SAGINAW, MI — More than two years after a teen girl was repeatedly shot in a Zilwaukee home, a jury has exonerated the man who shot her.
Jurors in the trial of Cody R. Nelson, 20, delivered their verdicts at about 2:10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, finding the defendant not guilty of assault with intent to murder and felony firearm. The former is a life offense, while a conviction of the latter mandates a minimum two-year prison sentence consecutive to any related sentence.
SIDNEY — No charges will be filed against a homeowner in a deadly shooting in Shelby County this week.
A grand jury voted 8-1 against indicting the homeowner on charges, according to Shelby County Prosecutor Tim Sell.
Shelby County Sheriff James Frye previously told News Center 7 he expected the panel to dismiss the case because of Ohio’s new “Stand Your Ground” law that took effect in April 2021.
An unknown male was attempting to make entry to the 56-year-old female’s residence, police said. While officers were enroute they were updated that the suspect had made entry into the residence by breaking out the window.
The female resident told dispatch she had discharged her firearm but was unsure if she had struck the male. Officers arrived on scene and located the male in the front of the residence with apparent gunshot wounds.
The 27-year-old man died at the hospital.
Police say they found a bullet from the shooter still lodged in the man's gun.
"There is a projectile presumably from the shooter's gun embedded into the gun of the decedent, and it's still there, which lends credence to the information that we received from the shooter that he was shooting in self-defense," said Pace.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says a 16-year-old was shot and killed in self-defense in an “apparent robbery” attempt on the far east side.
Just before 4:30 a.m., IMPD got a report of a person shot on Tapp Drive near Cumberland.
The homeowner’s daughter and her boyfriend claim they were sitting in their car when at least two suspects yanked open the car door and tried to rob them at gunpoint.
Those victims didn’t want to go on camera, but say the whole scary situation lasted just a few seconds.
Police found a male who was declared dead at the scene. The Marion County Coroner’s Office later identified the deceased as 16-year-old Armohnie Preswood. Police say the teen was found armed with a gun.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified a man killed in what police said was a self-defense shooting.
Jodi Harris, 30, died June 27 at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center from gunshot wounds, the coroner’s office ruled.
Detectives say Jarvarious E. Coston, 29, of Fort Pierce, got into a verbal argument with the victim on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at approximately 7:15 p.m. near the 2500 block of Ave. R.
According to detectives, during the argument Coston threatened the victim with a handgun.
"Fearing for his life, the victim drew his legally concealed weapon and fired at the suspect, which resulted in the suspect’s death," Sheriff Ken Mascara said.
On July 30, 2022, Houston, Texas organized a gun "buyback" event. It was the first such event held in Houston. "Buyback" is an Orwellian term, because the guns were never owned by the government, so it cannot "buy" them "back". More properly, it was a gun turn-in event.
According to people on twitter, at least 62 3D printed pistols were turned in at $150 each. That would be a total of $9,300 for the box of mostly plastic pistols. The 3D printed pistols are "ghost guns" because they do not have a government approved serial number on them.
Mayor Turner confirmed that "ghost guns" were taken in at the event.
"I've heard it all. 'Oh it's just going to be junk guns, this and that.' You don't have a solution to problems, please just sit down and let us step up, the people who are going to do the work," Finner said.
"We've taken in ghost guns. We've taken in rifles. Automatics have been taken in, and so the program is working," Turner said.
The rules, as published by the Houston government, were fairly clear. The turn-in was "no questions asked". There was no limit on how many guns could be turned in. There were no limits on how much one person could receive. From houstontx.gov:
The prices offered at the event were fairly low:
Filament for making simple 3D printed pistols is much less. Some estimated less than $5 worth of materials was used for the 3D printed pistols turned in.
Materials: $300. Labor: unknown. Return: $9,300. Message sent: priceless
Other entrepreneurs and or activists were not so fortunate. On Reddit, it was reported some attempted to turn in lower receivers, but were turned down by Dallas police.
On reddit, a poster claimed Houston PD would not take lower receivers, because they were not guns:
@GhostGcom: “Took a roadtrip to Houston for their gun "buyback." Turns out our printed/milled lowers are too spooky. They wouldn't take them because "they aren't firearms." No shit. Proof the new ATF ruling is absolute bullshit.”
The claim seems plausible. A poster on AR15.com said a group brought 40 3D printed lowers and were 10 cars ahead of him.
