block of Dianne Drive in St. Rose around 5:30 PM.  It was the second shooting in…

  • After 5-Year Legal Battle, Case Ruled Self-Defense In Family Shooting

    NOVATO, CALIFORNIA — A shooting occurred just after 2 AM on November 25th, 2017 and when police arrived, they found Dean Paraskeva suffering from a gunshot wound.  He was transported to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, where he recovered from his wounds. Paraskeva claimed that he had been up with his stepfather, William Bradley (84 years…

  • Teens On Instagram Live Video Leads To Tragedy

    Two young cousins, Paris (12) and Kuaron (14) Harvey, are dead after a tragic accident while livestreaming to Instagram.  The cousins were making a video from a bathroom in St. Louis on March 18th when the incident occurred.  The incident was originally reported in the media as a murder-suicide.  Police affirm that they are treating…