Home Defense
This collection of articles deals with home defense including home intrusions, robberies, security and home defense plans.
Alabama Homeowner Shoots and Kills 32-Year-Old Woman Who Kicked In His Back Door at 1 P.M. as Her Family Insists She Was Not a Threat
A Carbon Hill, AL homeowner shot and killed a woman he says kicked in his back door. Her family says...
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Memphis Boyfriend Ambushed at 3:30 A.M. Inside Girlfriend’s Home Returns Fire on Ex Accused of Stalking Her, Now Charged as Felon in Possession
Memphis man ambushed inside his girlfriend's home returned fire, hitting her ex several times. The ex is charged as a...
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Second Man Inside San Antonio Home Shoots and Kills Intruder Who Pointed Handgun at Resident, Then Leaves Scene Before Police Arrive
He forced his way into a San Antonio home and pointed a handgun at a resident. A second man inside...
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Florida Man Knocked Down by Pickaxe Blow to the Back Shoots Attacker Standing Over Him, Sheriff Says It Was Self-Defense
A Lehigh Acres man knocked down by a pickaxe blow shot the attacker standing over him. Days later, the attacker...
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Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Before Police Arrived; Wyden Answers With Call for ‘Common Sense Gun Laws’
A Bend father took a .40 pistol from his vehicle and followed a shotgun-armed 16-year-old into Silver Rail Elementary. Wyden...
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Arizona Husband Shoots Wife at 1 A.M. After He Says She Came at Him With a Knife
A Litchfield Park man told MCSO deputies he shot his wife around 1 a.m. Sunday after she came at him...
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DeKalb County Tenant Shoots Machete-Wielding Man Who Kicked at Apartment Doors Threatening to Kill Residents at 11:30 P.M., Then Broke Into His Unit
A machete-wielding man kicked at DeKalb County apartment doors and threatened to kill residents until a tenant shot him, residents...
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Virginia Residents Come Home Friday Night to Find a Stranger Lying in an Upstairs Bed; Altercation Ends With Him Shot Dead and No Charges for Now
Henrico residents found a stranger lying in an upstairs bed Friday night. The altercation ended with him shot dead and...
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New Orleans Homeowner Shoots and Kills 29-Year-Old Trying to Break Into His House Before 7 A.M., and NOPD Says He Will Not Be Charged
A New Orleans homeowner shot and killed a 29-year-old man trying to break into his house before 7 a.m. Friday....
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Texas Homeowner Shoots and Kills Hallucinating Blood-Covered Intruder Who Broke In at Random and Cornered Him in His Bedroom With Wife and Children Home
A Lytle, TX homeowner shot and killed a hallucinating intruder who broke in at random and cornered him in a...
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Break-In Attempt on a Quiet Portsmouth Street Ends With the Intruder Dead at the Scene
A man was shot and killed around 3:25 a.m. after trying to break into a Portsmouth, VA home. Police say...
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Hudson Falls Man Walks Into Wrong South Glens Falls Home Before Dawn, Gets Shot in the Leg and Charged With Criminal Trespass
A South Glens Falls resident shot a 20-year-old stranger who walked into the home at 4:39 a.m. Troopers charged the...
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