Clergy in Support of the 2nd Amendment

PHOENIX — A man with an airsoft gun was shot to death at a Phoenix gas station early Sunday morning by a man with a real gun. Police were called out to a shooting near Camelback Road and I-17 around 5 a.m. and found 31-year-old Sergio Cruz with a gunshot wound. An investigation found that Cruz was in an argument with the shooter over someone they both knew. At that point, police say Cruz pulled out an airsoft gun and pointed it toward the man who then responded by shooting Cruz in the chest with a handgun. The shooter, who hasn’t been identified, isn’t facing criminal charges right now. He stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police. Police are still investigating the shooting.

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Suspect Eventually Taken To Hospital In Stable Condition SAN ANTONIO – A man who broke into a West Side home overnight was shot by the homeowner and later tried to run from officers, according to San Antonio police. The incident happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday near Wilmot and Knoke streets, near North General McMullen. Police said the man tried to break into the home and the homeowner, a man in his 50s, grabbed a gun and shot the suspect twice. The suspect ran away but was found by emergency medical services down the road. He was loaded into the ambulance and was about to receive treatment, but he became angry and escaped from the ambulance, police said. Police officers were able to capture him again. He had gunshot wounds to his right elbow and right thigh and had cuts from jumping over a barbed-wire fence. He was taken to University Hospital in stable condition.

Bibb investigators say a 67-year-old woman was cutting her grass on a riding lawnmower when a naked man, 25-year-old Tyler McElhenny, tackled her off the mower. The woman's husband tried to pull the man off his wife, but the man attacked him as well and then tried to go after his wife again. That's when the husband got a gun and shot the attacker.

Police say an intruder is dead after a Clare resident shot and killed him early Thursday. The Clare Police Department rushed to a home on McEwan Street around 6 a.m. after the resident reported a home invasion in progress. As police were arriving on the scene, officers heard gunshots from inside the residence. Investigators say the homeowner fired gunshots at the intruder and killed him. The resident did not report any injuries from the incident.

TACOMA, Wash. — A woman working at a Tacoma hotel shot a man who was chasing her and two other employees with a knife early late Tuesday night. The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) responded shortly before midnight to the Quality Inn in the 8000 block of S. Hosmer Street for reports of a 45-year-old man with a knife who had been asked to leave the property. When officers arrived, they learned that the man with the knife had started chasing two women and a man that worked at the hotel. At some point, one of the females shot the knife-wielding man. The suspect was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening injury. When he is released, he will be booked into the Pierce County Jail for three counts of assault in the first degree.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — The charges against Sabrina Hendley in the case of the shooting death of her husband have been dismissed. Hendley could have spent the rest of her life behind bars after deputies said she shot and killed her husband in 2018. Advocates stood in her corner, saying what led up to that night was years of alleged abuse and that she acted in self-defense. Now years later, the charges against Hendley have been dismissed.

A shootout broke out shortly after 7 PM this past Tuesday between a Compton, CA smoke shop employee and four armed robbers. Amazingly, the employee was wounded but survived. I can’t say as much for one of the armed robbers. One of the men then pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the employee. The employee put his hand on his gun as soon as he saw the gun pointed at him and then took cover. Then the employee drew and fired at least one shot at the armed robber, which caused the suspect to fire at least one shot back. I would assume that was the suspect that the employee hit as it sent him tumbling over another suspect. They then scramble to get out of the store. Another suspect fired one shot at the employee as he fled. The media reported that the store’s employee was shot in the neck and the face but was released from the hospital. So it sounds like his injuries weren’t that bad if he was released from the hospital. Maybe his injuries were caused by glass shrapnel when the counter was getting shot. The same can’t be said for one of the armed robbers. The police later found him at a local hospital with a gunshot wound, where he would later die.

"This doesn't make any sense" Plaintiff in medical marijuana lawsuit says he faced choice between pain management and 2nd Amendment rights. In a law enforcement career spanning 34 years, Stanford "Neill" Franklin said it's the little moments that meant the most. Now he must choose between treating his chronic pain and keeping his 2nd Amendment rights.

