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A decorated WWII veteran, who never fired a shot while overseas, won a battle with a robber half his age on Saturday.   The hand to hand combat lasted until Arthur M. Lewis and the robber were both exhausted.   Lewis had shot the robber six times, four times in the chest, once in the arm and once in the wrist and leg.  Lewis himself was wounded with a graze to his left arm. Lewis' girlfriend says that people think of him as frail, but he is anything but frail. The alleged robber, Lennard Patrick Jervis, has been arrested...

A jewelry store in Little Saigon, Orange County California, has become a magnet  for robbers.   In 2012, there was an attempted robbery in which one of the robbers was shot.  In 2013, several shots were fired at a thief who fought with the store owner, and escaped with a $9,000 watch.   Yesterday, 21 August, 2014, another robbery attempt ended in gunfire as a store employee drove off two robbers who had smashed a display case.  From ocregister.com: Two men wearing ski-type masks and hooded sweatshirts entered the store, used a hammer to break glass on a display case and...

The  intruder broke in the back door, which had a deadbolt lock.  He then chased the wife, and started fighting with the husband, who was still in bed when he heard the wife's cries for help.   The intruder, Marquise Trevel  Yates, had a gun, but initially used it as a bludgeon.  It is unclear exactly how many guns were involved, or who fired how often.  From news4jax.com: According to the police report, Coker retrieved his personal firearm and exchanged gunfire with Yates. Coker's wife, Pam, also fired her personal handgun at Yates, who died at the scene. Later, this...

Location of Till Dawn Bottle Club at 8205 Dale Mabry Highway In this unusual case in Tampa, Florida, little is reported about possible motivations; but we can make informed speculations.  The facts are this.   A patron of the Till Dawn Bottle Club was thrown out of the club at about 3:30 a.m. He drove off in a Dodge Challenger, and subsequently rear ended a GMC Yukon that was being driven by a visitor from Pennsylvannia, Alexander Sierra, 27.  Alexander was accompanied by his brother and girl friend. They followed the Challenger until its driver lost control and hit a...

Opening scene and gunfight from the Leone classic Once Upon a Time in the West.

 Link to video: On 21 May in Youngstown, Ohio, a couple of teenage criminals attempted to rob  a Sami Quick Stop a little after midnight.  The armed confrontation that ensued resulted in one robber wounded, both captured, and minimum damage to the store.  One of the suspects is reported to have dropped a rifle as he fled.   There are several lessons to be learned from the video.   As is common, numerous things could have been done better by all three participants. The first lesson is that you do not have to be a perfect gunfighter to be effective.  You...

Spring Street, where the citizens shot up the gang in 1922 Recently, a video of a Eureka Springs, Arkansas City Council meeting showed them to be a little hostile to armed citizens.  It was not always so.   Because of that article, I became aware of one of the great examples of armed citizens stopping a criminal gang in the commission of a bank robbery. No, I am not talking about the  James-Younger Gang and how they were shot to pieces in Northfield Minnesota in 1876.  One bank clerk was murdered, and one townsman, an immigrant who was believed not...

A man who lives at this house told police that someone had shot at his house and was trying to break in. He says he got his own gun, fired back in the direction of the shots, and called 911. When police arrived the intruder was gone, apparently having sped off in a car with at least one other person. A short time later, a man was dropped off at a hospital with at least one gunshot wound and he died. "After further investigation, they determined that the subject at hospital was related to incident that occurred here on Pine...

MONROE, N.C. -- Two men were shot in the parking lot of a Monroe business early Friday morning and in a very unusual move, the shooter called 911 and told the operator he shot someone. The shooting happened shortly after 5 a.m. in the parking lot of the Tyson Foods plant. According to Monroe police, a man told investigators two other men attacked him. He said he fought back and fired shots. One man was hit four times. The other was struck once. "Officers were on scene and found two men with gunshot wounds. Both were transported. One was shot...

