Thursday FGS
Police: Mother shoots, kills adult son outside her home
by Angelica Brown
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa police are investigating what led up to a mother shooting and killing her son outside her home near North Peoria and 51st Street North on Tuesday afternoon.Officers say the mother and son got into an argument in her driveway, and the mother ended up shooting the son, who police later identified as 24-year-old Jamel Barnett.
“He did not live with here with her,” said Dedlorn Sander with the Tulsa Police Department. “I don’t know what the relationship is but whatever happened, it forced her to do what she did.”
After a full afternoon of interviews, Tulsa homicide detectives released the mother from custody.
“We won’t be arresting her,” said Sgt. Brandon Watkins. “We’ll still be investigating.”
Watkins went on to say that the woman is claiming self-defense.
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Read the rest here: WQXA
Alabama woman, 32, who ‘shot dead her rapist while he was trying to kill her brother’ faces possibility of life in prison for his murder – in the state’s latest case of women being prosecuted for defending themselves
- Brittany Smith, 32, claims she was brutally raped and beaten by Todd Smith at her home in Stevenson, Alabama, in January 2018
- Todd threatened to kill Brittany if she told anyone what had happened – but she managed to covertly inform her brother, Chris McCallie
- Chris showed up at Brittany’s home and confronted Todd, who refused to leave
- The men got in a violent altercation which ended with Brittany fatally shooting her alleged attacker before calling police
- A rape kit showed severe injuries and indicated that Brittany had been raped, but she was still charged with Todd’s murder two days later
- Brittany recounted the horror ordeal in a new interview with the New Yorker
- She is set to appear at a court hearing this month where she will argue a Stand Your Ground defense
- If convicted, Brittany will join countless other women imprisoned for violent acts committed against men they’ve accused of sexual abuse and domestic violence
By MEGAN SHEETS
An Alabama woman who fatally shot her alleged rapist as he tried to kill her brother is facing life in prison for murder.
Brittany Smith, 32, claims she was brutally raped and beaten by Todd Smith, 38, at her home in Stevenson, Alabama, in January 2018.
Todd threatened to kill Brittany if she told anyone what had happened – but she managed to covertly inform her brother, Chris McCallie, who showed up at her home soon after and confronted Todd.
When Todd refused to leave, he and Chris got in a violent altercation which ended with Brittany fatally shooting her alleged attacker before calling police.
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Read the rest here: The Daily Mail
Police investigate stabbing, shooting involving store clerk
NORTH LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — North Las Vegas police are investigating a stabbing and shooting involving a convenience store clerk Wednesday around 6 a.m.
According to police, a person trespassing on the property at Las Vegas and Lake Mead boulevards stabbed the clerk after the two got into a fight. The reported trespasser ran to a nearby a bus stop. The clerk followed the stabbing suspect and shot him.
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Hmmm, dicey shoot. Read the rest here: 8 News Now
Two pair today, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. Not too shabby. The Alabama woman needs a good lawyer, but consider the source.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German philosopher
Category: Feel Good Stories
Is off topic here but F/B now has a page for someone wanting to, Legalize Stolen Valor, was 462 people on page.
Jamel…sigh. A real shame when you threaten your own Mother in such a way that she feels compelled to shoot you. A classic example of the old saying that many of us may have heard growing up…”I brought you into this world and I can take you out.” He shoulda paid heed to that.
Must be something in Brittany’s case they aren’t telling us. If Todd beat and raped her, he deserved to die…at her hand.
Vegas…Yep that looks like a bad shoot. Best get hisself a real real good lawer.
Never owned or even fired a SIG. Wouldn’t mind having one. Valentines Day is coming up, and a birthday in March. I wear a size .40 caliber.
Yeah, agree there is something more to the story. If eveidence clearly shows (which they stated) she was raped, and the perpetrator refused to leave after being asked to leave, and then violently refused when brother tried to force…something is definitely not being released. Alabama is usually a conservative state.
I like this Feel Good story better:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/west-point-cadet-tries-raising-cash-bring-adult-film-star-diamond-foxxx-banquet
Maybe some retirees or the public can pick up for this kid, and help Ms. Foxx out with her expenses. He does not have to be involved, but since she was in contact with him it could still happen. Always funny to make the higher ups cringe! Usually it was the enlisted doing something like this!
I carried a Sig P226 the last 8 years on my department. Shooting expert was never so easy as when we transitioned to the 226. And, it was in .40 caliber.