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.
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 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.
Smith & Wesson 629 courtesy of Rock Island Auction RIA
Many readers are interested in how various handgun calibers have performed in defense against bears. This is a complicated subject. Sometimes, any caliber will do. Sometimes a level of power may be required. Sometimes, a level of accuracy or speed may be required. Many permutations exist. The most important aspect, if a confrontation occurs, is to have a firearm available, easily and quickly accessible. The specific caliber is less important. These updates include all the incidents we have been able to document to the date of the update, after several years of intense searches. We have always asked for examples of failures. Only four failures have been documented. Link to three failures. Link to fourth failure. We appreciate readers who help us document cases.
July 19, 2021 Chena Hot Springs, AK, Grizzly, .44 magnum
Jul. 21—A man shot a grizzly bear sow Monday morning after it charged him and his son in a remote area off a trail near Chena Hot Springs Road northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska State Troopers said.
The injured bear had not been located by Tuesday afternoon.
The man and son happened upon the sow and cub around 11:12 a.m. while walking in a remote area near Smallwood Trail off Chena Hot Springs Road, troopers wrote in an online statement.
“Once the adult male and the sow made eye contact the bear charged,” troopers spokesman Austin McDaniel said.
The man shot the bear with a .44 Magnum revolver, troopers said. The sow was believed to be acting defensively to protect her cub, McDaniel said in an email.
Wildlife Troopers in Alaska have officially ended their investigation into the shooting of a brown bear. The bear was killed by a 16-year-old in a Sitka neighborhood early on Wednesday morning.
Shortly after midnight on Oct. 12, Sitka police received a call from a young man who said he shot a bear outside his home on the 1400 block of Edgecumbe Drive.
Per reports from police dispatch, the teen was at home with an 18-year-old. When the 16-year-old heard a noise, he took a .44-caliber handgun outside to see what was happening. When he went outside, he got startled by the bear and fired the gun.
After firing a round, the injured creature ran away. Later, Sitka police officers found and recovered the carcass across the street. They stored it for the night in a department pickup truck.
Following the incident, the Sitka police later issued a citation to the teen for negligent feeding of game. Then, the case was turned over to wildlife troopers, who investigated it as a potential defense of life and property – or DLP – shooting. DLP policy allows a resident to kill a bear under some circumstances legally.
On June 10, 2023, at approximately 20:24, while rabbit hunting north of the Sterling Highway at mile 73.5 Nicholas Abraham Age 34 of Sterling AK was attacked by a sow brown bear with cubs. Abraham was able to shoot and kill the sow with a 44 handgun. Abraham had non-life-threatening injuries.
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Fitzgerald said the preliminary investigation indicates there was some type of argument prior to the shooting. Those involved know each other.
The dispute possibly started on the social audio app Clubhouse. The argument could be heard on the app, as well as someone saying to call the police. Multiple shots could also be heard live as it was happening.
When the suspect arrived at the apartment, he fired shots into the home. Someone in the apartment fired at least one shot at the suspect, Fitzgerald said.
The man told police he produced his own gun and shot the suspect of the armed robbery, police said.
While police officers searched for the suspect, a teen contacted the police and said he had been shot. Police said the teen was related to the original armed robbery, but did not say in what capacity.
The teen was taken to the hospital for treatment for his gunshot wounds and was released from medical care. The injuries were non-life-threatening.
No arrests have been made and the investigation remains open.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be auctioning off firearms and sporting goods confiscated by the DNR. Two Auctions will be held, on August 26 and October 7th. The auctions are open to the public. The goods will be sold "as is". Background checks are required for those who bid on and win a firearm or firearms. It is not clear if the background check will include filling out a form 4473.
