Guns Saving Lives
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Armed and Masked: The 16-Year-Old Who Defended Himself Against an Attempted Robbery at School
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Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho has ruled that a fatal shooting at Natomas High School was a clear act of self-defense after a 16-year-old student was targeted for robbery by two armed, masked individuals. While the student will not face murder charges for the death of 16-year-old De’Jon Sledge, he is still being prosecuted…
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Omaha police officers fatally shot 31-year-old Noemi Guzman on Tuesday morning after she allegedly kidnapped a 3-year-old boy from a local Walmart and began slashing him with a shoplifted kitchen knife. The child, identified as Cyler Hillman, underwent surgery for a large laceration to his face and hand but is expected to survive the unprovoked…
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Two employees of the prominent Austin gun store Central Texas Gun Works are involved in a fatal shooting outside the Cabana Club that has been ruled Austin’s 20th homicide of 2026. While one employee—an assistant manager—is currently in the Travis County Jail facing murder charges, owner Michael Cargill maintains the pair were victims of a…
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Murder Charges Dropped: Hartford Man Sentenced to Time Served in Case Turned Self-Defense
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James Chaney, a licensed firearm permit holder initially charged with murder in the 2024 deaths of two Hartford high school students, has been sentenced to time served after a successful self-defense claim. Prosecutors reduced the charges from murder to a misdemeanor count of second-degree breach of peace, concluding that the fatal stairwell shooting was a…
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Professor’s “Double Life” Revealed: Self-Defense Ruling in Fatal Shooting of MTSU Sociologist
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
