Defending the Threshold: Chicago Resident Fires Fatal Shot After Intruder Charges

A 33-year-old South Side resident fatally shot an unidentified home invader who allegedly charged at him inside his residence early Monday morning. Chicago police found the intruder with a gunshot wound to the chest at a home in the 2200-block of East 103rd Street; he was pronounced dead at the s...

By Brandon Curtis

Your Car or Your Life? Why Confronting Suspects Outside Can Get You Killed

You see it every time a story breaks about a theft or burglary: someone posts, “I’d walk outside and handle it.” Or, “Not on my property.” I understand that feeling. Nobody likes the idea of watching a criminal take what you worked hard for, and the instinct to prote...

By Luke McCoy
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