83) 2013 April 08: Oroville, CA: ~3:30 am; LTCer Darin Fowler, victim of 15 burglaries of his Oroville, Calif. store, Air Cooled Unlimited, was sleeping behind his store to catch the thieves. He awoke at the sound of someone breaking thru his fence and drew down on him. BG Dillion Masterson complied with the business owner’s orders to stay put until police arrived. "'As soon as he saw the gun he was very compliant,' he said." Police later found several items from the previous burglaries at Dillion's home and arrested his roommate, Steven Rodrigues. Fowler said, “It was almost closure because now we can relax a little bit now and get back to work.”

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/...tches-suspect/

BG Dillon Masterson





84) 2013 April 16: Fort Worth, TX; time: afternoon. BG Desmond Paige (age 20 and was on parole after recently serving time for violent crime), used a Craigslist ad to lure a victim for robbery. Victim was a LTCer and drew and fired his gun when attacked. LTCer was shot in hand and arm. BG was shot in chest multiple times and died on scene.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/17...est=latestnews

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/219936...-everman-store



deceased BG Desmond Page pic here: http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/im...h=180&option=1



85) 2013 April 29: Yuma, AZ; ~ 7pm; Angel Estrada, 21, and his brother approached their victim as he stood in front of a family member's mobile home in the Desert Palms Mobile Home Park. Prosecutor Katz: "They demanded his wallet, when he didn’t comply, they demanded his wallet again. It was at that point that they brandished a weapon and (the victim), himself a gun owner, took out his own .45-caliber weapon. Refusing to be a victim, he fired and struck one of the assailants in the neck." The suspects fled the scene. The victim was not shot and was not injured. The Estradas and Jesus Bernal-Rivas (age 19, the get away driver), were all captured at a local hospital.

http://www.yumasun.com/articles/vict...#ixzz2SF6NtylM

BGs Angel Estrada and Jesus Bernal-Rivas



86) 2013 April 30: Oceanside, CA; ~8:30pm; two transients got into a fight near the Rodeway Inn at state Route 76 and Coast Highway. One transient, Bruce Eric Hunt, 52, pulled a large knife and stabbed the other. A LTCer stopped the fight and proned out the BG until LE arrived while witnesses from a nearby restaurant aided the victim. Unfortunately, the victim died of his wounds.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/...-in-oceanside/

BG Bruce Eric Hunt





87) 2013 May 27: North Houston, TX; in the early morning, robbers break into ACE Cash Express store and wait for employees to arrive. They arrive, but since the safe is on a timer, they could not open it, so BGs flee, but not before one of them is shot by an employee's husband who was in the parking lot.





88) 2013 May 29: Lansing, MI; just before 5pm, 28 yo LTCer was waiting at a bus stop for his daughter to be dropped off. 17 yo Marvell Weaver, riding in a van w/3 friends, targeted him for the "Knock out game," but using a stun gun. Weaver walked pass the LTCer, turned and pressed the stun gun against the LTCer's chest multiple times. It did not discharge despite it working earlier. LTCer thinks he's been stabbed, draws and fires his .40 S&W 1x at BG as he flees. BG gets shot in the buttocks, runs across the street and drops to the ground when his leg goes numb. "'I’m sorry, please don’t kill me, I don’t know why I did that, I’m high you know, I just wanna go home,' the teen told the man who had just shot him."

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/..._out_brut.html

wounded BG Marvell Weaver





89) 2013 June 05: Youngstown, OH; nighttime, 23 yo LTCer David Ferguson was inside South Avenue Gas Mart when he heard his cousin calling for him from outside the store. LTCer came out and saw two men inside his car, and a third with a gun outside the vehicle firing at Ferguson’s cousin who was crawling on the ground. LTCer drew his 9mm pistol and firing 5x at the carjackers and BGs returned fire and fled. LTCer suffered non-life-threatening wound in his arm and his cousin in his leg.

http://www.wkbn.com/2013/06/06/19673-autosave/



90) 2013 June 22: Atlanta, GA; ~5:30am, shoppers were waiting outside Wish clothing store in Atlanta, Ga. to purchase a new model of $180 Lebron James sneakers, when a man drew a gun and attempted to rob them. One of the customers, a LTCer, drew his gun and shot the BG killing him. Taylor White, a witness said, “He really stood up for all of us.... I salute the homie that did that.” Police said they will not press charges against the LTCer.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-l...b-group/nYR7p/



91) 2013 June 26: Mount Pleasant, SC; ~7:20pm two armed robbers entered a Kangaroo convenience store and demanded money from the clerk. Despite the clerk complying with the demand, Markel Jovan Wright fired at the employee while leaving, grazing his arm. A LTCer passerby drew his pistol and confronted the robbers. Deion Watson surrendered. Wright fled but was captured by U.S. Marshals the next day.

