Las Vegas, Nevada, August 1, 2024 (KTNV)
A man who shot and killed the driver of an SUV who was trying to run people over is in police custody and is cooperating, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Police say around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, a man showed up at a home remodel near Cory Pl. and Dover Pl. to do his job.
However, police say he was in no condition to work and the man was fired.
An “altercation” ensued and the fired man got into a dark SUV and tried to run over his former boss, who was eventually hit.
“After hitting his employer, several witnesses in the area came out to see what was going on, noticing he was chasing this guy down with the vehicle,” said Lt. Jason Johansson with LVMPD. “One of them came out with a shotgun as the vehicle drove at the male that had the shotgun and attempted to run him over, that is when the rounds were discharged.”…
Atlanta, Georgia, August 1, 2024 (WSBTV.com)
Police are still searching for a man who robbed a U.S. Postal worker at gunpoint on Thursday.
The robbery then led to a shootout, turning the Eclipse apartment complex near Buckhead Village into a battleground.
In broad daylight, a masked man allegedly tried to steal the keys from a post office worker in this garage. But when a bystander saw what was going on, he shot at the suspect, who then fired back…
Luckily, no one was hit in the crossfire. But the emotional wounds of a daylight shooting will be felt long after the crime scene goes away…
San Mateo, California, August 2, 2024 (KRON4)
At about 8 a.m., police received calls of a disturbance from a “frantic” caller reporting a subject had crashed into his car and that the suspect was shot.
After a few minutes, responding officers arrived near the intersection of 19th Avenue and Grant Street and found both the suspect and the victim at the scene.
Initial investigations revealed that the suspect had driven to the victim with a U-Haul box truck, and a verbal argument ensued.
Police said the suspect then drove back to the U-Haul, grabbed a metal pipe, and started attacking the victim. Police said the victim was hit several times and sustained damage to both his head and arms.
After getting hit with the metal pipe several times, police said the victim pulled out a .22 caliber pistol and shot the suspect. The wounded suspect then drove back to the U-Haul, put the truck in reverse, and drove at the victim.
Police said the suspect “almost” ran the victim over and instead drove into the victim’s car before he fled the scene. SMPD said the suspect was later located at a Palo Alto hospital and is expected to survive.
The victim was also hospitalized from the metal pipe injuries and has since been released, police said.
Columbus, Mississippi, August 2, 2024 (WTVA)
The shooting happened Friday afternoon, Aug. 2 at the Sandfield One Stop.
Nineteen-year-old Aajha Denman, went to the hospital for multiple gunshot wounds to her leg, Columbus Police announced.
Investigators determined Denman tried to take a man’s gun, police announced.
The man shot Denman after the fight.
Police charged her with strong armed robbery.
Zac Carlisle, “Teenage shooting victim arrested in Columbus,” WTVA, August 5, 2024.
Tacoma, Washington, August 4, 2024 (KOMO News)
Pierce County deputies responded to a shooting call at 17700 25th Ave E at 5:14 p.m.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), two women went to meet a man to sell him marijuana. During the sale, the man pistol-whipped the driver, pushed her out, and then shot the backseat passenger twice. The man then fled in the stolen vehicle. The driver fired several shots at the suspect as he sped away…
Albion, Michigan, August 4, 2024 (WILX)
Albion Department of Public Safety (ADPS) officers were called to the 200 block of S. Dalrymple Street on Sunday, Aug. 4 for a report of a domestic violence incident. Police said when they arrived, they found a woman who ran to a neighbor’s house for help…
The neighbor told police he saw the man assault the woman near his house and started to drag her away. Police said the neighbor pulled his gun at the man and told him to let her go.
The suspect ran away, leading to the neighbor calling officials to help the woman…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 5, 2024 (6abc Action News)
It happened near the intersection of A and East Somerset streets just before 8 p.m.
Police told Action News a 35-year-old man approached a homeless man on the street and attempted to rob him with a BB gun.
