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A 62 year old Toledo resident shot a burglar in self defense, after the burglar advanced on him despite two warnings to "freeze." Police say that the homeowner was asleep at about 10:40 PM when an unexpected noise caused him to awaken and believe that a burglary was in progress.

An argument between a landlord and her tenant ended in a shooting death. Police say officers shot an armed man in self defense.

An attorney for a man accused of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon said his client was acting in self-defense when he struck a man in the neck with a beer bottle.

The attorney for a Wyoming man accused of taking a grizzly bear without a license says the shooting was done in self defense.

A Greensboro police officer fired a shot at a vehicle after the driver drove it toward the officer, Greensboro police said.

Although younger than his brother, Matthew Gorzynski was bigger and stronger. And, when the brothers got into a fight, 14-year-old Matthew wouldn't stop punching 15-year-old William, defense attorney Glenn Roderman said Wednesday.

A 20-year-old charged with fatally shooting a man in Dover last year told police the victim pointed a gun at her after she rebuffed his demand for sex and he was shot in ''a tussle'' for control of the weapon, according to court testimony Wednesday.

A judge Tuesday upped the bail to $1 million for the only person arrested in connection with the gang-related stabbing death of a Santa Cruz High School junior.

In a Wednesday, March 3, 2004 file photo, Susan Wright, right, listens along with her attorney Neal Davis, left, as the jury's verdict of guilty is read in her murder trial in Houston.

A businessman facing murder charges stemming from a shooting in his restaurant on the 16th Street Mall told investigators he shot the victim in self-defense after being choked.

Police said that a robbery victim acted in self-defense when he shot a man who was trying to rob him late Monday morning.

An Ironton area woman accused of stabbing her then-boyfriend was among those arraigned Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

WEWOKA, Okla. a ' The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a Wewoka man was arrested in the weekend stabbing death of his brother a ' then released when investigators found support for a claim of self defense.

An Opelika man has been found innocent in a 2008 shooting death. The jury found 45-year-old Reginald Moffett not guilty Friday after nearly a day of deliberations.

A former MacDill Air Force Base sergeant once charged with murdering his wife will not have records of the arrest destroyed a ' at least not now.

A parole absconder from St. Louis is believed to have shot another man in a Tuesday night robbery near downtown Jefferson City, then was shot by one of his victims who acted in self-defense. Patrick Evans, 37, who was released from prison two weeks ago, was found hiding in a small room in an upstairs apartment at 611 E. Capitol Ave.

Kids sometimes act in uncharacteristic ways because of Brian Williams. One day, an entire class of fifth-graders came to school with newly shaved heads, boys and girls alike.

Testimony began Tuesday in a murder trial in which the jury will be asked to discern the thoughts and motivations of Charlene Ruffin-Brand, a 42-year-old Sheboygan woman who admits killing her husband but claims it was done in self-defense. 'What was she thinking? That's the only issue before all of you in this trial,' Assistant District Attorney ...

During closing statements, defense attorney David Jones tells the jury that Joseph Abeyta shot William Andrews out of self defense, after Andrews tried to shoot Abeyta first, but with a gun that wasn't working.

A 70 year old woman shot an armed robber in self defense after he held her and her friends at gunpoint in their motel room.

The quarterback of a southern Indiana high school football team faces felony assault charges in the stabbing of a man during what police say was a fight over the player's ex-girlfriend. The defense attorney for 18-year-old Zachary Donahue says he was acting in self defense.

A shootout in a Hardin County mobile home park left one man dead while another says he was defending himself.

A man who came across a female mountain lion during Utah's deer hunt opener says he thought he was going to end up as the big cat's lunch.

A 32-year-old man could be sentenced to up to five years in prison for delivering an ultimately fatal punch outside a Crystal Lake bar in September 2007.

Two city police department officers who shot and killed 38-year-old Pasadena resident Leroy Barnes in February will not face any criminal charges from the county.

Madison County Prosecutor Thomas Broderick, Jr. demonstrates a technique on fifth degree black belt instructor Ed Leonard during a women's self defense class Tuesday at the PAL club.

A jury in Monroe County has found a man accused of a double murder guilty. Jason Koehler, 25, of Kunkletown was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Jennifer Cullinan and third-degree murder for the death of Jason Gray.

Prosecutors in eastern Pennsylvania say they will seek the maximum 20- to 40-year sentence for a man convicted of killing a New York man on a Wilkes-Barre street a year ago.

A western Pennsylvania man has been convicted of third-degree murder in one of two homicide trials he faces in shootings outside a Pittsburgh bar and an after-hours club.

Attempted murder charges against a Burlington woman who stabbed her boyfriend have been dismissed as a case of self-defense. Christy L. Smith, 36, of Burlington told police her boyfriend, Timothy Willette, had struck her several times at their Woodlawn Road home Aug.

A jury in Monroe County is now deliberating in the case against a man accused of double murder.

PINEVILLE, Mo. - McDonald County officials say a fatal shooting in Anderson during the weekend was self-defense and the shooter will not be charged in the death.

A night out for two groups of friends ended in tragedy when one man's reckless and unnecessary acts ended the life of another, a McHenry County prosector said Monday as a trial got underway in a case once labeled as a one-punch murder.

A jury trial begins Monday for a Sheboygan woman who has repeatedly admitted stabbing her husband to death on New Year's Day.

An Apopka man is behind bars after shooting an 18-year-old he caught having sex with his 16-year-old stepdaughter.