The auctions will be conducted by Hiller Auction inc, at the Auction barn in Zimmerman, Minnesota. Auction fees will be paid by the State of Minnesota. A sales tax of 7.375% will be charged on items sold at the auction. The August 26th Auction has an inspection period from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on August 23, 2024. Bidders will be registered. If a bidder wins a firearms auction, the bidder must pass the background check. From hillerauction.com:
This is a staggered ending auction. One or more items will end per minute. Check in auction “DETAILS” for each auction. Bidding will extend on that item if there is a bid in the final 3 minutes and extend as many times as needed until there are no bids for 3 minutes. Extended bidding does not affect the ending times of other items.
In the event of technology failure, we reserve the right to restart the auction at the point of failure extending the auction past its original ending time.
The first auction, on August 26th, has items listed at the Hiller Auction site. There are about 144 firearms. This number includes a few black powder guns, about seven tranquilizer guns, and a few air guns. The firearms include a number of inexpensive guns, as well as some moderately more expensive models, such as a Savage lever action in .300 Savage, a couple of Tikka sporting rifles, and a couple of Henry .45-70 rifles. There are only a few handguns. The auction site states a "permit" is required to take possession of a handgun. People who have a Minnesota carry permit will have a significant advantage when bidding for a handgun. Handguns include a Sig/Saur P365XL 9mm, a Sig P230, a High Standard Military Model .22, and a Sig P230SL.
Analysis: Public auctions are fun to attend. This correspondent has noted that firearms at most public auctions sell for a significant amount over the "normal" market value. It is not clear if the background check requirement includes the filling out of a 4473 form. Auctioneers may or may not require a dealer's licence, according to the ATF. It may be the DNR is able to conduct background checks through NICS, without filling out 4473 forms.
If this correspondent were reasonably close to this auction, it would be fun to look over the merchandise during the inspection period, perhaps even bidding on an item or two of interest when the auction is held on August 26th. There is a second Auction on October 7th, 2024. Those items have not been listed as of the time of this writing.
In addition to the firearms, there are about three dozen bows, of various manufacturers, up for auction. Bows often go for much lower prices. If you know your archery equipment, this could be a way to pick up a bargain.
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According to the Chicago Police Department, a 34-year-old man was inside the restaurant, Shack Seafood and Steak, in the 7300 block of South Halsted Street around 4:30 p.m. when a 33-year-old man walked in and shot him in the face and arm.
Then, a third man, 34, pulled out a gun and shot the first shooter in the thigh and the back.
The first victim was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center and was initially reported in serious condition.
TPD says the security officer was patrolling the complexes in the area when he heard gunshots.
The security officer said he saw a man in the parking lot of Waterstone and asked him if he had heard gunshots.
Police say the man allegedly pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and pointed it at the security officer.
The security officer was forced to shoot the man multiple times and according to police, they did recover the suspect’s weapon.
The suspect was struck several times in his torso, neck, and face.
Police say the suspect did not discharge his weapon and the security officer was not injured.
The 19-year-old woman said she was in a relationship with 32-year-old Chrishawn Perkins for around eight months where he beat her multiple times. She said she shot Perkins in self-defense.
She said around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Perkins accused her of stealing undisclosed items. That’s when she said the fighting started.
She claimed Perkins stomped her ribcage and her head and punched her in the arms and the lips. Then, when Perkins was fighting with the person who lived in that home, she said she grabbed the gun and shot him. She said the gun had a hair trigger and she barely touched it when it went off.
A Riverton, Wyoming, homeowner appears to have shot a man attempting a burglary on the home Friday night, police say.
The Riverton Police Department is investigating the incident and asking anyone with tips to come forward.
RPD officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. Friday to a home on 900 E. Park Ave. near the Riverton City Park to a report of an attempted burglary with shots fired, says a statement the agency dispatched early Saturday morning.
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.
The 36-year-old was transported to the hospital in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead, police said Thursday afternoon.