That’s when the homeless man reportedly pulled out his own gun and shot the suspect in the back…
No charges have been filed at this time. Police have not released any further information on the alleged shooter.
Norwalk, California, August 6, 2024 (CBS News)
A business owner opened fire on three burglary suspects who targeted his tobacco store in Norwalk Tuesday morning.
The crime occurred around 8:45 a.m. in the 10000 block of East Firestone Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department…
One of the store’s owners told KCAL that his business partner was pepper-sprayed by one of the suspects, which prompted him to grab his gun and open fire, hitting one of the intruders…
Gainesville, Georgia, August 6, 2024 (Access WDUN)
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) says a shooting Tuesday, August 6, outside of a residence on Greenway Road in East Hall County hospitalized two men, one who is facing multiple charges…
The preliminary investigation determined Collins had been threatening members of his family throughout the day, telling them he would come to the residence on Greenway Road and shoot them. He allegedly arrived at the home with a gun and confronted two family members outside the residence, fired his weapon, striking the male victim, but missing an adult female victim. The male victim, who was armed with a handgun, returned fire, striking the suspect one time.
Arrest warrants were secured for Collins for aggravated assault and aggravated assault under the Family Violence Act (FVA), both felony crimes. Collins was transported to the Hall County Jail after his release from the hospital Wednesday afternoon. Collins is being held without bond while the case remains under investigation. No charges are being filed against the second victim.
Cordele, Georgia, August 7, 2024 (WALB News)
According to a Facebook post by the sheriff’s office, an attempted carjacking led to an alleged carjacker being shot near mile marker 5 on Highway 280. The sheriff’s office received a call at around 10:20 a.m.
An investigation found that a Gray Dodge Charger was stopped on the highway behind a road construction truck. The release said that the driver of the Charger, 40-year-old Calvin Williams Jr., of Albany, got out of the vehicle and began to make several threats to the workers on the scene. He reportedly told crews that he would kill them.
Williams assaulted one of the road construction workers with rebar and attempted to steal the truck, according to the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office.
During the incident, another worker got their firearm and fired a round, wounding Williams, per a release…
Cypress, Texas, August 7, 2024 (FOX 26 Houston)
An attempted robbery at the Bank of America resulted in shots being fired.
Authorities say several male suspects targeted workers servicing an ATM at the bank located at 9649 Barker Cypress Road.
One of the workers reportedly fired their weapon at the suspects, who then fled the scene…
Norwood, Pennsylvania, August 8, 2024 (Delaware County Daily Times)
Two Delaware County brothers are charged after their dog attacked another canine Thursday evening and was shot, then they made threats and struck the shooter’s dog, Norwood police say.
Norwood Police Chief Mark Del Vecchio said a man was walking his dog in the unit block of East Amosland Road shortly after 6:30 when another dog burst out of a home, charged at the man and attacked his dog.
In reaction, the dog walker, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, pulled a firearm fired and shot the attacking dog, the chief said…
San Antonio, Texas, August 8, 2024 (KSAT.com)
Officers said they were dispatched to a shooting call around 12:30 p.m. in the 800 block of East Hildebrand Avenue near the San Antonio Zoo…
After further investigation, police said that two men were involved in a road rage incident. At some point, the men pulled over on the northbound access road near U.S. Highway 281.
Authorities then said the man got out of his vehicle and began smashing multiple windows of the other car with a hammer. The window smashing prompted the other driver, a 25-year-old, to get out of his vehicle and fire a weapon at the 36-year-old man multiple times, SAPD said…
Authorities said the 25-year-old remained at the scene and is cooperating with SAPD’s ongoing investigation…
Phoenix, Arizona, August 10, 2024 (12 News)
Phoenix police officers responded to the area of 35th Avenue and Indian School Road for shots fired just after 5 a.m. on Saturday. When officers got to the scene, they found a man who said he was the victim of an attempted armed robbery.