The line for the event has been reported to stretch for two miles. People waited for hours to move ahead. Some people gave up. The event ran out of gift cards after three hours. It was an ideal time for private buyers to move up and down the line, looking for bargains. From khou.com:
"There were some people going up and down the lines saying we will
pay you more than the city and the county are willing to pay you, with
no background checks, and mind you, it’s not necessarily illegal and
that’s a loophole in the process,” he said.The setback couldn’t overshadow the program’s success.
Why would responsible private buyers be a "setback"? They serve to stretch the money available to the program, taking valuable guns off the street. The owners who do not want them get more money than they would have gotten from the government. It sounds like a win-win for all concerned.
Funding was provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. From houstontx.gov:In partnership with the Houston Police Department, officers will
conduct a Gun Buy Back Operation in the parking lot of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Depending on the type of weapon, citizens turning in firearms will be rewarded with a gift card in the amounts from $50.00 to $200.00. All firearms will be retrieved with a no-question-asked policy by law enforcement. Funding for this program was provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The ARPA of 2021 was an authorization of 1.6 trillion dollars by the Democrats and Biden administration.
At least $100,000 was expended at the event. Mayor Turner says they will be organizing an even bigger one soon.Mayor Turner said for the next buyback event, they will double their resources.
Update: More 3D printed guns were reported turned in at the Houston event. From Twitter:
Second Amendment supporters are likely to be prepared for the next event.
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Closed the line after three hours.
A poster on AR15.com said a group brought 40 3D printed lowers and were 10 cars ahead of him.
AUBURN, Wash. — An attempted armed robbery suspect was shot dead late Monday night by a store clerk in Auburn, and people in the neighborhood say they have seen a surge in crime in the downtown area where the fatal shooting happened.
When officials arrived on scene they interviewed two individuals. During the investigation, the homeowner said he was in bed with his girlfriend when they heard a loud noise downstairs around 1 a.m. When he went downstairs he said someone was trying to force their way into his home. The homeowner then fired one shot at the alleged intruder.
Picture of Old Groaner skull, left side, from Tongass Historical Society. The left eye arch is intact. Picture courtesy Hayley Chambers.
In the previous article, the story of Old Groaner, as told in 1936, was recounted. The bear was killed as it attacked the dog Slasher and Bruce Johnstone in the middle reaches of the Unuk river, in November of 1935. This correspondent differentiated speculation from claimed fact. The bear's head was brought back to Ketchikan. If the skull had been complete, it would have been a world record. The original article was written by F. W. Gabler.
In the image above, the left eye arch is intact. Both the 1936 and the 1953 captions claim the left eye arch is either "shot away" or "shattered". The brain case on the left side has been shattered, presumably by the last bullet Bruce Johnstone fired, after it traveled through the brain. That bullet became imbedded in the left cheek bone, but has been lost in the intervening decades. The damage to the brain case is to be expected from this sort of wound.
In 1953, the 1936 article about Old Groaner by F.W. Gabler was re-written by W. H. "Handlogger" Jackson.
Gabler appears to have stopped writing a few months after the tragic
death of his wife in August of 1936. By 1953, the story had started to
gain legendary status. With the re-write, the myth would be projected
around the world.
In
the 1953 rewrite, by Handlogger Jackson, there is no mention of a second bear during the
attack. Aside from lunging for Old Groaner's throat, then
being flung aside by a swipe of Old Groaner's paw, the dog
Slasher paid no part in the fight, before Old Groaner was killed. In the
original article, Slasher drove off the second bear. In the 1953 re-write, Slasher belongs to Jack, not Bruce. It likely made little difference as the brothers were together so much of the time.
In comparing accounts, the strong presumption is, the closer to the original source, the more likely the accuracy of the account.
The differences between the original article and the 1953 rewrite are several and significant. An obvious one is the changing of the 1936 illustration, apparently to fit the concept of the 1953 rewrite. In the 1936 article, there were two bears. In the 1953 rewrite, there was only one.
The bear shown above and in back of Old Groaner has been taken out of the picture.
From the 1936 article:
Old Groaner, with another bear, led an attack on Bruce Johnstone when he was least expecting it.
