Houston police said the 36-year-old woman heard someone breaking into her home, grabbed a gun, and shot at the intruder, who died at the scene. The man had several gunshot wounds and was believed to be in his 50s to 60s, police said.
The Harris County grand jury will decide whether the shooting was justified.
A San Antonio man finds himself in critical but stable condition following a morning altercation with car burglars that escalated into a shootout in the homeowner's West Side neighborhood.
The incident occurred in the 2100 block of Farmsville Drive, near Marbach Road and South Ellison Drive.
The confrontation began when residents noticed an attempt to steal a vehicle from a neighbor’s driveway around 9:15 a.m. Monday.
In May of 2021, the ATF showed 2,664,774 legal silencers in the USA
The number of legal silencers in the USA is almost certainly over five million. The National Shooting Sports Federation, (NSSF) revealed a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives, (ATF), was finally answered this summer. The total number was at 4.86 million at the end of July, 2024. From NSSF:
In a recent Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA), NSSF received
from ATF the additional number of silencers from May 2021 to July 2024.
An incredible 2,193,123 more suppressors are protecting the hearing of
hunters and shooters. That means a whopping 4.86 million silencers and
counting are in possession by law-abiding Americans.
The number of tax stamps issued for silencers, also commonly referred to as suppressors, had to be pried out of the ATF with an FOIA. The ATF has gained a reputation of long waits and poor responses to FOIA requests. Before the Biden administration took power, detailed information on all National Firearms Act items were publicly available in an annual report called Firearms Commerce in the United States. Once the Biden administration took control of the ATF, the annual report was, without notice, discontinued. The ATF would not publish the information. They slowly responded to FOIA requests, which is how the NSSF finally obtained the numbers. The numbers show an accelerating demand for legal silencers, with an average of nearly 60,000 tax stamps being issued each month.
The average does not tell the whole story The demand has been accelerating. This source has information which shows there were 3.5 million silencers through January of 2024. Thus 1.4 million silencers were added in the six months from January 2024 to the end of July, 2024. It is virtually certain there are over 5 million legal silencers in the USA today.
Much of the increase has come from the ATF streamlining the Tax Stamp approval process for commercially made silencers, while complicating the process to make your own silencer. Another part of the increase comes from the major inflation created by the Biden administration in the last 3.5 years. While everything else has become more expensive, the tax stamp remains the same as it was when created in 1934: $200. In 1934, $200 was roughly four months wages for a common laborer. Today, it is one or two days wages. In 1934, a silencer might cost $5-10. Today they can cost $200 - $2,000, so the tax stamp becomes a fraction of the total cost instead of 95% of the cost.
Sales of silencers/suppressors may slump with the election President Trump. The possibility of something like the Hearing Protection Act is plausible. One of the giants in the silencer/suppressor industry is not worried. Brandon Maddox explained there is such a pent-up demand for silencers, his business will only increase if the regulatory hassles are eliminated.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking for programs to cut, to increase efficiency. Moving silencers out of the NFA would take legislation. President Trump could declare an amnesty, as is allowed under federal legislation. An amnesty might incentivize Congress to reform the NFA and pass the Hearing Protection Act.
More incentives to remove items from the NFA exist in the courts. The case in Illinois looks promising.
President Trump is moving much faster this term. He has put together an incredible team, well in advance of taking office. He now understands the treachery inherent in the bureaucracy. Top level bureaucrats have monetary and power incentives to oppose him. They may have significant crimes to hide which may be revealed.
Analysis: He who cuts the first deal on revealing potential criminal actions usually gets the best deal. There are thousands of people in the bureaucracy who know where good information is to be found about criminal activity. They have jobs, pensions, and perks to protect. Some of them are already talking. Many of them know how practices can be streamlined, and where positions can be cut.
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Police said Gonzales attacked his mother first and then attacked his father. His father then grabbed a gun and shot him, according to police.
An ambulance took both parents to the hospital. Gonzales' mother was later taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center due to her injuries.