The man told police he produced his own gun and shot the suspect of the armed robbery, police said…
No arrests have been made and the investigation remains open.
Chicago, Illinois, August 10, 2024 (WGN TV)
Felony charges have been filed against a Chicago man accused of opening fire on another man inside of an Englewood business on Saturday afternoon…
Chicago police said the shooting unfolded just before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday inside a business in the 7300 block of South Halsted Street.
According to police, the victim was inside the business when Cameron entered and allegedly pulled out a gun and opened fire.
Amid the altercation, officers said a separate individual also pulled out a gun and opened fire on Cameron, striking him in the thigh and back…
San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2024 (MySanAntonio.com)
At about 1:48 a.m. on Sunday morning, August 11, a 35-year-old man and some family members were at a bar near the 4800 block of South Flores, but were thrown out, the SAPD said. Police later clarified that the man was in an altercation with multiple people.
The man and family members left the bar in separate vehicles and drove down the street before puling over to talk to each other near the 9800 block of Collin Grove. While talking, the SAPD said those other people had followed them from the bar, pulled up to the scene and started beating the man with a baseball bat. That’s when the man’s sister pulled out a gun and started shooting toward her brother’s attackers, according to the SAPD…
Florissant, Missouri, August 11, 2024 (First Alert 4)
The incident occurred on Shawnee Lane. Police say Martrevion Eskridge and three other teens pulled up in a stolen car and began checking car door handles. One of the suspects approached a car with somebody inside.
The victim noticed the suspect coming towards him. The two started a confrontation and exchanged gunshots. During the shooting, Eskridge got out of the car and attempted to shoot at the victim. However, he shot through the back window of his own car, striking his partner in the head.
Eskridge and the other teens attempted to escape in the stolen car but crashed into a parked car. They then left the scene on foot and later stole another car to escape. Police later arrested Eskridge and his crew. Officials issued warrants for attempted assault first degree, three counts of armed criminal action, discharging a gun from a motor vehicle, and stealing a car and tampering with a car…
Hoover, Alabama, August 12, 2024 (abc3340.com)
Police said that officers arrived at the Benton Apartments on Primm Lane within seconds of 911 calls reporting shots being fired.
The teen was shot while sitting inside a car waiting to be driven to school.
Police said two individuals approached the vehicle and began firing into the car, striking the teen multiple times.
Police said two men exited an apartment and fired several rounds at the initial shooters who then fled in a vehicle.
The men who shot at the initial suspects were detained at the scene and held for questioning…
The other two men who were detained were released pending further investigation and police said they are not being charged at this time…
Pensacola, Florida, August 12, 2024 (WEAR News)
A man was killed in an apparent self-defense shooting on Navy Boulevard on Monday night, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
It happened around 7 p.m. between the Dollar Tree and Little Caesar Pizza…
The sheriff’s office told WEAR News Tuesday morning that the shooting is being investigated as a self-defense case…
Cape Coral, Florida, August 13, 2024 (FOX 4 Southwest Florida)
On Tuesday night around 10:00, police rushed to Northwest 25th Place and Northwest 1st Terrace and found a man with gunshot wounds, lying in a field next to the road. He was identified as 55-year-old Norbert Mess Junior…
As detectives started investigating, police say before the 911 call, Mess Jr. and his girlfriend were in a fight. Also in the home was the woman’s son, who is under 18. Police say she called her brother for help and he came over to diffuse the situation.
Police say when the brother got to the home, Mess Jr. was standing outside with a solid wooden rod and brass knuckles.
Detectives say Mess Jr. started beating up the brother in front of the young boy.
According to police, the boy got a gun and pointed it at Mess Jr. as a warning. However, police say the man kept beating the boy’s uncle.
“At that point, the son was in fear for his uncle’s life,” police said.
The young boy fired multiple shots, killing Mess Jr.