The 1936 story was told in five pages, with a large illustration and
five pictures, three of the bear skull, one of Bruce Johnstone with the
bear head, and another of the bear head and paw together. In the caption, it is clear only two old jacketed, .33 caliber rifle bullets were found embedded in the skull. The recent, final bullet fired by Bruce Johnstone is shown embedded on the opposite side. From the caption published in 1936:
Right is rear view of skull. (5) Point to fatal bullet, lodged in the skull after having passed through the brain. This view also shows approximate location where two old bullets were removed from the gristle. Incrustation indicated they had been there a number of years.
In the 1953 re-write, the three pictures of the skull are shown. The caption differs significantly. This excerpt shows the main difference in the caption for the pictures of the skull:
Arrow 5 shows were it lodged in the rear of the skull after passing through the brain. Arrow 4 indicates the worn and ulcerated teeth, evidence of Groaner's advanced age. Arrow 6 indicates where a bullet from a side shot had entered just above the right eye. Five bullets were lodged in the head, and presumably had been there for twelve years.
In the 1936 article, only 3 bullets are lodged in the head, not five. One of those bullets was the finishing shot from Bruce Johnstone, which passed through both sides of he cranium and the brain before imbedding in the left cheekbone. There are indications of two more bullets hitting the skull, but they were not imbedded in it, and were not recovered.
The only old bullets recovered in the 1936 article are two jacketed rifle bullets, presumed to be .33 caliber.
In the 1953 re-write, the pictures of Bruce Johnstone, sitting with Old Groaner's head and paw, are missing.
In the 1953 re-write, there are seven events involving old Groaner, all close to the same spot, at Cripple Creek, covered in considerable detail. They were only hinted at in the 1936 article. No one actually saw the bear until the last event, when Bruce killed Old Groaner at close range. Only the two brothers and George Lemmons are mentioned as hearing Old Groaner. The brothers are recorded as hearing the bear in 1933 and 1934. George Lemmons was with them in 1935. The only person known to have been attacked was Bruce Johnstone, when the dog Slasher was present.
The 1953 re-write is much longer than the 1936 article, with more incidents, considerable embellishment of dangerous situations, and more speculations on Old Groaner's motivations and what Old Groaner was thinking.
Some Geography: The Unuk starts in Canada and travels about 60 miles to
its mouth on the Alaskan coast. Cripple Creek is roughly 18 miles upriver from the mouth, and is a good camping spot. The Canadian border is about 6-7 miles upstream. Most of the mining and prospecting occurs on Sulphide Creek, shown on modern maps as Sulphurrets Creek, another 15 miles upstream of the border.
Jackson follows Gabler in spending considerable text on how dangerous the Unuk region is, and how easily people could die on the Unuk river by accident. He explains it is particularly dangerous to travel there alone.
In the 1953 version, an account of a separate bear attack many miles away from where Old Groaner was shot, is added. The year seems to be 1933.
It happened on Sulfide Creek, far from Cripple Creek. The bear starts from the opposite bank of Sulfide Creek from the Johnstone brothers. Bruce Johnstone's brother, Jack, shoots the bear with a cut down .45-70 rifle, then finishes it off as it tries to climb the bank where the men are, using a Luger pistol, emptying the magazine into the wounded bear.
Handlogger Jackson comments the rifle, with a 14 inch barrel, might be considered illegal. (The rifle would not have been illegal in 1933. The National Firearms Act was signed in June of 1934.) Sulfide Creek is in Canada. In 1953, in Canada, it would still be legal.
In the second half of the 1953 re-write, the Johnstone brothers leave the Unuk and come back the next year, where they again hear Old Groaner, but never see him. The account relates a battle between the bear and the dog Slasher, very close to where Old Groaner is eventually killed. The account relates close calls with a bear which is never seen. In these incidents, Jackson writes the prospectors could tell Old Groaner was involved, because they heard groans and saw brush shake. They leave the Unuk again, with tales of Old Groaner, believing him to be harmless, but a little unsure if he was.
When the men returned to the Unuk, with their friend George Lemmons, presumably a year later, in 1935, they again encounter Old Groaner. This time they are terrified of him and take serious measures to protect themselves from him, including building a cabin as a measure of bear protection.
Again, Old Groaner is never seen, but is heard, and much brush shaking is observed. There are several incidents recounted where the prospectors are sure the bear is going to attack them, even though they only hear the bear and never see it. In one incident, Old Groaner is clearly deterred by gunfire over the top of the brush.