Police said Gonzales was previously shot on Nov. 24 by Salvatore Mora Gutierrez, but he wasn't seriously hurt. Gutierrez was on the run after the shooting but is now in jail and charged with violation of probation and attempted first-degree murder.
Police said both incidents are centered around drugs.
As an adult male resident heard the suspects breaking in, he went into another second-floor room and retrieved a handgun.
As Thacker walked up the stairs, a shootout between him and that resident ensued, during which Thacker was shot dead, according to police.
The resident was shot once during the exchange. He was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released.
Police said the deadly shooting of Thacker appears to have been justified, and no charges related to his death are expected.
A 43-year-old man was the target of an armed robbery, police said. The armed offender approached and demanded property, but there was a struggle over the gun between the offender and the victim.
The male armed robbery suspect, whose age was unknown, was shot by his own gun, Chicago police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Antioch Police Department’s Investigations Bureau, consisting of Crime Scene Investigators and detectives with the Violent Crimes Unit, took over the investigation.
Investigators determined the suspect approached the male victim while he was sitting in the driver seat of his vehicle preparing to leave. Gunfire was exchanged between the two males, and both were fatally wounded. At this time, the motive for the shooting is unknown, and no other suspects or involved individuals appear to be outstanding.
The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded to a call that came in at 10:13 a.m. about a shooting near Venice and Hauser Boulevards.
One of the suspects, a 25-year-old man, took out his handgun and shot a male victims in his 40s.
"I heard, 'Give me the bag, give me the bag,'" said Maria Guerrero, the owner of Mary's Check Cashing. She said she and her security guard were ambushed by at least two men.
Guerrero managed to escape the store and ran to a neighboring business. While she didn't see much of what happened next, she said her security guard and one of the robbers shot each other.
"I heard seven, eight or nine shots," Max El Khoury, a business owner in the area, said.
Police confirmed the gunman and the victim were both shot and taken to a hospital.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced three people have been charged in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in Raceland on Thursday night. Two people were injured in the shooting. Payton Scott, 18, of Bayou Blue, Kayleigh Gregoire, 19, of Houma, and a 16-year-old male all face charges in the incident.
Just after 9:30 p.m. on December 5, 2024, LPSO received a call about a shooting that had occurred in the 100 block of Brooklyn Lane in Raceland. Through investigation, detectives learned Gregoire and another female allegedly lured a 17-year-old male to the residence promising a sexual encounter but planning to have Scott and the juvenile rob him instead. When the victim arrived, Scott and the juvenile approached him and were armed. Gunfire was exchanged between them and the victim who was grazed by one round on his hand. He sought medical treatment at a local hospital and was released. The other female involved was also struck twice in the gunfire exchange, and she was later airlifted to a New Orleans hospital for treatment. She remains in critical but stable condition.
Scott and the juvenile were charged with attempted armed robbery and use of a firearm in an attempted armed robbery. Scott was booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex in Thibodaux. Bail is set at $150,000. The juvenile was placed in the Juvenile Justice Facility in Thibodaux.
Gregoire was charged with principal to attempted armed robbery and principal to attempted armed robbery with the use of a firearm. She was also booked into the Correctional Complex, and bail is set at $150,000.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing, and additional charges are possible.
When they arrived, officers found a 29-year-old who had been shot. Investigators said the shooting victim, identified as Aaquan Butler, tried to rob someone in the bathroom of the McDonald’s. This caused a struggle, which moved into the dining area, where Butler pulled a handgun and it went off.
Officials said Butler was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition. Butler has been charged with robbery with a firearm, felony conspiracy, conspiring to sell/deliver cocaine, carrying a concealed gun, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
According to court documents, two suspects – Batiz and 18-year-old Teony Juarez – were involved in Tuesday night's armed robbery at the store in New Orleans East.
Video shows the man identified as Juarez wearing a black ski mask. Batiz is seen pointing a gun at a clerk working the cellphone counter, and then stuffing cash and other items in his pockets.
As the suspects exited the store, the clerk at the phone counter pulled out a gun and opened fire. A bullet struck Batiz in the abdomen, causing him to collapse.
