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Store owner shoots suspect during robbery on Indy’s north side
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Police are investigating after a person was apparently shot while trying to rob an AutoZone Thursday night.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 7400 block of North Michigan Road around 9:15 Thursday night on a call of a reported shooting.
When police arrived, they found a 17-year-old boy suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to an area hospital in a stable condition.
While interviewing witnesses, police discovered that the teenager was apparently trying to rob an AutoZone along with another suspect. The store owner pulled out a handgun and shot the suspect.
Police are looking for the other suspect in the robbery. They do not have details about the other suspect. We will provide additional details as they become available.
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Homeowner shoots, injures intruder near downtown Las Vegas
by Ashley Forest & Tiffany Lane
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a shooting near downtown Las Vegas.The incident took place around 5:23 p.m. in the 100 block of North 15th Street at the Fremont Villas.
“It’s shocking, and the neighborhood needs to step up,” said nearby neighbor BruceSchilke.
According to police, a homeowner was inside his apartment when a man unknown to him, attempted to burglarize it.
“This area is pretty calm. It’s just mostly like drugs and stuff. People get into fights but not breaking into houses,” said Harley Gill, who lives at 15th and Fremont.
At some point, the homeowner fired at least one round at the suspect, striking the burglar.
A neighbor across the street defends the victim’s actions.
“Thank God the homeowner had a gun and protected himself,” said Schilke. “These home invasions have got to stop.”
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Police: Intruder killed during reported Columbia home invasion
EDITOR’S NOTE: The first sentence of the story has been changed to say the incident was a reported home invasion. Police are still investigating the circumstances of the fatal shooting.
By Matthew Sanders, Amber Tabeling
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)A Columbia teenager was killed by gunfire during what was reported as a home invasion Wednesday night.
The Columbia Police Department said in a news release Thursday that Joseph Valention Taylor, 17, was hit by gunfire and died after he and another person invaded a home in the 1400 block of Doris Drive at about 7 p.m. Wednesday. Medics pronounced Taylor dead at the scene, police said.
The person who lives in the home told police Taylor and an unidentified male entered the home, according to the release. The resident reportedly shot Taylor, police said.
Police searched for the second reported invader, described as a male with short hair wearing jeans, a white shirt and white shoes but he got away, police said.
The police department is continuing its investigation and police said no other details would be released.
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Smaller cans of whoop-ass, but 10x the range and XX CEP of the 16 inch Naval Guns, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. And will still ruin someone’s day.
Category: Feel Good Stories
Bet I can provide some details on the Indy perp. He’s a good boy, has just met Jesus and is turning his life around. He needed a little piece of money to get a new choir robe and to set some aside for junior college. Vegas; “This area is pretty calm, it’s mostly just like drugs and stuff.” Oh, just drugs and stuff? Maybe we should get us a place there. Columbia MO; “…no other details would be released.” Yeah, releasing more details would be raciss. Here’s a detail for the family of the DRT; Wrong Castle mofo, you needs some doctrin’? Whoops, too late. Ahhh such lovely gun pr0n today. The teasing leading up to Valentines Day. More proof that we are loved and it is desired that we be happy. The brass framed Navy Colt in .36, the Baby Boy Brother to the Army .44. Mr. Samuel Griswold (another CT Yankee) converted his cotton gin factory to making pistols for the Confederates back in 1862. He used his buddy Sam Colt’s design of the Navy .36 to produce some nice revolvers. The brass for the frames came partially from the church bells in the area. He made octagon and round barrel versions. ‘Cump Sherman’s boys burned the entire town to the ground in ’64 during their stroll to the sea. I have err err, HAD a repo of each til the…well you know. My disgust and the final realization of the fakery of the Pawn Stars Show was when their “expert” was shown a Griswold Revolver and a McElroy Sabre reputed to belong to a Confederate whose name I was familiar with. His reply? “Never heard of either of these, they’re fakes.” If anyone happens to run across one in gran’pa’s old trunk, if you would sell it I’ll give you a good price; maybe as much as $100.00. And the floating Artillery Platforms launching rocket propelled Artillery? Honey hush, freedom boner FIRST thing this morning. You do realize/remember that I did help in the baby sitting of the Sergeant and the Lance Rocket Missile Systems? Shore glad… Read more »
Did you forget to mention that he planned to be a brain surgeon?
We used to buy the Pietta steel-framed 1851 repos for only a little over $120.00. The brass framed ones went for about $85.00. I still have two 2nd Gen. Colt 1851’s and a Pietta I used for re-enacting. The Griswold you are referencing was made by Griswold and Gunnison. They are worth many tens of thousands because so few were made.
rgr769 re the Griswold…shhhh don’t tell nobody. I had a chance to get an original, with belt, holster, cap, cartridge box, buckle (GA Militia) and documented provenance of the officer that carried it for $2500.00 in 1984. Had the $s and what became exwife #2 had a hissy and coniption fit..”You don’t need/why you want…blah blah blah bitch moan piss and moan ad nauseam. My FIRST repo was the CVA Reb Revolver, brass strapped paid $50.00 for it at an Otasco store around ’75/76. Loaned to a guy for a school history program, never got it back in ’84.
We’ve done the Battle of Griswoldville re-enactment every year since ’82. Do a Memorial Service on the original Battlefield each November. You are correct too, in their rarity. Sam only made right at 3600 before the town was burned. A number of them that survived the war were converted to rim fire shells later. You probably remember some of our elders telling us back in the depression era you could buy “civil war” guns at any junk store for $5.00.
Lots of Google Foo info on the Algore innerwbez about Samuel Griswold and Griswoldville.
1/2/2. A trifecta of sorts.
Need Claw to spin the Whiz Wheel on “Joseph Valention Taylor”. But no hurry, da boy ain’t goin’ nowheres.
(Valention? Really? da-fuq? ya has ta wonder if the names that some people give their chillens is the root cause of those chillens’ later fuk-ups)
It is with deep regret that the Whiz Wheel®™ reports that Joseph Valention Taylor, obviously a hard working urban entrepreneur apprentice, was escorted off this mortal coil midway through the second shift, with the final entry on his timecard being “Found DRT – 117.”
Claw,
Thank you for you timely, brief, and insightful report on Mr Taylor.
I love my (replica) 1851 Navy Colt. It’s a lot of fun to shoot. As my youngest son said, “It takes five minutes to load and thirty seconds to shoot.”
The pictured gun is a Pietta made copy of the 1851 Colt Navy. But it is a replica of the percussion pistol that never was. All Colts of the period had case hardened steel frames. The only parts of the originals made of brass were the grip backstrap, trigger guard, and the front sight bead. You will regularly see the brass framed ones in movies because they are about $60.00 dollars cheaper than the steel framed repos. The CSA had some brass framed percussion revolvers, but they weren’t faithful Colt copies.
My first experience with cap and ball revolvers was back in the ’70s with a brass frame Navy .36. Iv’e had several others including big Dragoon .44s. Loads of fun. My favorite is a modern Ruger Old Army, which is a design blend of Colt and Remington.
“My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt. Shoots like lightning but it loads a mite slow.”
Prettiest of the lot is the 1860 Army, but handsomest hands down is the 1858 Remington. Sure see a lot of 1851s, though.
On another forum someone posted a picture of the broach for a 16″ bore… that’s the big cutting head that cuts the rifling. They said it is designed to cut every other groove .002-.005 at a time, so you pull it through, index it to cut the other groove set, then reset it to cut a tad deeper and start over. A typical battleship barrel requires over 60 hours.