The Kansas City, Mo., Police Department announced it will hold monthly women's personal safety seminars beginning in November.

Two police officers were legally justified when they fatally shot a 26-year-old Sudanese immigrant in an incident that sparked anger and unrest in the Sudanese community in Maine's largest city, the state's top prosecutor ruled Friday.

Was it murder or self defense? That is the main question jurors must answer as they deliberate over a 2003 shooting incident.

After only about three hours of jury deliberations, a man on trial accused of killing his neighbor last year and shooting a teen in the leg was found guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated battery Thursday evening.

Novi -- A defense attorney Thursday described the slaying of an 18-year-old Wixom man as a matter of self-defense while an assistant prosecutor said it was a case of 'killer instinct.' Robert Lloyd Lowry, 18, of White Lake Township was ordered Thursday to stand trial in the Sept.

Two Racine brothers have been convicted of killing a man in a 2006 gunfight. Jurors on Tuesday discounted the defense's argument of self-defense. Instead, the jury found 32-year-old Antonio D. Shannon and 26-year-old Terry S. Shannon guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.

A Lakeland, FL man used his handgun to fend off two robbers, one of whom was pointing a shotgun at his face.

A Thorp man who allegedly shot his cousin after being assaulted, will make an initial appearance next month in Clark County Circuit Court for possessing a firearm as a felon.

Two key witnesses Monday, for the defense as they continue to paint a picture of Kenneth Taylor as a good foster father.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a 42-year-old man convicted of killing his cousin.

An early morning home invasion in Bexar County, TX ended with the home invader shot and his victim unharmed.

A Philadelphia, PA robber who victimized three people in a single night was fatally shot in self defense by his third victim.

A self-service car wash customer in Tuscon, AZ used his handgun to stop a violent armed robber who was threatening his life.

The lawyer of a Willmar man accused of fatally stabbing of a Ridgewater College student last year says his client was acting in self-defense. Miles David Edinburgh was 17 when he stabbed 21-year-old football player Adam Milton in July 2008.

A Dolton cop caught on camera allegedly breaking a 15-year-old special needs student's nose for failing to tuck in his shirt has a troubling history that includes killing a man in a case of disputed self-defense. The officer is now in an Indiana jail on an unrelated rape charge.

Take one key witness terrified for her safety, add another witness already convicted of culpability and throw in a thorny question of self-defense. All together, prosecutors knew that convicting Sherdavia Jenkins' accused killer on a murder rap would be no easy task.

EASLEY a ' Authorities have charged a South Carolina teen with murder in the killing of his stepfather.

Law officers now say a man killed near Jefferson City apparently was shot by one of the residents in the mobile home he and others were trying to rob.

EASLEY a ' A 15-year-old Easley teen was charged with murder Thursday, according to county authorities.

Whatever significance is attached to Chicago's failed bid to host the 2016 Olympics, it is of small importance to the rest of the country.

Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the case of a man accused of killing his girlfriend, a volleyball player at UNC-Charlotte. "Ladies and gentlemen all the evidence has been presented.

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd says a grand jury will hear evidence in a shooting that happened Monday at a St.

Jose Mendez fatally shot Teven Rutledge once in the head on Rutledge's 15th birthday last year after the two argued over a thrown snowball.

A child has no power over a man who rapes her. That is, until she points a gun. In Colorado Springs, prosecutors are trying to decide what to do about a 15-year-old girl they believe shot and killed 43-year-old Jon Hazard, a man they believe sexually assaulted her routinely for years.

An early morning shooting Monday in St. Martin could be ruled self-defense, Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

Rapper Shyne was released from prison Tuesday after serving nearly 9 years behind bars at Clinton Correctional facility for an infamous club shooting that involved Sean "Diddy" Combs and former flame Jennifer Lopez.

A Newport News, VA store owner shot a wanted fugitive after that man and an accomplice attempted to rob his store, according to police.

Standing in front of jurors Monday, Glenn Cole turned away and pointed at Seyi Odueso.

An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns.

The Hidy Ochiai Foundation is getting involved with the Founders Pavilion Building Fund by holding a martial arts demonstration at the Corning Museum of Glass.

Both the prosecution and the defense attorneys agree that Jose Omar Mendez shot and killed Teven Rutledge on a snowy afternoon in February 2008.

Lynn Rice entered the plea on Friday. The 62-year-old previously said he acted in self-defense. He told a judge that the man he stabbed sent him threatening cell-phone messages and later attacked him.

Dennis Moncada-Medrano, 23, will be sentenced for the crime of manslaughter at 3 p.m. Oct.

Matthew Volk said he was working at Edwards Liquors Thursday when the night took a strange turn.

A Philadelphia man accused of killing a teenager after a snowball fight says he shot the boy in self-defense. Testifying at his murder trial Friday, 25-year-old Jose Omar Mendez told jurors Teven Rutledge pulled a knife on him before the Feb.

A human rights group has urged Uganda to set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of more than 20 protesters last month because security agents may have deliberately killed some of them.

An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns.

Shots rang out in the 1400 block of 28th Street Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 30 at about 2:10 p.m. An initial dispatch stated that someone in a dark car shot at one in a Mustang.

A Homewood man who killed a boy in a Wilkinsburg clothing store says he thought he was shooting at a man who had opened fire outside on the street nearby.

Family and friends of Robert Takach II staged a protest outside Warren County Common Pleas Court in Lebanon during a pretrial hearing for Shannon Smith, of Franklin, who is charged with murder in Takach's death.