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Springfield police have cleared a resident of any wrongdoing after he returned fire on an intruder who shot at him first on Maiden Lane early Friday morning. The incident, which left 28-year-old Anthony Walker Jr. dead, is being officially investigated as a justified act of self-defense.
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Two Douglas, Georgia women, Stephanie Ann Nicole Castillo and Elisabet Gaspar, are in custody after a homeowner shot them in self-defense during an alleged machete-wielding home invasion. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI confirmed the homeowner used a shotgun to repel the attack, resulting in felony charges for both suspects.
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The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a landmark appellate ruling, effectively expanding the legal grounds for using deadly force in self-defense. The decision upholds a lower court’s finding that Missouri law allows for deadly force to prevent a “forcible felony,” even in instances where there is no immediate risk of…
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A Tuscaloosa woman is claiming self-defense after shooting her long-term partner multiple times while trapped inside an inoperable vehicle during a domestic dispute. Investigators confirmed the woman was on the phone with 911 reporting the man was attempting to smash the car windows to reach her when the shooting occurred.
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West Virginia Republican Senators Chris Rose and Zack Maynard have introduced Senate Bill 1071, known as the Public Defense and Provisioning Act, which would authorize the state to sell modern machine guns to law-abiding citizens. The legislation utilizes a specific federal exemption in the Hughes Amendment to create state-operated distribution centers at State Police Troop…
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A 32-year-old Fort Madison man, Jacob Anthony Haage, has been jailed for domestic abuse after a minor child stabbed him to prevent him from choking their mother. The Lee County Attorney’s Office has ruled the stabbing an act of self-defense, confirming that no charges will be filed against the child for protecting their parent.
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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.
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Secret Service agents and a local deputy fatally shot 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin early Sunday morning after he breached a secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago armed with a shotgun and a fuel can. Martin, who had been reported missing from North Carolina, was neutralized after he ignored orders to drop his weapon and instead raised it…
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A Jackson, Mississippi resident has been released without charges after shooting and killing one of two masked intruders who broke into her apartment early Sunday morning. Police have identified the deceased intruder as 15-year-old Kaden Young and charged his 18-year-old accomplice, Quintavion Myles, with murder in connection with the fatal break-in.