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams did not want to discuss specifics about the case. But he told WWL Radio, "Once somebody puts a gun in your face, the rules change."
"It's painfully obvious to anyone who saw that video what those two people were doing in that store and that shop owner did not ask for that exchange," Williams said.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman has been hospitalized after a man claims he shot her because he thought she was breaking into his East Memphis home, Memphis Police say.
At 2:56 a.m., officers responded to a shooting with a person struck call in the 4000 block of Crossover Lane.
When officers arrived on the scene, they saw a female victim sitting on the doorstep in front of the residence suffering from a gunshot wound to her left thigh.
According to the police report, when officers asked “Are you shot?” the victim responded, “No, I’m not shot.” and began to cry.
Officers noted that the victim appeared to be under the influence, with slurred speech and didn’t appear to know where she was.
On December 1, 2024, at approximately 2:42 P.m., Atlanta Police Zone 1 Officers responded to reports of a person shot at1575 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW. Upon arriving on the scene, officers located a 28-year-old male who sustained a gunshot wound. The male was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. Investigators responded to the location to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. Preliminary information suggests the victim sustained his injuries while the suspect was committing a robbery at the location. The investigation continues.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, a male in his
mid-teens, unlawfully entered an occupied residence when there was a
confrontation with a teen who was inside the home. The teen resident
shot the suspect who then fled from the residence. The suspect was found
nearby with a gunshot wound and taken to the hospital, where he was
last listed as stable.
One firearm was recovered, and charges are pending in this case.
STARKE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Bradford County man was caught and arrested Saturday after shooting at a neighboring resident and fleeing from the scene.
Derek Dean, 54, of Starke, was arrested Saturday after Bradford County Sheriff’s Office officials say he came into a neighbor’s yard and started shooting following a verbal altercation.
The neighbor, then retaliated with their own firearm, causing Dean to flee the scene in a Jeep Cherokee.
The attempted break-in took place about 3 p.m. Friday in a residential neighborhood in the 7200 block of Chandler Drive, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.
Officials said the would-be burglar arrived at the home and began trying to break windows in an attempt to get inside.
"The homeowner, who was home with his family, yelled at the intruder several times to stop," the sheriff's department said in a written statement. The intruder refused and continued trying to smash windows."The homeowner, fearing for his safety and that of his family, shot at (the suspect) from inside the residence, striking (him) in the hand," according to the statement.
Authorities said the wounded suspect then ran to another nearby house, where no one was home, and managed to get inside.Deputies caught up with the just-stolen car and tried to pull it over, leading to a pursuit.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Two robbers ended up in the hospital after being shot by the person they were trying to rob, according to the Memphis Police Department (MPD).
Memphis Police responded to calls of shots fired just after 6:15 a.m. Friday at the Classic Inn on American Way. Officers arrived to find a man and woman with gunshot wounds near the motel entrance.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A 38-year-old woman who was shot Wednesday afternoon in New Haven has been charged with violating a protective order.
The woman was shot in the stomach at about 2:30 p.m. on Plymouth Street following an argument that escalated into a fight, according to police. The other person involved in the fight, who has only been described as a male, has not been charged.
Police have not yet publicly identified the woman, but said she has been charged with other crimes, as well. They have not elaborated on what those charges are.
According to Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub, the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shots-fired call at a home on County Road 109 in Cheyenne County at 10:06 a.m. Emergency communications advised authorities a father had been shot by his son during an incident. A third individual, the mother, was present at the time of the shooting and attempted to administer CPR to the victim before emergency responders arrived.
Emergency medical personnel worked on the victim for approximately 50 minutes but were unable to revive him.
Schaub says no individuals involved in the incident are currently in custody. Preliminary investigation findings suggest the shooting was conducted in self-defense.
NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - A woman was taken to the hospital following a shooting in Newberry County on Monday.
The Newberry Police Department (NPD) said officers and the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting call in the 1200 block of Wilson Road at approximately 1:41 p.m.
According to Chief Kevin Goodman, a man shot into a car when he saw a woman with another male.
When he ran, police said the man in the car shot back at the shooter as the suspect was driving away.
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