Home Defense

An armed intruder in Florida is dead after barging into a home this week and being shot by an elderly woman who was armed herself. In a Facebook post, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said that 64-year-old Reginald Best of Interlachen, Florida was killed after he stormed into the home of a 67-year-old woman at [...]

Surveillance video caught the scary moments when a crook went behind a convenience store counter and held a knife against a female cashier's waist — only to see the tables turned on him when the gutsy cashier wrestled the weapon from his hand and chased him out of the store. Video shows a customer purchasing [...]

A North Carolina man is in critical condition after being shot by a property owner during an attempted home invasion, police say.  The Mount Airy Police Department said Joshua Murphy, 41, was at home Tuesday afternoon when Daniel Brown entered through his front door armed with a handgun, the Mount Airy News reported.  Read more...

An intruder was attempting to break into a residence in Missoula, Montana, on Sunday afternoon, and the armed homeowner warned him to stop. But the intruder didn't heed that warning, broke through a screen door, and gained entry into the residence. The homeowner responded by shooting the intruder multiple times, and the intruder later died. [...]

A lawyer was fatally shot over the weekend after allegedly breaking into a Texas home, making death threats, and charging at the homeowner, KTRK-TV reported. Deputies with the Smith County Sheriff's Office responded to a suspicious-person call at a home on Treasure Cove near Bullard in Tyler around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, the station said. Deputies [...]

A man was shot and killed Saturday after he allegedly threatened and approached a Texas homeowner who was armed with a shotgun late Saturday morning. ABC 13 reported the incident began around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, when 50-year-old Mark Anthony Correro allegedly forced entry into a home, claiming a truck parked at the house belonged to him. Read [...]

CHICAGO — An elderly man is in critical condition following a Northwest Side home invasion Monday morning where he shot one of the suspects, police said. At around 10:30 a.m., police responded to a residence in the 8500 block of West Catherine on the report of a home invasion and shooting. Read more...

The occupant of an El Mirage, Arizona, home opened fire Saturday evening, killing one of four alleged armed home intruders. 3TV/CBS 5 reports the incident occurred in a neighborhood “near 2nd Avenue and Ventura Street.” Read more...

Here is a dramatic example of a woman using a gun to protect herself and her family. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to reports of shots being fired at a residence on Klein Road just after 5 a.m. on Sunday. Read more...

An Ohio single mother is singing her son’s praises after he stopped a home intruder by grabbing her gun and pointing it at the suspect, causing him to flee. Brayden Jarrett, 16, had just come home from school last week when a car pulled up to his home and a man he didn’t recognize started [...]