LE believes the duo is responsible for a rash of convenience store robberies in the Mount Pleasant area.

http://www.moultrienews.com/article/...29721/0/MN9907

BGs Markel Jovan Wright and Deion Watson





92) 2013 July 18: Alameda, CA; ~10:30pm Thursday at the Bonfare Market convenience store, an off-duty 20 yr LEO & SWAT team member was reading a magazine when 2 armed & masked BGs enter the store. Fearing for his and two employees' safety, the LEO drew & fired, killing Laroy Brown, 42, and wounding Marc Traylor, 41, who fled but showed up at a local hospital with a bullet wound. Suspected getaway driver, 41 yo Elbert McBride, was later arrested. All had priors.

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/...ct-4674473.php

http://www.sfgate.com/default/articl...up-4722801.php



93) 2013 July 20: Northeast El Paso, TX; Saturday, ~3:45am, Trevaill Deonte Chacon, 21, and an accomplice used their car to force a 50 yo man driving a black-and-yellow 2010 Camaro to stop. They then got out, one armed w/a gun, and ordered the driver and his 17 yo female passenger out of the car in an attempted carjacking. The driver, a LTCer, threw his car keys away, drew and fired. The BGs fled, but crashed their car. Police caught Chacon running from the scene.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdate...driver-who-had



94) 2013 July 29: Cleveland, OH; ~12:30am Monday morning, as 26 yo LTCer Timothy Peak and a woman got into his car in his driveway, 2 masked men wearing gloves approached his car: 23 yo Waymone Williams, armed with a HGN and another man armed w/a crowbar. Williams hit Peak on the head w/his HGN and tried to pull him out of the car, so Peak grabbed a HGN from his car and opened fire, striking Williams multiple times in the torso. Williams fired once, missing Peak, and died right there. Williams was on parole for illegally carrying a concealed handgun. The other BG got away w/the woman's purse.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...ncealed_c.html

deceased BG Waymone Williams





95) 2013 Aug 01: Houston, TX; ~7:00 am GG was standing outside his office, near his SUV when 3 BGs attempt to rob him, 2 armed w/HGNs. He gets his revolver out of his SUV and opens firing, hitting 2 of the BGs (1 was critically injured and arrested, another was arrested when he showed up at an ER with gunshot wounds to his hand, and 3rd is on the lose). The GG (not sure if he was CCWer or just legally carried in SUV), had been robbed at knifepoint 6 weeks prior and bought the revolver after that. A total of ~ 9 shots were exchanged. "Following the gunshots, the three suspects then struggled with the victim, tearing his clothing and eventually taking his gun from him, although it was dropped in the suspects’ rush to get out of the area." Seems like he may have run his revolver dry and things when H2H until the gunshot injuries took effect. "'I'm really glad he had a gun because he might have been killed today,' said the witness."

http://www.guns.com/2013/08/05/houst...robbers-video/

http://abc13.com/archive/9192253/



96) 2013 Aug 02: Columbus, TX; 2 BGs, 20 yo Jordan Kutach and his brother 21 yo Preston Kutach, broke into a house and held a man, a reserve deputy, at gunpoint. When his wife, a bank employee, arrived home, they forced the couple to drive back to the bank, open the vault, and give them money. As they were driving away from the bank ~7:30pm, the husband drew his HGN and shot both BGs, killing Preston and critically injuring Jordan.

http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Bank-...218148611.html

deceased BG Preson Kutach and critically injured BG Jordan Kutach





97) 2013 Aug 03: Lexington, KY; ~9pm an employee of a Marathon gas station confronted 45 yo James Bloom, who was urinating on the side of the building. The BG drew a knife, used racial slurs, and moved towards the employee. The employee, a LTCer, drew his pistol and firing a warning shot into the air, causing the BG to jump and stab himself, requiring medical attention at a nearby hospital. The LTCer wasn't charged; the BG was cited and released.