“All parties involved cooperated with the investigation and detectives determined that the son shot Norbert Mess in self-defense to protect his mother and uncle from serious bodily injury or death. No charges will be filed,” said Cape Coral Police spokesperson Officer Mercedes Simonds…
Houston, Texas, August 15, 2024 (abc13.com)
A 21-year-old man is not expected to survive after being shot while driving on the I-10 East Freeway.
Investigators are calling it an act of road rage and are now questioning the other driver, who returned to the scene…
A witness inside a dark-colored sedan involved in the shooting told HPD that her 26-year-old son was driving and her husband was in the passenger seat.
She said they were headed outbound on I-10 when a pickup truck with a man and woman inside came up behind them and started tailgating them.
Eventually, the pickup truck went around the sedan, and that’s when witnesses say the pickup truck driver rolled down the window and fired shots at the sedan.
The driver of the sedan returned fire, striking the 21-year-old truck driver and sparking the crash…
The driver of the sedan initially drove off out of fear, and the passengers called 911. They soon returned to the scene and are cooperating with investigators, police said…
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, August 15, 2024 (Live 5 News)
The Mount Pleasant Police Department has shared new details on a road rage incident that resulted in a shooting last month.
Officers were called to the area of Six Mile Road and Rifle Range Road Aug. 15 for a report of a road rage incident…
Investigators determined the victim was the primary aggressor in the incident.
Andrew Scott Chalson, 56, of Charlotte, will be charged with assault and battery once he is released from medical care, Sgt. Ashley Croy said Wednesday…
Louisville, Kentucky, August 17, 2024 (WLKY, WAVE3)
Around 3:30 a.m., LMPD Fourth Division officers responded to the report of a shooting in the area of South First Street and Burnett Avenue.
When they got there, police said they found a man who told them he shot at two juveniles that he said were trying to break into his car…
LMPD said they did not arrest the man who shot at the teens and that he remains cooperative with detectives…
Curadhan Powell, “LMPD: Man says he fired shots in Old Louisville at teens he believed were breaking into his car,” WLKY, August 18, 2024.
Samantha Murray, “15-year-old in hospital after shooting in Old Louisville,” WAVE3, August 17, 2024.
West Fargo, North Dakota, August 17, 2024 (KVRR Local News, Bring Me The News)
A man who shot and killed a 25-year-old West Fargo man outside a local church in August will not face criminal charges after prosecutors determined he acted in self-defense, the Cass County Attorney’s Office said Friday.
Authorities said 53-year-old Donald Barron shot and killed Austin Strom on Aug. 17 after Strom entered the Prairie Heights Church after-hours and attacked a 66-year-old church volunteer…
According to the evidence provided by Cass County, Strom tried to gain access to the church at around 7:45 a.m., dressed in only a white robe and shorts, before being confronted by the volunteer…
Strom became extremely agitated and physically attacked Hodges who is a member of the church.
Police say 53-year-old Donald Barron II of Moorhead witnessed the assault and attempted to intervene.
Strom began to advance at Barron who then fired a single gunshot from his personal handgun…
TJ Nelson, “UPDATE: Others Involved In Deadly Shooting at Prairie Heights Church ID’D, No Arrests Made,” KVRR Local News, August 19, 2024.
Izzy Canizares, “No charges will be sought in ‘self-defense’ killing at West Fargo church,” Bring Me The News, October 11, 2024.
Van Wert, Ohio, August 19, 2024 (Hometownstations.com)
A man was shot by the owner of a storage garage after he broke into the facility early Monday morning.
According to the Van Wert Police chief, just before 1 a.m. in the 1000 block of Pratt Street, officers responded to a shots fired call. The owner says he was in the facility when a person broke in, the suspect came within four feet of him, and he shot him twice in self-defense. The suspect took off. Minutes later, the police were called to another home on Cherry Street when the resident said the man showed up with gunshot wounds. The man was flown to a Fort Wayne hospital with what the chief called non-life-threatening injuries. No names have been released. The incident remains under investigation.
