Barnwell, SC

10/25/16 WRDW/WAGT:

A Barnwell woman will not face charges for shooting her son after he allegedly threatened her and attacked the mother of his children.

According to Chief Reuben Black, Bettie Ann Newton shot Venson Jones outside her Turner Street home on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Chief Black said that Jones was attacking the mother of his 4 children, 37-year-old Wanda Badger.

According to the incident report, Newton told investigators that he did exactly what he said he was going to do. She told them that Jones threatened to assault her and burn her house down just the day before. She went to the store where Badger worked to let her know what he said. Newton claims that Jones asked for a hammer to bust open Badger's head and kill her, and then carry out his original plan to assault his mother and burn her house down.

Richmond, VA

10/15/16 Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Akeem Williams’ death — he was fatally shot Feb. 9 — has been ruled a “justifiable homicide.” 

Sheridan, WY

10/17/16 SheridanMedia.com:

The intruder that was shot and killed during a home invasion early Sunday morning at a residence on the 200 block of West 10th Street in Sheridan has been identified as 39-year-old Terry Tate Twomey of Sheridan.

According to a news release from the Sheridan Police Department, the occupants of the residence, an adult male and female, and two children, were unharmed and are completely cooperating with the police investigation. Police are attempting to determine any relationships between the deceased and the residents, or between the deceased and the house. It’s been determined that the intruder entered the residence through an unlocked door. The incident is isolated and there is no threat to the community.

The female resident, who made the 911 call, told dispatch that an unknown male intruder was in their home without permission. She reported that her boyfriend armed himself with a shotgun after his attempts to get the intruder to leave the home failed. Twomey was shot in the chest by the male resident of the home after refusing to leave the residence peacefully. He was transported to Sheridan Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Tijeras, NM: Home Invasion

9/9/16 KRQE:

TIJERAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Officials say an elderly Tijeras man attacked by an intruder fought back, shooting that intruder dead.

Friday night neighbors were calling that man a hero.

“He did great,” said Neighbor Jacob Johnson.

“He’s an elderly guy so, that’s a pretty big thing to survive,” said Neighbor Szonja Johnson.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says it was about 5:30 Thursday afternoon when they were called to Campo Road. Deputies say that’s where Sebastian Thompson, 48, broke into a home and attacked a 70-year-old man.

Chicago, IL

No wonder Democrats resisted shall-issue so much in Illinois.  9/30/16 Chicago DNAInfo:

CHICAGO — A man with a concealed-carry license shot and killed an armed robber Wednesday night in Grand Boulevard, police said.
At 8:20 p.m., the man was sitting in a car with another man in the 4300 block of South State Street when two men with guns walked up and tried to rob them, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

One of the men in the car, 32, fired his gun, hitting one of the robbers, Pacheco said.

Treamel Gray, 23, one of the alleged robbers, was shot in his head. Gray, of south suburban Flossmoor, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified Friday by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.