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Oklahoma Self-Defense: Southwest OKC Hotel Clerk Claims Self-Defense In Overnight Shooting :: 06/07/2022

Oklahoma City police are investigating a shooting Tuesday at a hotel on the southwest side of the city involving a hotel employee and an unwanted customer.

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Tennessee Self-Defense: 2 men arrested after shooting, robbery over the weekend, police say :: 06/06/2022

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Two men were arrested after a shooting and robbery went wrong.

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Ohio Self-Defense: 2 injured in West Chester home invasion shooting :: 05/28/2022

WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WXIX) -Two people are in the hospital after a home invasion shooting happened in West Chester early Saturday morning.

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West Virginia Self-Defense: Police: Woman with pistol killed man who shot at crowd of people in Charleston :: 05/26/2022

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — UPDATED: 8:30 a.m., 5/26/22 Police said a woman who was lawfully carrying a pistol shot and killed a man who began shooting at a crowd of people Wednesday night in Charleston.

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California Self-Defense: LA homeowner shoots, kills armed burglar after he and his wife hear footsteps overnight :: 05/22/2022

A Los Angeles area homeowner took matters into his own hands to defend himself and his wife early Saturday when authorities say he shot and killed one of two suspected burglars who broke into their home overnight.

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Pennsylvania Self Defense: Philly armed robber shot and killed by his intended target :: 05/12/2022

A Philadelphia man made a fatal mistake on Wednesday night when he decided to target a stranger on a city street as his next robbery victim. As it turns out, that man was armed as well, and according to police he shot and killed the would-be robber in self-defense.

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Georgia Self Defese: Naked Middle Georgia man tackled woman off lawn mower before her husband shot him, deputies say :: 05/07/2022

BIBB COUNTY, Ga. - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said a man was shot and killed when he attacked a woman seemingly unprovoked — and naked.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Bibb deputies investigate naked man shot, killed after attacking Lizella woman on riding mower :: 05/05/2022

LIZELLA, Ga. — Bibb deputies are investigating after a man was shot and killed at a home on Trophy Place Thursday evening.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Man Allegedly Tries to Take Officer's Gun, Gets Shot Dead :: 05/05/2022

A man in Atlanta’s Buckhead community allegedly tried to take an officer’s gun Wednesday afternoon around 3 p.m. and was shot dead.

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Michigan Self-Defense: Man shoots, kills alleged intruder in Clare County :: 05/05/2022

CLARE, MI — Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an alleged intruder in Clare County.

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Washington Self-Defense: Tacoma hotel employee shoots man who threatened 3 employees with a knife :: 05/04/2022

TACOMA — A hotel employee shot a man who was threatening three employees with a weapon Tuesday night in Pierce County.

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Texas Self-Defense: Argument over truck ends in shooting death in Liberty County :: 05/02/2022

LIBERTY COUNTY - 32-year-old Christopher Aaron Jorgensen died Sunday, May 1st, after being shot during an alleged argument with his neighbor, 54-year-old Edwin Thomas Baty. 

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Indiana Self-Defense: IMPD: Resident shoots suspected burglar on east side :: 05/01/2022

INDIANAPOLIS — Police on Indy’s east side say a burglary ended with one of the suspects shot by the homeowner.

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Texas Self-Defense: Texas mom shoots man dead after he broke into home with her children inside :: 05/01/2022

A Texas mother fatally shot a man who broke into her San Antonio home while her children were inside, Police announced Friday.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: A man who was being robbed by two Norristown teens killed them in self-defense, prosecutors said :: 04/30/2022

Two Norristown teens who attempted to rob a man late Friday died after their intended victim shot them with a gun he was licensed to carry, prosecutors said Saturday.

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Florida Self-Defense: Concealed Carrier Fatally Shoots One of Three Men Beating Him; Ruled Self-Defense Thanks to Video :: 04/26/2022

The following incident took place on Feb. 28th outside of a Tampa, FL restaurant. Thanks to security cameras, investigators were able to corroborate the victim’s story and rule the shooting justified.

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Texas Self Defense: Carjacking suspect shot during robbery at North Side gas station :: 04/26/2022

A man suspected of carjacking was shot by the vehicle’s owner at a gas station on the North Side, San Antonio police said.

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Alabama Self Defense: Suspected burglar shot by Geneva Co. homeowner, sheriff says :: 04/22/2022

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.

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Florida Self Defense: Milton man arrested in Pace home invasion spree; homeowner offered shooting lessons :: 04/21/2022

A Milton man was arrested after a Pace home burglary spree early Wednesday evening, Santa Rosa County Sherriff Bob Johnson said in a press conference Thursday morning.

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Louisiana Self Defense: Teen carjacker hospitalized after victim shoots back :: 04/18/2022

A 17-year old is in the hospital, and both he and another 17-year old are facing charges after allegedly attempting to carjack a New Orleans man late last week.

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