Occupants of an upstairs apartment were watching him from a landing. The man approached them, according to police, and charged them, attempting to enter their apartment. The occupants were able to stop him from getting inside but saw a mother and her two children exiting an apartment across from them, investigators learned. The occupants attempted to warn the family when police said the suspect reappeared and rushed into the apartment, according to police. The occupant then shot the man, law enforcement officials said.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said there were no outstanding suspects in the incident and that the shooter was cooperating with investigators.
Sheriff Billy Hancock said that the man stopped at a worksite near that location and tried to take a vehicle from there.
He added that the man attacked the workers and threatened to kill them unless they gave up the vehicle.
One of the workers, according to Hancock, shot the man in the stomach. Multiple first responders — including a helicopter — were involved in the response.
The man was taken to a local hospital. His current condition, alongside his name, is unclear.
According to Sheriff Burby, the homeowner said the suspect, who he knew, broke into the house and took a cell phone and $60.00. He then shot the suspect who fled out of the house and dropped the phone and money outside.
Burby said deputies then went to the suspect’s house on County Road 4094 and found him inside suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. He was transported by ambulance to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Satellite view of the assassination attempt location at Butler Farm Show in Pennsylvania, Google maps, with lines and text added by Dean Weingarten
There has been speculation about the effect of wind on the trajectory of the bullets fired at Presidential Candidate, former President, Donald Trump. According to media reports the would be assassin fired from a position North of Donald Trump, about 130 meters away.
Measurement on google maps put the distance at about 441 feet, 147 yards, or 134 meters. This is close to the BBC estimate of 130 meters for the shot. The direction of the shot was from North to South at about 20 degrees East of North toward 20 degrees West of South. Meridian Rd, on the right side of the image runs North/South.
Fortunately, there is a weather station in Butler, less than five miles away, almost due East. Station KPABUTLE38 recorded wind direction and speed on July 13, 2024. The assassination attempt happened about 6:12 P.M. Here are the wind speeds and directions recorded five miles away during that period:
Meteorological measurements taken about five miles East of Butler Farm Show on July 13, 2024.
The winds were mostly light and variable. Consider the directions shown for the winds from 5:59 P.M. to 6:29 P.M. The varied considerably, from SE, WSW, South, North, SSW, SW, and WSW. WNW or ESE would be the closest cardinal directions to be direct cross winds to the line of fire. Because the wind was so variable, it is possible there was a direct cross wind, but the odds favor a wind about 45 degrees or less to the line of fire. Gusts were recorded of up to 8.9 mph.
A direct cross wind of 5 mph would result in a standard 5.56 round being moved by the wind about 1.15 inches cross to the line of fire at 150 yards.
An examination of flags flying near the Butler Farm venue, taken from video time stamped at the event, might give us a more accurate picture of the wind direction when the shot was fired. It seems unlikely wind was a strong contributor to the would be assassin missing the shots taken.
With wind as variable as it was that day, a wind effect can not be ruled out. It is possible a gust of wind from the WNW at about 9 mph could have occurred at the moment of the shot. Such a gust would have moved the bullet 2.06 inches to the left of the person firing the shot, or to the right of Donald Trump. That could have been the difference between a wound to the ear or death for the former president and presidential candidate.
Combine a possible wind effect with the turning of Donald Trump's head, and the inherent variation in ammunition and rifles, and the would be assassin could have held dead on, and still only scored an ear for their efforts if the variables combined to move the bullet to the right of Donald Trump as his head moved to the left. It is well known, in the hunting fields, that game can move, just as a shot is fired, resulting in a missed shot.
Variable wind, such as occurred on the day of the attempted assassination, can make precise shots difficult for expert shooters. On such a small scale, trees and buildings create eddies in the wind, further complicating the picture. When the wind can come from many directions, judging windage is mostly an educated guess.
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Deputies said the men attempted to rob workers that were servicing an ATM machine and one of the workers possibly fired shots at the suspects.
The men reportedly fled the area. It is unknown if any of the bullets struck the suspects.
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.
He then fled the scene, according to police.
Officers say the would-be robber was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.