SANFORD, Fla. - A man is dead after being shot by his roommate Wednesday night following a fight at a Sanford home, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. According to Kim Cannaday, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, the roommate said the two had been fighting throughout the day. Deputies said at one point the argument turned physical, and the man felt he had to shoot his roommate. SCSO said the roommate will not be arrested at this time as the shooting appears to be in self-defense, but an investigation is ongoing.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Two armed teenage boys were shot and killed after they attempted to rob a man in Norristown on Friday night, officials say. The incident occurred in an alley behind the 300 block of Warren Street around 8 p.m. Officials say police responded to a report of two males deceased from gunshot wounds. Once they arrived, they also found the shooter. The investigation revealed that the two 17-year-old boys attempted to rob the shooter. Officials say they pulled a gun on him as he was walking to his car from a nearby residence. Officials say early indications revealed there was a struggle for the teenager’s gun, and then the shooter used his legally registered gun to kill both of them. The shooter rendered aid and called 911 after firing the shots, according to a release. Both of the teenagers were from Norristown, but their names aren’t be revealed at this time due to their juvenile status.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A mother said her son had a gun pointed at him while in their own driveway in Orlando early Thursday morning, so he fired back in self-defense. Orange County deputies said the call first came in at 2 a.m. for a report of a car burglary with shots fired on Martinwood Drive in Pine Hills. Maria Vasquez told FOX 35 it started as two teenagers were trying to steal his car.

The shooting happened in February on a cold, 6-degree night in south Minneapolis in a neighborhood that had seen an increase in armed robberies. (This could have been handled better. Warning shots are generally a bad idea, especially into the air. They could have chosen to retreat into the home. All that said, they still acted in self-defense.)

In Any Case, His Ad Shows Just How Important 2a Support Is To Pennsylvania Voters Oz isn’t copping to a change in opinion in his ad. Far from it. From the opening line “my father taught me how to handle my first gun” to the closing pledge to “fight for our constitutional rights,” Oz makes it sound like he’s always been a Second Amendment stalwart when that’s clearly not the case.

More members of minority groups in the United States are buying guns as the fear of violence and crime increases. VOA's Aunshuman Apte in New York spoke with some minority gun owners to learn more about why they bought their weapons.

A man shot a carjacker who tried to steal his car while he was pumping gas at a North Side gas station, police said. The car owner got in the passenger side and fought with the man as the suspect put the car in reverse and hit the gas, driving over a sidewalk. That’s when the car owner pulled out a gun and shot the suspect multiple times, police said. That suspect was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. The car owner was not injured.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police say a woman shot her husband twice, possibly in self-defense, in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Police say the 34-year-old woman fired from a car at Chew and Brinton streets around midnight Friday. The 40-year-old husband was struck in both of his legs. The gunfire also damaged an unattended, parked car and a nearby home. Police found the woman in her car around the corner from the scene. Investigators say she is cooperating. "She does have an active protection from abuse warrant against her husband. We did verify that through our computer system. So there is a possibility this shooting may be self-defense," Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

FADETTE, Ala. (WDHN) — Early Friday morning, a Wiregrass homeowner shot an intruder twice with a handgun — after telling him to leave and then a struggle between the two. Authorities say the suspect was in the process of burglarizing the rural residence when the homeowner awakened to a sound from the back door. Emergency responders arrived at a trailer off Audy Lane in eastern Geneva County’s Fadette community, just after 3 a.m. this morning. The suspect, whose name has not been released, had surgery at Southeast Health for the gunshots in his leg and abdomen. He is now reportedly in stable condition. Geneva County Sheriff Tony Helms says he and Geneva/Dale District Attorney Kirke Adams will gather all the evidence before charging the suspect. “We worked the scene at the time, we’ve spoke to several witnesses there and several other locations and we’ve referred to the District attorney,” Sheriff Helms. “And determine what the charges will be. But at this time we don’t see any charges against the homeowner. Sheriff Helms says once the suspect is released from the hospital he will be arrested and charged with the “Home invasion”

Johnson said one homeowner shot at Harris during the burglary spree but missed. Johnson encouraged homeowners to use lethal force during break-ins to “save taxpayers money.” “We don’t know what homeowner — which homeowner — shot at him. I guess they think they did something wrong, which they did not,” Johnson said. “If somebody’s breaking into your house, you’re more than welcome to shoot them in Santa Rosa County, and we prefer that you do actually. Whoever that was, you’re not in trouble. Come see us. We have a gun safety class we put on every other Saturday. If you take that, you’ll shoot a lot better, and hopefully, you’ll save taxpayers money.”