To sum up: The Johnstone brothers hear Old Groaner one night in the 1933 at Cripple Creek on the way to the Sulphide Creek gold fields. They bypass Cripple Creek on the way down in 1933. They hear Old Groaner again on Cripple Creek on the way up in 1934, and again on the way down in 1934. They and George Lemmons hear him on the way up in 1935. On the way down in 1935, they spend time at Cripple Creek and build a small cabin. There are bears in abundance. No one has seen Old Groaner. Shortly before they leave for Ketchikan, Old Groaner attacks the dog Slasher and Bruce Johnstone and is killed.
The final incident, where Old Groaner is killed, is similar to that recounted by F.W. Gabler. Bruce Johnson is making the stake to mark their claim near Cripple Creek. Bruce is alerted to the charge of Old Groaner by the dog Slasher. Slasher delays the attack enough for Bruce to grab his .38-72 rifle and shoot Old Groaner, stopping the attack and killing the bear.
The two brothers and George Lemmons return the next day. They do not skin Old Groaner because the hide is worthless with "no more hair than a hog".
In the 1936 version, they do not skin Old Groaner because the carcass is frozen, making skinning very difficult.
The author of the 1953 re-write, "Handlogger" Jackson, detailed a near fatal encounter he had with a grizzly bear in his auto-biography, "Handloggers".
On page 181 Jackson details an encounter with a bear in 1946. He wrote the bear "had no more hair than a hog" and was suffering from bad teeth and infected wounds. That bear was crafty and attacked them without warning. The description is remarkably similar to that of Old Groaner in the 1953 re-write.
Examining the head, the men conclude Old Groaner was a "man-hunter, a killer" because the bear had "stalked" Bruce. They decide they should have been much more scared of the bear than they had been previously.
They take the head and a paw to show how large the bear was.
When they skin the head, they find the same extensive damage to the skull, as found in the 1936 article, the same two embedded .33 caliber jacketed bullets from a rifle as found in the 1936 article ... and three bullets from a .38 caliber revolver, never mentioned in the 1936 article.
The story of Jess Sethington, the Canadian prospector who disappeared
in the area 30 years previously, who was believed to carry a .33
caliber rifle, is elaborated with considerable details not mentioned in
1936.
In 1953, Handlogger Jackson adds that Sethington owned a .38 revolver. In this version, he failed to meet with people at a pre-arranged date. Four experienced woodsmen are then said to have searched for him, found his camps up to the area where the prospectors later heard Old Groaner on Cripple Creek, and then lost track of him. They found no evidence of him or any of his gear. He was said to have a trapping concession in Canada.
The description of the search sounds much like the expedition which investigated the disappearance of Crist Kolby, written in the Alaska Sportsman in 1946. The 1939 expedition found the remains of Kolby.
In the 1936 version, the discovery of the embedded bullets and the possible Jess Sethington connection is described on page 28.
From page 28 of the 1936 article:
While cutting away the gristle in back of the large, fan-shaped bone that formed a part of the right jaw, they made a startling discovery. There, deeply imbedded in overcrusted bone, were two lead slugs. The slugs from jacketed bullets. After a careful examination, the three woodsmen unanimously agree that the bullets were from a .33 caliber gun.
"That reminds me," said Bruce, slowly, as he studied the glowing embers of the fire through half-closed eyes. "Do you you remember back in 1923 - a fellow by the name of Jess Sethington came in here packing a .33? He never came out. As I recall, he was a Canadian from Stewart, B.C."
From the 1953 re-write, page 34, by "Handlogger" Jackson a similar scene is described:
But most incredulous of all was the jaw. The right hinge of the jaw has been shattered, and though completely healed over on the outside, the bones around the hing were porous and sloughed away so they didn't meet. They were a dark red, still infected. Around the other skull wounds the bone was healed clean and white. Back of the damaged jaw hinge, imbedded in the skull and partly overgrown, were two bullets from a .33 caliber rifle, and in the gristle under the jaw were three bullets from a .38 caliber revolver.
Jess Sethington, who had disappeared on the Unuk twelve years before, had owned a .33 caliber rifle and a .38 revolver. He had been tracked up the river by his campfires as far as Cripple Creek, where all traces of him vanished. Picturing the position in which a man would have to be to place those three revolver bullets under a bear's jaw, they could guess only too well what had become of Jess Sethington.
And so the myth of Old Groaner the mankiller was formed.
