The Armed Citizen® June 12, 2026

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posted on June 12, 2026
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Armed Citizen® Today

A couple in San Jacinto, Calif., were spending time with their neighbors on June 5 when an intruder made his way inside their home. When the woman decided to go inside to charge her phone, she came face to face with a man who started firing shots at her. She ran outside yelling: “There’s a stranger in the house with a gun!”

Her husband, knowing their daughter was inside, attempted to go in, but the stranger fired on him as well. The armed citizen apparently managed to duck down enough to avoid the gunfire and then shot back at the assailant. He was then able to get his daughter out of the house unharmed. The intruder, who reportedly had assaulted his own girlfriend with a knife nearby a short time before this incident, was dead when police arrived. The assailant’s girlfriend was hospitalized in stable condition; no one else was injured. (ktla.com; Los Angeles, Calif.; 6/8/26)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – February 1987

Dennis Donovan was talking to a customer in a Portland, Oreg., convenience store when an armed man wearing a ski mask burst through the door. "This is for real, hit the floor!" the man shouted, and he began firing. Donovan reached for a .357 Mag. revolver under the counter and shot back, forcing the robber out the door. It was unknown if the intruder was hit. (The Oregonian; Portland, Oreg.)

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