http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/P...218247701.html



98) 2013 Aug 08: Houston, TX; ~4am a woman and her family were dining at a Denny’s when a group of six men armed with guns attempted to rob her husband while she was in the restroom. When the woman, a LTCer, exited the restroom and spotted the hold-up, she drew a pistol and exchanged gunfire with the criminals, causing them to flee. The victim’s brother said “Self-defense saved my brother’s life.”

http://www.click2houston.com/news/wo...c/-/index.html



99) 2013 Aug 21: Houston, TX; ~10pm a LTCer was walking to his apartment when he was attacked & bitten by a pit bull dog that had escaped a tenant's apartment. He shot the dog, the dog survived and was taken by its owner to a vet. The LTCer was sent by ambulance to a hospital.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Dog-a...220650361.html : ~3:30 am; LTCer Darin Fowler, victim of 15 burglaries of his Oroville, Calif. store, Air Cooled Unlimited, was sleeping behind his store to catch the thieves. He awoke at the sound of someone breaking thru his fence and drew down on him. BG Dillion Masterson complied with the business owner’s orders to stay put until police arrived. "'As soon as he saw the gun he was very compliant,' he said." Police later found several items from the previous burglaries at Dillion's home and arrested his roommate, Steven Rodrigues. Fowler said, “It was almost closure because now we can relax a little bit now and get back to work.”; time: afternoon. BG Desmond Paige (age 20 and was on parole after recently serving time for violent crime), used a Craigslist ad to lure a victim for robbery. Victim was a LTCer and drew and fired his gun when attacked. LTCer was shot in hand and arm. BG was shot in chest multiple times and died on scene.; ~ 7pm; Angel Estrada, 21, and his brother approached their victim as he stood in front of a family member's mobile home in the Desert Palms Mobile Home Park. Prosecutor Katz: "They demanded his wallet, when he didn’t comply, they demanded his wallet again. It was at that point that they brandished a weapon and (the victim), himself a gun owner, took out his own .45-caliber weapon. Refusing to be a victim, he fired and struck one of the assailants in the neck." The suspects fled the scene. The victim was not shot and was not injured. The Estradas and Jesus Bernal-Rivas (age 19, the get away driver), were all captured at a local hospital.; ~8:30pm; two transients got into a fight near the Rodeway Inn at state Route 76 and Coast Highway. One transient, Bruce Eric Hunt, 52, pulled a large knife and stabbed the other. A LTCer stopped the fight and proned out the BG until LE arrived while witnesses from a nearby restaurant aided the victim. Unfortunately, the victim died of his wounds.; in the early morning, robbers break into ACE Cash Express store and wait for employees to arrive. They arrive, but since the safe is on a timer, they could not open it, so BGs flee, but not before one of them is shot by an employee's husband who was in the parking lot.just before 5pm, 28 yo LTCer was waiting at a bus stop for his daughter to be dropped off. 17 yo Marvell Weaver, riding in a van w/3 friends, targeted him for the "Knock out game," but using a stun gun. Weaver walked pass the LTCer, turned and pressed the stun gun against the LTCer's chest multiple times. It did not discharge despite it working earlier. LTCer thinks he's been stabbed, draws and fires his .40 S&W 1x at BG as he flees. BG gets shot in the buttocks, runs across the street and drops to the ground when his leg goes numb. "'I’m sorry, please don’t kill me, I don’t know why I did that, I’m high you know, I just wanna go home,' the teen told the man who had just shot him."; nighttime, 23 yo LTCer David Ferguson was inside South Avenue Gas Mart when he heard his cousin calling for him from outside the store. LTCer came out and saw two men inside his car, and a third with a gun outside the vehicle firing at Ferguson’s cousin who was crawling on the ground. LTCer drew his 9mm pistol and firing 5x at the carjackers and BGs returned fire and fled. LTCer suffered non-life-threatening wound in his arm and his cousin in his leg.~5:30am, shoppers were waiting outside Wish clothing store in Atlanta, Ga. to purchase a new model of $180 Lebron James sneakers, when a man drew a gun and attempted to rob them. One of the customers, a LTCer, drew his gun and shot the BG killing him. Taylor White, a witness said, “He really stood up for all of us.... I salute the homie that did that.” Police said they will not press charges against the LTCer.