Bullets from a revolver which had never been mentioned in the 1936 article magically appeared in the 1953 account, 17 years after the event, 30 years after Jess Sethington disappeared. How or why is unknown.
In Part III the changes of the myth of Old Groaner between the 1953 re-write and later versions will be explored.
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A metro man confronts and shoots an intruder after police say he forced his way into the southwest Oklahoma City home.
According to the resident, who did not want to be identified, he hesitated to pull the trigger.
He said after Derial Goode Jr. managed to force his locked front door open, he was stirred awake.
Authorities arrived and found a man seriously hurt who died on the scene from his injuries. Police later identified him as James Hendrickson, 65.
Sgt. Melissa Soliz says the shooter made several statements of self-defense to investigators while he was detained and was later released pending further investigation. Video from the scene showed the passenger window of a car completely shattered with crime tape blocking off a considerable portion of the street.
Police said a confrontation began in the street before it spilled into the parking lot where one driver pulled a gun.
One driver shot another driver, allegedly in self defense, and the other driver is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Some guns recently purchased by private buyers in Fort Worth, Texas
The Dane County Sheriff's Office will be holding a gun "buyback" on August 13, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Alliant Energy Center. "Buyback" is an Orwellian term. The guns which will be turned in to the police and sheriff deputies at the event were never owned by the government, so they cannot be "bought back".
The Alliant Energy Center is part of the Madison Coliseum complex, at 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way. There are large parking lots with little roadside parking. The event is to start at 10 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. $50,000 dollars has been allocated for the event. About $12,000 of the money will be used for overtime of the police and deputies.
The resolution provides $50,000 for the program - $12,000 for staff
overtime costs for the Sheriff’s Office and the Madison Police
Department, and the remaining amount will be used towards the purchase of fuel and grocery gift cards, facility use fees and supplies.
The Dane County Sheriff's department announced the following amounts will be exchanged in gift cards:
$250 for "assault rifles"
$250 for "ghost guns"
$100 for rifles, shotguns, and pistols
$50 for revolvers
$10-20 for facsimiles, BB guns, and air guns.
It is not clear if homemade slam fire shotguns will be accepted as "ghost guns".
No walk-ups will be accepted. Guns are to be in the cargo compartments of vehicles . The firearms are to be unloaded. Ammunition which participants desire to turn in is asked to be kept in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. A maximum of four guns will be accepted per person.
No soliciting (private sales) will be allowed on the Alliant Energy Center. This presents a challenge to private purchasers of firearms.
This correspondent spoke with Elise of the Dane County Sheriff's office. She agreed the definitions of the above firearms were fluid, and considerable officer discretion in payments for particular firearms was necessary.
The Sheriff's office reserves the right to close the event early if the gift cards run out.
This is a strong possibility. When gift cards run out at these events, people often still show up and are willing to sell firearms to private purchasers.
Madison, Wisconsin is in the heart of deer and pheasant hunting country. The area has a strong tradition of the shooting sports. Many of the people turning in guns at these event inherited the guns and have little or no knowledge of how much they are worth.
It is likely many sporting shotguns and rifles worth hundreds of dollars will be turned in for $100 worth of gift cards. The sleeper here is revolvers. Only $50 is offered for revolvers.
Revolver prices have kept pace with inflation. Decent revolvers cost several hundred dollars. It is likely there will be significant numbers of Smith & Wesson, Ruger, and Colt revolvers turned in at the event for a few percent of what they are worth on the market.
Private buyers at these events have been resilient, persistent, and inventive. They may set up tables at the entrances to the Alliant Energy Center, for example. Private purchase of firearms is legal in Wisconsin. Madison banned the sale of handguns for a few years, but the state legislature passed a preemption bill forbidding local governments from doing so. From a Madison police legal update in 2011:
This is an interesting excert on how the Madison police department
viewed 66.0409 in Spring of 2011. It came from the Madison police
department web site titled Legal Update. It apparently is done under authority of Captain Victor Whal. [ ... ] So, while these ordinances remain on the books, most of them (prohibiting the sale of firearms, prohibiting the possession of short-barreled handguns, prohibiting the possession of assault weapons, etc) are unenforceable.
Officers should not take enforcement action for these ordinances. The emphasis is mine.
It appears deputies and police will prevent soliciting on the Alliant Energy property, but not outside of it.
Madison has not had a gun turn-in event in many years. Elise at the Sheriff's department said she could not remember one in the eighteen years she had been there. In 2014, there was a similar event in Milwaukee. Some nice guns were purchased by private buyers.