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - Police say an 80-year-old man shot and killed an intruder in a Flint Township residence Thursday evening. A 31-year-old man allegedly broke into a residence in the 1000 block of West Bristol Road around 8:45 p.m. The 80-year-old resident confronted him with a weapon and fired at least one gunshot. The 31-year-old, who was not identified Friday morning, was pronounced dead of his injuries, according to the Flint Township Police Department. The 80-year-old resident, who also wasn't identified, was released from custody early Friday while police continue the investigation.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A hotel guest traded gunfire with a would-be robber in River North Sunday night, Chicago police said. Police said a man was staying at the Godfrey in the 100-block of West Huron Street when just after 11:30 p.m. an unknown person knocked on his door. The 53-year-old victim opened the door and a man forced his way into the room, took out a gun and demanded the victim's property, police said. The suspect then began firing shots at the victim and the victim returned fire, police said. The would-be robber fled the scene and the victim was left with a graze wound to the head, police said. The victim was treated at the scene by the Chicago Fire Department and refused further medical attention. Police recovered a weapon from the scene. No one is in custody.

SAN ANTONIO (KABB/WOAI) - A woman has been fighting the China Grove Police Department for almost four years to retrieve property she says was unfairly taken from her family. Brandy Napier lives in Seguin, but she and her husband have family they visit in China Grove. That's where her husband Franklin was pulled over by a China Grove officer in August 2018 for reportedly running stop signs. Brandy says he had just left the gun range and had three guns in the car. The officer confiscated them, but made no arrest.

Police Say At Least One Male Was Armed With A Gun And Had A Police Badge Around His Neck, Which Turned Out To Be Fake. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A home invasion involving men pretending to be police officers in Philadelphia ended with a deadly shooting when the victim turned the tables on the suspects, police say. Just after 10 p.m. Sunday, police were called to the 7200 block of Battersby Street in Mayfair for the report of a shooting. According to authorities, a 25-year-old man had just returned home to a duplex on the block. After parking his car in a rear driveway, the resident walked up to the steps to his front door when he was approached by two males. Police say at least one male was armed with a gun and had a police badge around his neck, which turned out to be fake. He identified himself as a police officer. The two males then forced the resident into his property and demanded money. "They tied his hands with zip ties around his back and threatened to kill him if he made any sudden moves. That's when our victim realized these individuals were not police officers," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. According to police, the 25-year-old victim was able to free his hands and grab a gun from his pocket. The victim fired several shots toward the men, striking the police impersonator three times. The other suspect fled the scene on the foot. Police say it does not appear he was hit. Responding officers rushed the wounded suspect to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police recovered the suspect's gun as well as the weapon the 25-year-old resident fired.

“The investigation has found that Shafi Rasheed approached the second male at a vehicle parked on Edmonds Street with a firearm,” police wrote in the release. “Rasheed was believed to be upset about a female acquaintance, even though the two men had no history of threats or violence between them before this incident.” Police said “Rasheed assaulted the second male with a firearm and was ultimately shot multiple times as the second male produced his own firearm.” “After review of video surveillance and witness statements in this case, no criminal charges were filed at this time,” police wrote in the release. “After reviewing the facts of the case, the Danville Commonwealth Attorney’s Office advised they will present the case to a grand jury to review the evidence and determine if criminal charges are appropriate in this incident.”

JASPER, Ark. (KY3) - The Newton County Quorum Court, by unanimous vote, will allow county employees to carry their concealed firearms while on the job. The quorum court felt it is essential for each county employee to be able to defend themselves or others when the need arises. As long as the employee has a valid concealed carry permit, they can carry their gun. A now-famous drive-by shooting rattled the Newton County Courthouse in 1949. While nothing similar has happened since it is one reason county justices aren’t taking any chances.