Charlotte, North Carolina, August 19, 2024 (The Charlotte Observer)
Chaos erupted in a University City neighborhood when a dog attacked a 3-year-old and witnesses began shooting at it, according to investigators in Charlotte…
At least two witnesses fired shots to fend off the dog, police said.
“The preliminary investigation indicates that a group of children were in the front yard playing when three dogs owned by the victim’s family were let out of the garage,” CMPD said.
“Two of the dogs playfully knocked the victim to the ground when the third dog approached and began to bite the victim and dragged them down the driveway. Several adult witnesses ran toward the child and attempted to stop the attack. Two individuals fired gunshots near the dog.”
The dog eventually retreated to the garage, police said…
Investigators say the incident occurred in a residential neighborhood along Cameron Commons Parkway, which is just off University City Boulevard.
Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2024 (Chicago Tribune)
A conceal carry license holder opened fire when a known armed suspect approached him in an alley Tuesday evening in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Shortly after 6:30 p.m., a 26-year-old man was approached by an armed man in an alley in the 3400 block of South Rhodes Avenue. The man who is a CCL holder retrieved his weapon and an exchange of gunfire ensued, police said.
The CCL holder suffered two gunshot wounds to the left thigh, and was taken in critical condition to UChicago Medicine. The other person suffered a wound to the right leg, and also was in critical condition at the same hospital, police said…
Bossier City, Louisiana, August 20, 2024 (KTALNews.com)
According to a media release, the Bossier City Police Department responded to 2470 Barksdale Blvd about a shooting. Police say they located a 32-year-old black male suffering from a gunshot wound to the pelvic region.
The victim was transported by Bossier City Fire Department to LSU Medical Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Throughout the course of the investigation, it was discovered there was a verbal dispute between the victim and the suspect later identified as 47-year-old male, Lamont Heyward.
Police say as a result of the verbal dispute, Lamont Heyward allegedly produced a handgun and shot the victim in the pelvic region. The victim then returned allegedly fire at Lamont Heyward in self-defense striking him in the foot. Lamont Howard then fled the scene in a silver passenger car…
San Diego, California, August 20, 2024 (ABC 10 News)
The robbery happened at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the store in the 16000 block of Bernardo Center Drive when a heavy-set man walked into the store with a hammer, the SDPD said in a watch commander’s log.
The suspect smashed two display cases, grabbing several jewelry items, according to the police log.
The clerk yelled and the owner came from the back office with his gun and fired one round into the ceiling. The suspect ran out of the store northbound and the victim attempted to follow him but was unable to locate him…
Nobody was injured during the robbery and the loss was undetermined…
Rochester, New York, August 21, 2024 (WHAM)
Teens in two vehicles drove toward a 46-year-old man, prompting him to open fire and shoot one of them Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Investigators said the man approached multiple teens occupying a Kia and Hyundai on Norton Village Lane to “inquire about their presence.”
The teens left the area in the vehicles, only to circle back and drive at the man, according to police. The man reportedly pulled a legally registered .45-caliber handgun and fired several rounds before the vehicles fled…
The 46-year-old man has not been charged…
Cleveland, Ohio, August 22, 2024 (Cleveland 19)
The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office will not be filing charges in the alleged road rage homicide in Valley View last week, according to a release.
BCI determined that the shooting was a result of a traffic altercation.
The initial investigation found that Christopher Andexler, 41, the man who was fatally shot, was the aggressor in the incident…
Falls Mills, Virginia, August 23, 2024 (WDBJ 7)
According to Major Harold Heatley with the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at Lee’s Kar-Go when the suspect, identified as Cody Dailey, 30, “attempted to carjack a truck, assaulted the female driver of the vehicle and told her child that was in the vehicle, ‘I’m going to rape your mommy.’”
Multiple citizens heard the victim screaming and came to her aid, and one of those citizens was armed with his 9mm handgun.