ANDERSON CO., S.C. —A 76-year-old Upstate woman was killed in an exchange of gunfire with three men, according to a coroner. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Dorothy Hendrix was shot to death at her home early Saturday morning. The sheriff's office said a neighbor reported gunshots at the home on Rayben Lane just after 1 a.m. "She'd help anybody. Didn't even have to ask for it. Anybody she would help," brother Ronnie Lollis said. Shore said Hendrix came home to find three men outside her house and became involved in a gunfight with them. "She fought. She was a...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A 69-year-old west Columbus man said he defended himself, his partner and his home from robbers. The attempted robbery occurred at a home on Cascade Court in Columbus at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Vietnam veteran said a female neighbor came to his home Wednesday afternoon, and behind her were four men, two of whom were armed with guns. "(They said,) 'We want your money. We're robbing you.' And then all of a sudden they start hitting my partner," he said. The victim said that one of the men demanded cash. His partner was able to escape...

DONNA, Texas (AP) - Investigators say a South Texas homeowner has shot and killed two people who asked about buying roosters then drew guns on the resident.

MAPLE VALLEY — A suspected car thief died following a shootout with the car’s owner Tuesday morning, King County sheriff’s deputies said. The incident happened just after midnight Tuesday in the 21800 block of SE 236th Place in Maple Valley. According to sheriff’s deputies, a man walking his dog noticed a 27-year-old man attempting to steal his truck. The thief, realizing he had been spotted, left the truck and ran toward an awaiting getaway vehicle. Deputies said the truck’s owner drew a gun and yelled “gun” in an attempt to stop the thief, who entered the getaway vehicle. The truck’s...

When I first heard the reports of a pistolero making a long shot, stopping a mass murder and saving the life of a police officer a year ago, I knew that I would work to find the details if the possibility were offered. I found that opportunity and was able  to answer many of the questions that came to mind at the time. After I had interviewed Vic Stacy, I told him that I would wait until the Grand Jury  delivered a no bill before writing about what happened. This is the story of the Peach House Gunfight ....

Two Milwaukee men — each with a state permit to carry a concealed weapon — traded dozens of shots in a rolling shootout through two sides of town and down a freeway, the kind of scenario concealed-carry opponents warned would turn road rage incidents deadly. No one was killed or injured in the June 26 incident, according to a criminal complaint that charges just one of the men with a crime. Prosecutors aren't saying any more about the case, and the shooters couldn't be reached for comment Friday. But the gunfight is bound to spark more debate over concealed carry....

RICE TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old from Wilkes-Barre Township has been charged with attempted homicide after a shooting Wednesday night near Mountain Top. Troopers said Nicholas Drust is in custody after the shooting on Heslop Road in Rice Township around 8:30 p.m. According to court documents, Nicholas Drust and his father Robert were questioned by two neighbors, who accused the men of trespassing on private property along the dead-end road. A neighbor told Newswatch 16 that loitering, trespassing and dumping are common problems on the rural road. “The problem is, people come down here and park and drink beer and throw...

(Tipton Co., TN) A homeowner was shot in the leg by an intruder early Tuesday. The alarm system and sounds of someone downstairs woke the homeowner, who grabbed a handgun and went to the stairs. That’s where he encountered an armed intruder, who began shooting at him. The homeowner said he returned fire, and was shot in the leg. He was taken to the Med for treatment. Authorities say some of the details provided to them are still unclear. Detectives are questioning people and tracking down possible leads. “This was a very violent situation where luckily the homeowner wasn’t injured...

(Memphis) Police say a man chased down a pair of burglars. The homeowner not only shot at them as they tried to break into his home, but actually followed them in his car to make sure they got caught. Two brothers are now in jail, charged with attempted burglary and attempted murder. “It all happened so fast,” said Mr. Hall. “They got out of the car and started shooting at me.” Not everyone would do what this man did. He didn’t want to be on camera and just wants to be called ‘Mr. Hall.” “How many times did they shoot...

As someone interested in the history of the American old West, I found this photograph quite interesting. It was taken circa 1932 by photographer John Walker and shows the location of the sight where, 50 years or so earlier, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place in Tombstone, AZ at 3:00PM on October 26, 1881. The scene depicted in the photo is probably close to what it looked like at the time of the famous confrontation that occurred between the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan) and Doc Holliday, and "The Cowboys" (the Clanton Brothers, Ike and Billy and...

How to Win a Three-Way Gunfight Truels are things guaranteed to make any Western fifty percent better — by adding a third person to a duel. Each person can choose his or her target, and the worst person might very well be the winner — provided they play it smart. Learn how to win yourself a truel, gunslinger-style. Game theorists have thought about the problem of duels for a long time. As much as the Old West was depicted as a lawless place where anything might happen, it was also known for hanging its criminals high — which meant that...