CCW In Action

A planned meeting between two social media content creators in northwest Harris County turned into a violent shootout late Tuesday morning, April 28, 2026. Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators report that a driver in a Tesla shot his passenger in the chest after the passenger allegedly pulled a firearm and attempted to rob him during…

District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway has officially cleared 27-year-old Todd Stanton in the December 2025 fatal shooting of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Professor Ashleigh E. McKinzie. The investigation revealed that McKinzie, who was wearing a plastic skull mask and brandishing a cocked handgun, was suffering from methamphetamine-induced paranoia when she ambushed Stanton’s vehicle on…

A 33-year-old South Side resident fatally shot an unidentified home invader who allegedly charged at him inside his residence early Monday morning. Chicago police found the intruder with a gunshot wound to the chest at a home in the 2200-block of East 103rd Street; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday afternoon inside Arundel Mills Mall after a man was assaulted by three individuals. The intended victim discharged his firearm during a struggle with the assailants, striking one in the wrist before the trio fled in a vehicle, leading to a high-speed pursuit and crash…

A 45-year-old suspect, Jamar Thomas, has died from injuries sustained when a robbery victim shot him in self-defense in downtown Indianapolis earlier this month. Thomas’s nephew, Lamonte Thomas, remains in the Marion County Jail facing felony charges after surveillance footage confirmed the pair ambushed and tackled the victim from behind.

A 16-year-old boy is dead after a 27-year-old man shot him during an attempted armed robbery in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. Chicago police report the teenager drew a firearm first, prompting the resident to return fire in self-defense; two handguns were recovered at the scene.

A 59-year-old man is in police custody after a Chicago homeowner with a valid Concealed Carry License (CCL) shot him during an attempted garage burglary early Saturday morning. The incident occurred in the 5100-block of S. Loomis Boulevard, and the suspect is expected to survive his injuries.

A Cincinnati judge has dismissed all charges against 24-year-old Shaquille Ferguson regarding a shooting at Fountain Square after new surveillance video from CityBird restaurant confirmed he acted in self-defense. While the Fountain Square case is dismissed with prejudice, Ferguson still faces separate charges for a shooting in Northside that occurred just days earlier.

St. Petersburg police have ruled that a Friday evening shooting that left one man dead was an act of self-defense. Two armed men, including 29-year-old Syltico Morand, attempted to rob two other armed men sitting in a parked vehicle, resulting in a shootout where the robbers were the only ones struck.