~7:20pm two armed robbers entered a Kangaroo convenience store and demanded money from the clerk. Despite the clerk complying with the demand, Markel Jovan Wright fired at the employee while leaving, grazing his arm. A LTCer passerby drew his pistol and confronted the robbers. Deion Watson surrendered. Wright fled but was captured by U.S. Marshals the next day.LE believes the duo is responsible for a rash of convenience store robberies in the Mount Pleasant area.; ~10:30pm Thursday at the Bonfare Market convenience store, an off-duty 20 yr LEO & SWAT team member was reading a magazine when 2 armed & masked BGs enter the store. Fearing for his and two employees' safety, the LEO drew & fired, killing Laroy Brown, 42, and wounding Marc Traylor, 41, who fled but showed up at a local hospital with a bullet wound. Suspected getaway driver, 41 yo Elbert McBride, was later arrested. All had priors.Saturday, ~3:45am, Trevaill Deonte Chacon, 21, and an accomplice used their car to force a 50 yo man driving a black-and-yellow 2010 Camaro to stop. They then got out, one armed w/a gun, and ordered the driver and his 17 yo female passenger out of the car in an attempted carjacking. The driver, a LTCer, threw his car keys away, drew and fired. The BGs fled, but crashed their car. Police caught Chacon running from the scene.; ~12:30am Monday morning, as 26 yo LTCer Timothy Peak and a woman got into his car in his driveway, 2 masked men wearing gloves approached his car: 23 yo Waymone Williams, armed with a HGN and another man armed w/a crowbar. Williams hit Peak on the head w/his HGN and tried to pull him out of the car, so Peak grabbed a HGN from his car and opened fire, striking Williams multiple times in the torso. Williams fired once, missing Peak, and died right there. Williams was on parole for illegally carrying a concealed handgun. The other BG got away w/the woman's purse.; ~7:00 am GG was standing outside his office, near his SUV when 3 BGs attempt to rob him, 2 armed w/HGNs. He gets his revolver out of his SUV and opens firing, hitting 2 of the BGs (1 was critically injured and arrested, another was arrested when he showed up at an ER with gunshot wounds to his hand, and 3rd is on the lose). The GG (not sure if he was CCWer or just legally carried in SUV), had been robbed at knifepoint 6 weeks prior and bought the revolver after that. A total of ~ 9 shots were exchanged. "Following the gunshots, the three suspects then struggled with the victim, tearing his clothing and eventually taking his gun from him, although it was dropped in the suspects’ rush to get out of the area." Seems like he may have run his revolver dry and things when H2H until the gunshot injuries took effect. "'I'm really glad he had a gun because he might have been killed today,' said the witness."; 2 BGs, 20 yo Jordan Kutach and his brother 21 yo Preston Kutach, broke into a house and held a man, a reserve deputy, at gunpoint. When his wife, a bank employee, arrived home, they forced the couple to drive back to the bank, open the vault, and give them money. As they were driving away from the bank ~7:30pm, the husband drew his HGN and shot both BGs, killing Preston and critically injuring Jordan.and~9pm an employee of a Marathon gas station confronted 45 yo James Bloom, who was urinating on the side of the building. The BG drew a knife, used racial slurs, and moved towards the employee. The employee, a LTCer, drew his pistol and firing a warning shot into the air, causing the BG to jump and stab himself, requiring medical attention at a nearby hospital. The LTCer wasn't charged; the BG was cited and released.~4am a woman and her family were dining at awhen a group of six men armed with guns attempted to rob her husband while she was in the restroom. When the woman, a LTCer, exited the restroom and spotted the hold-up, she drew a pistol and exchanged gunfire with the criminals, causing them to flee. The victim’s brother said “Self-defense saved my brother’s life.”~10pm a LTCer was walking to his apartment when he was attacked & bitten by a pit bull dog that had escaped a tenant's apartment. He shot the dog, the dog survived and was taken by its owner to a vet. The LTCer was sent by ambulance to a hospital.

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