The armed Good Samaritan approached Dailey and gave commands, but Dailey charged and shoved the man to the ground.
Dailey continued approaching the armed citizen, and that was when the citizen shot the suspect, hitting him in the chest…
Sheriff Brian Hieatt stated, “Thank goodness for the good Samaritans that came to the victims’ aid during her time of need. We are grateful for their desire to intercede on her behalf, had they not acted this could have been a very different outcome.”
Slidell, Louisiana, August 24, 2024 (WDSU)
Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, Slidell police got a call regarding someone who appeared to be trying to break into a parked car in the area of the Retreats at Fremaux Town Center apartments.
As police responded, they say they got a second call about several gunshots fired near The Masons Apartment Complex that they were told were possibly coming from a black SUV…
Investigators determined the four people in the Black SUV went to the Slidell-area apartment complexes to steal vehicles. As they tried to steal one from The Masons, police say the owner heard an alarm and tried to intervene. An exchange of gunfire erupted between the vehicle’s owner and the suspects, resulting in the one being hit by gunfire…
San Antonio, Texas, August 25, 2024 (KSAT.com)
Officers received a call about a man who was shot just before 3:50 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Ranch Valley Drive. Police later learned that a second man arrived at a nearby hospital who was shot in the waist.
However, after further investigation, authorities said both men were armed and involved in a robbery attempt of a 34-year-old man.
During the robbery, SAPD said the 34-year-old man pulled out a weapon and fired at the men in self-defense…
Austin, Texas, August 26, 2024 (CBS Austin)
The Austin Police Department said officers responded to the Waterloo Flats apartment complex, located at 1300 South Pleasant Valley Road, in regards to a shooting call at approximately 2:08 p.m. on August 26. Upon arrival, they found Lopez on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at 2:42 p.m.
Investigators reported that Lopez had “randomly began assaulting” the apartment complex employee and threatened him with pepper spray. The employee then shot Lopez, police said.
The Travis County district attorney’s office has been consulted, and no charges have been filed at this time. However, the investigation is ongoing…
Cincinnati, Ohio, August 26, 2024 (WKRC)
The incident happened just before 3 a.m. at the BP station on the corner of Reading Road and Tennessee Avenue. Police are saying very little other than a man was shot there at about 2:50 a.m. Paramedics arrived and tried to save him, but were unsuccessful…
Clerks at the BP station said that Bruenton came in demanding money. They said that their co-worker opened the register, but when Bruenton demanded the clerk get on the ground, he refused, and a struggle ensued. They said that the owner keeps a gun behind the counter. The clerk then grabbed it and shot Bruenton…
Police aren’t confirming the clerk’s rendition of what happened. The owner of the store told us that his employee was questioned by police after the incident and then released.
Capitol Heights, Maryland, August 29, 2024 (NBC Washington)
Officers responded to Oriental Express in the 5200 block of Marlboro Pike at about 4:40 p.m. Officers found Rios Rubio with gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced dead.
“The preliminary investigation revealed an employee shot the decedent as the decedent was robbing the restaurant and assaulting employees,” police said in a statement Friday.
No customers were inside the business at the time of the shooting, police said…
Muncie, Indiana, August 30, 2024 (Muncie Star Press)
A Muncie resident was arrested Friday evening after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people, shooting one in the shoulder.
Antone Lamonte Harris Sr., 49, was being held in the Delaware County Jail on Saturday under a $20,000 bond, preliminarily charged with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and pointing a firearm.
According to an affidavit, city police early Friday evening responded to a report of gunfire in the 600 block of North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Witnesses said a man — later identified as Harris — “started the altercation by waving the gun around shouting at people.”
Two of the witnesses — who said Harris, with whom they were not acquainted, pointed a gun at them and “made threats to kill everyone” — told police they retrieved firearms from their vehicles after Harris began shooting his gun, and returned fire…
