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Shooting outside Hialeah UPS hub was case of self-defense, cops say; wounded man arrested
HIALEAH, Fla. – A shooting that occurred in the parking lot of a Hialeah UPS-affiliated facility early Thursday morning was a case of self-defense, according to police. They say it all stemmed from a fight between two groups of the hub’s employees.
Now, the 21-year-old man who was shot is facing criminal charges.
The confrontation happened at around 3:30 a.m. at the facility, located at 969 E. 56th St., across from the Hialeah Police Department.
Lt. Eddie Rodriguez, an HPD spokesperson, said during the fight, one person “threatened to retrieve a friend” with a gun from a nearby car. That friend, police said, was identified as Anthony Ernest, a former employee.
“The other individual involved in the fight then ran to his own awaiting vehicle, where his family (brother, mother, younger sister) were picking him up from work,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez said as they were about to leave, Ernest, of northwest Miami-Dade, “approached with his hand in a bookbag, containing a firearm.”
“The brother of the other individual, who was inside the vehicle, fired his own weapon in self-defense, shooting Ernest before he had the opportunity to discharge his firearm,” he said. “After being shot, Ernest attempted to conceal the bookbag and firearm before hiding inside of his vehicle, as officers arrived.”
Rodriguez said officers ultimately found Ernest in his car, shot in the leg and took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center for treatment.
They later arrested him on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm.
Ernest is listed in online jail records as being held in the Pre-Trial Detention Center but he did not have a mugshot as of Friday afternoon.
Records show a judge found probable cause to charge him but ordered that he be released on his own recognizance.
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Catch-and-release, but Mr. Ernest will have to reschedule his dancing lesson.
Scott County Sheriff: shooting “Clear case of self-defense”
By Brian Heisserer
Published: Jun. 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM CDT
SCOTT COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) – Scott County Sheriff Derick Wheetley calls a deadly home invasion shooting in his county a “clear case of self-defense.”Sheriff Wheetley says the shooting happened at approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday at a home on County Road 244.
Deputies say they responded to the home to find 31-year-old John Fisher of East Prairie dead at the home.
According to Scott County investigators, Fisher arrived at the home of Austin Glastetter to find his wife, who was at the home with Glastetter.
Deputies say Fisher used brass knuckles to damage the door and break out the glass in an attempt to enter the house.
Investigators say Glastetter tried to warn Fisher that he was armed and to leave, but Fisher reportedly answered by saying, “You’ll have to kill me.”
Deputies say Glastetter feared for his life and the lives of others in the home, so he fired six rounds through the door, shooting and killing Fisher.
Wheetley says Glastetter immediately called 911 to report the incident and has cooperated with law enforcement throughout the investigation.
Wheetley says “Mr. Glastetter acted in self-defense in accordance with Missouri Revised Statutes Section 563.031, which governs the justifiable use of force in defense of persons. This appears to be a tragic but clear case of self-defense.”
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Who had “Brass Knuckles to a Gunfight?”
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Who sez criminal impulsive ingenuity is dead (oh….wait….)?
Criminals may be running out of new material, but there will always be something.
And it happened at 11:30, close enough to that midnight hour when nothing good happens out on the street.
Brass knuckles to a gun fight will DEFINITELY have a page in the three ring 3″ loose leaf binder of T2NB2AGF.
Well, Mr. Fisher made a request and that request was granted. He should not have brought “Brass knuckles” to a gun fight.
The prosecution might ask why he fired six shots… a possible answer could be…because seven was too much!
A possible answer could be….”I ran out of ammo & had to stop to reload”.
Mr Ernest shoulda made an earnest effort to pick friends that would not get him WRT.
Mr Fisher went fishing for trouble…and found it. It’s one thing to have brass balls in a gunfight…having brass knuckles?…not so much.
Pro tip on the Sharps Carbine…make your cartridges out of very thin brown wrapping paper that has been sprayed with nitrate and allowed to dry. Cuts the tail off cleaner and burns the excess cartridge paper helping prevent build up of residue that gums up the breach.
Or just use metallic cartridges.
You have to change the breach block to switch from using percussion caps to a firing pin design. Not sure if that is as simple as changing the block. Mine is a .54 caliber set up for percussion caps. Accurate as all hell and has had thousands of live and blank rounds fired thru it. As a re-enactor that has worn both uniforms my kit(s)/battle rattle consists of multiple weapons and has seen times when one would have to “change sides” in the midst of a battle, changing uniform/kit out of sight of the spectators by stashing pieces and parts here and yon. Depending on the number of troops available and the overall scenario you may have to change several times as the action moves back and forth. Not every event is a stand up fight or a “Pickett’s Charge” where the spectators can see the whole thing. We did the same thing when we were playing extras in the Hollywood productions. That’s one reason you don’t see many close up shots of extras/stunt men in the movie. Every now and again, a frame will slip past the film editors and you can see the same person in different scenes…in a different uniform.
Reproduction weapons are crazy expensive these days. The .58 caliber Enfield, built by EuroArms, that I bought back in the late ’70s was less than $150. Now-a-days, a cheap Japanese or India built POS runs, new, from $1200 to $1500. Used Enfields and Springfields are averaging $600-$800. IIRC I paid about $175 for my Sharps in ’80 or ’81. Black powder is even more ridiculous along with percussion caps. I’ve bought #s of black powder (Goex) in the past for $1.25 a #, caps were $18-20 for 1K. BP now is $25 and up in 25lb lots and caps are north of $15 for 100. It’s priced a lot of folks out of the re-enactment business.
Just changing the block won’t enable the Sharp’s percussion rifles & carbines to fire metallic cartridges. The converted Sharps were rebarreled and chambered for the .50-70 cartridge.
In Civil War re-enacting, we made our Sharps blank cartridges out of cigarette papers. They worked quite well .
Seems I have a lot to learn about the Sharps rifle,,,,,,