Image of Keith Ellison, Minnesota AG, from AFGE stop Fast Track rally in DC, 2015
The Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, has filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, asking for an en banc review of the three judge panel's opinion which struck down the Minnesota statute banning the carry of firearms in public by people over the age of 18 and less than the age of 21.
On July 16, 2024, a unanimous three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, confirmed the District Judge, Katherine M. Menendez, was correct when she struck down Minnesota's law banning people over the age of 18 and under the age of 21 from obtaining a Minnesota carry permit. The three judge panel affirmed such people were part of the "people" mentioned in the Second Amendment. They affirmed the State did not meet its burden of showing a historical analogy of sufficient magnitude exists where an age restriction such as Minnesota's ban on the exercise of rights protected by the Second Amendment, was part of the tradition and historical record at the time the Second Amendment was ratified.
This was a strong and carefully worded opinion written by Judge Benton. The Attorney General of Minnesota could either accept the decision, ask for an en banc review by the entire Eighth Circuit, or appeal to the Supreme Court. The AG chose to ask for an en banc review. From the Petition:
The common sense gun regulation at issue here is limited and temporary. Minnesota allows significant access to guns by young people. Minnesota does not restrict the possession or use of firearms by youths of any age when supervised by parents or guardians. Minn. Stat. § 624.713, subd. 1(1); Minn. Stat. § 97B.021. By age 14, teenagers may possess guns on their property or when hunting without parental supervision if they obtain a firearms safety certificate. Minn. Stat. § 97B.021. And by age 18, young people may possess a pistol or semiautomatic assault weapon in those same situations. Id.; Minn. Stat. § 624.713, subd. 1(1).
Mark Smith, in a well done youtube video explains that he believes the purpose of the petition is to delay the restoration of rights protected by the Second Amendment.
In an article published on AmmoLand, this correspondent wrote that a petition for an en banc review would be unlikely to succeed. Mark Smith agrees. Give a minimal chance of success to obtain an en banc review, Mark believes the purpose is one of delay, as have been many of the court challenges of opinions upholding the rights protected by the Second Amendment in the Heller, McDonald, Caetano, and Bruen decisions. If the circuits which are defying the Supreme Court can delay long enough, they hope a Harris or future Democratic president or administration will be able to change the Supreme Court back to judges sympathetic to the Progressive ideology. Such judges would reverse the last 15 years of Second Amendment jurisprudence and write the Second Amendment into a legal non-entity, as they did from 1939 to 2008.
Justice delayed is justice denied. Delay justice long enough, and it may result in the destruction of all restraints imposed on the government by the Constitution. Progressives hate restraints on governmental power, as a foundational part of their ideology. President Woodrow Wilson stated the concept when writing as a Progressive ideologist in 1887:
The germinal conceptions of democracy are as free from all thought of a limitation of the public authority as are the corresponding conceptions of socialism; the individual rights which the democracy of our own century has actually observed, were suggested to it by a political Philosophy radically individualistic, but not necessarily democratic. Democracy is bound by no principle of its own nature to say itself nay as to the exercise of any power.
Thus Woodrow Wilson dismissed the Bill of Rights and all limitations on government power inherent in the structure of the Constitution. Woodrow Wilson was one of the founders of the Progressive ideology. The Democratic Party of today has fully embraced Progressive ideology in this regard.
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man was killed and a woman was injured in an incident at the intersection of Elysian Fields Avenue and St. Claude Avenue Sunday afternoon (Aug. 4), according to NOPD
The incident occurred around 3:58 p.m. when officers responded to a call reporting an aggravated battery by cutting. Upon arrival, they found an adult female victim in a wheelchair with multiple stab wounds and an unresponsive adult male on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound.
EMS transported the woman to the hospital while the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the deceased male reportedly attacked the woman unprovoked, repeatedly stabbing her. A security guard from a nearby business intervened, shooting the attacker once.
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