“Tag: self-defense stories”

A 36-year-old woman in Gray’s Harbor, Wash., shot and killed a man who violated a restraining order and broke into her home.

Two children heard strange sounds while playing in their suburban Alabama home.

Two heavily hooded and masked assailants forced their way through a back door to a family home in Florida one night. One of the men began beating the father with a pistol, and the other grabbed the 11-year-old daughter.

A woman who was being stalked by her husband’s male cousin defended herself with a firearm when he gained entry to her home by breaking a window with a hammer.

The woman’s worst fears were realized when the intruder returned one night and attempted to gain entry.

When a woman heard the sound of someone breaking into her home one evening, she retrieved her shotgun and hid in her bathroom.

Two women who were being attacked attempted to retreat in their vehicle, but the man threatened to kill them, all the while pounding the car windows with a piece of concrete.

An intruder continued his savage attack on a 73-year-old man, forcing his fiancé to take action.

A woman managed to retrieve a gun after her estranged husband, who had broken into her home, began to assault her and her boyfriend with a knife.