The Armed Citizen® October 15, 2021

An armed woman witnessing an attack on another woman was compelled to intervene.

posted on October 15, 2021
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In the middle of a domestic dispute in which a man was choking a woman, another woman witnessing the attack intervened, shooting the aggressor and saving the victim’s life. The man who had been committing the abuse died later that night at a hospital. No charges were filed. (news9.com, Tulsa, OK, Sept. 4, 2021)

After more than six months of physical abuse from a man she lived with, a woman, in fear for her life, finally defended herself by shooting her aggressor. After spending time in the hospital for his injuries, detectives obtained arrest warrants and took the man into custody. The 32-year-old abuser was charged with multiple counts.of domestic abuse, sexual battery and attempted second-degree murder. Investigators were able to identify that a long pattern of domestic abuse had been occurring at the residence with the male resident. (KATC.com, Acadia, LA, March 2021)

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