Home Defense

A man allegedly entered an upstate New York home early Monday morning and physically attacked the suddenly awakened homeowner. However, the victim had a gun, fired one shot, and hit the alleged intruder. After that, police arrested the suspect at the scene. Read more...

This is a dramatic story that could have turned out quite differently if she wasn’t armed. Read more...

At around 5 a.m. on Jan. 18, a man came into a gas station in Avondale, Ariz., with his face covered, mumbled something about “rob” and “money,” and then pointed a gun at the clerk and at a customer. However, when the suspect became distracted by another customer, the clerk reportedly drew his own firearm [...]

On Jan. 9, in the small community of Ellijay, Ga., a 39-year-old previously convicted felon walked into a convenience store and grabbed an energy drink. Then he allegedly pulled a pair of women’s panties up from his neck to his face, went behind the counter and pointed a .45-cal. pistol at the clerk, demanding money. [...]

An Alabama homeowner last week told police he found a burglar in his kitchen who then "came at me" — and soon a fight broke out, and the suspect ended up in the hospital. Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims said deputies responded March 26 to a possible burglary in progress on Horton Nixon Chapel Road, [...]

A suburb in Vancouver, Wash., which was usually considered safe, turned into a crime scene on the night of Dec. 15, 2022, when a man broke into a second-story window and got into a confrontation with the homeowner. The homeowner, however, was able to defend himself, shooting the intruder, who was later pronounced dead at the [...]

Putnam County Sheriff H.D. ‘Gator’ DeLoach says an elderly Interlachen, Florida, woman made her “entire neighborhood safer” by shooting and killing an alleged armed intruder around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning. Action News Jax reported a 67-year-old woman awoke to the sound of the door handle rattling. She thought it was her husband coming home from work, [...]

A homeowner in Ludlow, Ky., witnessed a man breaking into a car early in the morning on Dec. 5, 2022, and told the vandal he was calling police, urging him to “get out of here.” He also told the man several times he had a gun. Read more...