Home Defense

An armed homeowner in Oklahoma found an intruder in his kitchen in the middle of the night earlier this week — and promptly let his gun explain how unwelcome the intruder was. Tulsa police said officers responded around 2:30 a.m. Monday to a shooting at a home near 24th and Sheridan. The homeowner said he [...]

A San Antonio, Texas, homeowner armed with a shotgun killed an alleged intruder who reportedly lunged at him just before 1:00 a.m. Sunday. CBS Austin reported that the alleged intruder came to the front door seeking entry to the home, and the homeowner told him to leave. The alleged intruder then reportedly sought entrance again, and [...]

An intruder allegedly charged at a Texas homeowner with a screwdriver Monday afternoon — but the homeowner was armed with a gun and won the confrontation. Police in Sherman responded to a shots fired call around 5 p.m. from the home in the 1300 block of East Ida Road, KXII-TV reported. Sherman is about an [...]

An 85-year-old Idaho mother who shot and killed a home intruder committed a "justifiable homicide" that is "one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I have heard of," Bingham County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Jolley stated in an incident review. The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Derek Condon, entered the home Christine Jenneiahn shares with her [...]

CHICAGO — A man was shot after he broke into an apartment on the city’s South Side. According to police, officers responded to an apartment complex in the 7100 block of South Jeffery and found a 30-year-old man who sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. Read more...

A 75-year-old Vermont homeowner opened fire with a muzzleloader allegedly after three armed men tried to breaking into his residence late Tuesday night. Gordon Richard Sr. told investigators the trio tried breaking into his home on Sandy Hill Road in the town of Georgia through a locked interior door from a separate section of the [...]

A family who had recently moved into an Arlington home was shocked to find a female home intruder claiming that they were inside her home, according to Texas police. The family was asleep at the home on the 1300 block of South Pecan Street when a teenager of the family said he heard a strange [...]

A 22-year-old man forced his way into an Alaska home over the weekend and fought with a male resident, stabbing the victim in the arm, police told the Anchorage Daily News. But the victim's wife grabbed a gun and opened fire, killing the intruder, cops added to the paper.

El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies found four adults killed in a Wednesday night shooting after sending in a SWAT team to investigate the scene, the office said in a release Thursday afternoon. According to the release, deputies initially contacted a man who had injuries that were not life-threatening after responding to the scene just after midnight. [...]

A man and a woman were arrested by Minnesota police after an alleged home intruder was shot and killed at their home in St. Paul early Monday morning. The St. Paul Police Department said that the woman who lived at the home in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood called 911 to report a home intruder. While she [...]