Eighteen years of inherited guns may yield large numbers of good guns to be turned in to be destroyed.
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Surveillance video obtained by FOX 11 shows a male suspect wearing a red and black sweatshirt and a ski mask entering the store before he points a rifle at the store owner who was behind the counter. Noticing that the man entering the store was armed, the store owner swiftly grabbed a shotgun from underneath the counter and opened fire on the suspect. The suspect is then seen fleeing the store.
Police said on Saturday, July 30 around 11:03 p.m. , officers responded to a shooting in the 2600 block of Quinto Drive. DPD said the suspect was accused of threating to kill a homeowner, while pretending to have a weapon. Police said the suspect charged at the homeowner twice, and was then shot by the homeowner.
Shooting at Love Airport, Dallas, TX July 25, 2022
On July 25, 2022, a woman with a history of mental problems entered Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, a little after 11 a.m. After a short time, she fired shots and was shot by a Dallas police officer within a few seconds.
From the time stamp on a body camera, Portia Odufua entered Love Field Airport in Dallas at about 11 a.m., on July 25, 2022. A short time later, she was firing rounds from a handgun into the ceiling as she was reported to be making statements about marriage and saying she would blow up the airport.
Dallas police have released a video of the event.
Odufua entered the airport with her left hand in the pocked of her hoodie/sweatshirt. She then entered a restroom. When she came out, both hands were in the pocket.
As she approached the ticket counter area, she has her right hand in the pocket. There is no audio in video. She has been reported to make statements, just before pulling what appears to be a semi-automatic handgun and firing shots above her head, at about 2:20 in the video.
At this point, a Dallas police officer was approaching, and was a few yards away from her. At the shots, he backpedals a few feet while drawing his pistol and seeking cover behind a Kiosk. He returns fire in about five seconds.
Ms Odufua is down on the floor within about 9 seconds of the first shot, at about 2:29 in the video. Fox news has reported Odufua was prohibited from possessing firearms because of her history. From fox4kdfw:
Police say Odufuwa has been prohibited from owning a firearm since 2018 because of a prior criminal history that includes arrests for bank robbery, arson and false reporting.
Online court records show some of the cases were dismissed, and Odufuwa was found incompetent to stand trial. She also has a history of mental health evaluations following arrests.
Police say in 2016 Odufuwa was denied the purchase of a firearm twice at a Balch Springs pawn shop due to an outstanding traffic warrant.
This event demonstrates the advantage of an armed defender being inside the event, instead of responding to a call, and having to travel to the event from another location.
The officer in this case acted quickly, firing at the threat in about five seconds. He Appears to have been alerted to Odufuwa before she started firing.
Jack Wilson in the White Settlement Church incident, was inside the scene when it occurred. Jack responded in seconds with an accurate shot that stopped the killing.
Eli Dicken, at the recent Greenwood Park Mall event, was at the food court and able to stop the killing in about 15 seconds.
In all three of these events, defenders who were on the scene stopped the violence in a few seconds. This contrasts sharply with the situation in Uvalde, Texas, where poorly led and confused police milled around for 77 minutes, unable to determine who was in charge.
They finally engaged the killer, after 21 people, including 19 children, had been killed.
No armed defender was inside the scene at Uvalde. Some arrived reasonably quickly, and then retreated.
Nothing can take the place of a good man with a gun, who is at the scene and willing to act immediately to stop the threat.
The contrast between Uvalde, where 21 were killed, and White Settlement, the Greenwood Park Mall, and Love Airport, where two, three, or no one was killed, was a good guy with a gun who was willing to use it.
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BEAUMONT — A justice of the peace has set bond at $250,000 for a Beaumont man accused of attacking a store clerk during a robbery Friday night.
Beaumont police say the store clerk shot 62-year-old William Coleman after he attacked her at Everest Food Mart in the 2800 block of Eastex Freeway.
Police responded to the store around 11:30 p.m. Friday.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police said a woman shot and wounded a 13-year-old boy who was part of a group that tried to break into her car, and then pointed a gun at her, in Hyde Park Friday night.
At 7:58 p.m., four to five males were trying to break into a parked car in the 1100 block of East 52nd Street, police said.
The 34-year-old woman who owned the car confronted the would-be thieves, at which point one of them took out a gun and pointed it at her, police said.
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