The Armed Citizen® Feb. 7, 2025

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posted on February 7, 2025
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An assault against a Houston homeowner ended with the assailant being shot, according to Houston police.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting at 11 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2024, arriving to find a man in his 30s suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. An investigation revealed that the man had forced his way into the house and then assaulted the homeowner. The resident was able to defend himself, firing several shots that struck the intruder and stopped the attack. The suspect is now hospitalized in critical condition. (CW 39 Houston; Houston, Texas; 11/5/24)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – December 1985

Waiting in his car for his daughter to get off work, a Norman, Okla., man watched as a suspicious character walked into the dry cleaners, where he pushed the daughter to the back of the building and bound her. The clerk's father waited until the armed robber was away from his daughter, cleaning out the cash register, then he walked in with a pistol. He held the robber at gunpoint for police. (The Oklahoman; Oklahoma City, Okla.)

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