The Armed Citizen® Jan. 30, 2026

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posted on January 30, 2026
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Hearing an unusual noise in an adjoining room around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 28, an apartment tenant in Albany, Ga., went to investigate and found a stranger had entered through the window and was sneaking around. The tenant attempted to hold the intruder at gunpoint, but shot the suspect multiple times when he attempted to take the gun.

When police responded, they applied a tourniquet to the suspect’s wounds and transported him to the hospital. They also discovered another apartment nearby had been broken into in a similar manner.

The suspect faces charges related to burglary and criminal trespass; the tenant is not facing charges. (walb.com, Albany, Ga., 1/28/26)

 

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – July 1980

A man and a woman entered a Blackwood, N.J., jewelry store and asked to see some gold rings. When owner Anthony Travia set a ring tray on the counter, the man pulled a handgun and demanded all the jewelry. Travia instead whipped out his own revolver and, in an exchange of gunfire, shot and killed the gunman. The female accomplice was held at bay until the police could arrive. (The Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa.)

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