National Guard member SHOT while trying to quell late-night brawl in Washington, DC



A man allegedly shot a National Guard member trying to bust up a late-night fight in Washington, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C.

Seven or eight National Guard members were in a parked van monitoring the fight in the Eastern Market neighborhood at about 11:10 p.m. on Sunday.

Jackson was previously convicted of 2 counts of assaulting a police officer and 1 count of carrying a pistol without a license.

"They exited their vehicle to try to intervene to try to stop the fight from occurring when they heard gunshots," interim Chief Jeffery Carroll said to reporters.

"An individual that had been involved in the fight had pulled out a firearm and began shooting," he added.

That individual ran into an alley, according to Carroll, and the National Guard members ordered him to drop the gun.

"The individual then pointed the weapon toward National Guard members, who returned fire," Carroll said.

The suspect was shot in the abdomen, and one National Guard member was shot in the leg. Both were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at hospitals.

The suspect was arrested, and three of the National Guard members discharged their weapons during the altercation, Carroll said.

Police later identified the suspect as 41-year-old Jerrell Jackson.

He was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault on a police officer and emergency personnel, carrying a pistol without a license, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The suspect's gun was recovered from the scene, according to police. At least 14 shell casings were recovered from the incident, according to the U.S. Marshal's Service.

The police department’s Internal Affairs Bureau’s Force Investigations Team is investigating the officer-involved shooting.

Jackson was previously convicted of two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of carrying a pistol without a license.

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"We are praying this National Guard member has a quick and speedy recovery. The suspect in the shooting has a lengthy rap sheet including two counts of assault of a police officer, illegally carrying a pistol, and multiple parole violations," a spokesperson for the White House said.

"Thanks to the president's Safe and Beautiful Task Force, violent crime in the city has drastically decreased. D.C. residents and visitors are thankful for all the Task Force has done to drive down crime and make our nation's capital safe again," the spokesperson added.

The owner of a smoke shop near the incident told KTVU-TV that the shooting had been captured on their security video and they were turning it over to police.

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Male allegedly breaks into Texas home in middle of night — and learns right quick why that's a foolish idea



A male allegedly broke into a home in Mesquite, Texas, in the middle of the night over the weekend — and quickly discovered why that was an ill-advised move.

Mesquite Police responded to a report of a shooting around 4:15 a.m. Saturday in the 2600 block of Brushwood Lane, KDFW-TV reported, adding that arriving officers found a man outside the home with a gunshot wound and rendered first aid.

'Why in the world would you break into a house in Texas of all places?'

Investigators told the station that residents inside the home woke up to the sound of loud banging, and one resident who investigated saw an individual breaking into the home — and fired a weapon, striking the suspect.

The suspect was taken into custody on a charge of burglary of a habitation and taken by paramedics to a local hospital for treatment, KDFW said.

Mesquite Police told Blaze News that the suspect — identified as Arthur Alonzo — was released from the hospital and transferred to the Dallas County Jail.

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Commenters under KDFW's Facebook post about the incident had some strong reactions to it:

  • "Why in the world would you break into a house in Texas of all places?" one commenter wondered.
  • "Thats right!!" another user responded. "More people need to remember that."
  • "Homeowner deserves an upgraded weapon as an award," another commenter wrote.
  • "Don’t break into my house, you won’t get shot," another user promised.
  • "Good job ... we must protect our home and loved ones ... if they would have called the police first, they might have been killed ... it takes too long to get there ... the homeowner did [exactly] what they should have," another commenter noted.

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Florida thug shoots Uber Eats driver in buttocks, beats him after driver tried to get number of suspect's girlfriend: Cops



A 33-year-old Florida male shot an Uber Eats driver in the buttocks and pistol-whipped him after the driver tried to get the phone number of the suspect's girlfriend, WPLG-TV reported, citing Miami-Dade deputies.

The shooting happened early Monday morning outside the Pearl Dadeland Apartments at 7440 N. Kendall Drive, the station said, citing the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

'Babe, please stop!'

A deputy responded to the area just after 3:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a gunshot, WPLG said, citing an arrest report, adding that a bystander flagged down the deputy "and reported that a group of individuals had been involved in an altercation but left the area minutes before deputies arrived.”

At about the same time, South Miami police reported that the victim arrived at Baptist Health South Miami Hospital with a gunshot wound, the station said, citing deputies.

The arrest report said the victim told deputies that he delivered food to a woman living at the apartment building about an hour before and “engaged in a brief conversation with [her] and took a liking to her,” WPLG said.

Deputies said the victim returned around 3:25 a.m. “in an attempt to see the [woman] again and possibly obtain her phone number" but was unsuccessful, the station said.

But as the victim was returning to his car, deputies said the woman’s boyfriend — Khuslen Saruultuya — pulled up in a Chevrolet Corvette, WPLG reported.

Deputies said Saruultuya ordered the victim "to lie on the ground" as he pointed a handgun at him, the station reported.

"The victim complied and laid flat on the ground [and Saruultuya] fired one round, which grazed the victim on his right buttock," the arrest report states, according to WPLG. "While the victim remained on the ground, [Saruultuya] struck him on the back of the head with the buttstock of the handgun, causing a two-inch open wound."

Saruultuya then ordered the victim to stand and pointed the gun at his head, telling him, “I am going to kill you," the arrest report states, according to the station.

Saruultuya’s girlfriend, witnessing the incident, pleaded with him, yelling, “Babe, please stop!” WPLG said, citing the arrest report.

The victim told deputies that Saruultuya “chased” him around the Corvette, still pointing the gun at him, as the woman “attempted to hold [Saruultuya] back," the station reported.

Authorities told WPLG they traced the Corvette’s license plate back to Saruultuya and went to his unit at the nearby Palmer Dadeland Apartments to take him into custody; the victim also picked him out of a photo lineup.

Deputies added to the station that during a “cursory sweep” of Saruultuya's unit, they found drugs, including Xanax, Adderall, oxycodone, amphetamines, ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms, and marijuana.

What's more, deputies told WPLG that Saruultuya also had 16 pills of the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis along with two bags of the party drug tusi, also known as “pink cocaine.”

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“Those are my prescriptions,” Saruultuya said in court Tuesday before Judge Mindy Glazer warned him to not speak about the case, the station said.

The Mongolia-born Saruultuya is facing charges including attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and nine felony drug trafficking charges, WPLG said, citing jail records.

During his court appearance, the judge denied Saruultuya's bond, WTVJ-TV reported. Jail records indicate Saruultuya remained behind bars Thursday morning.

WTVJ, citing records, said Saruultuya in 2022 got into a different altercation with a man at a gym in Kendall after the man was checking out Saruultuya’s girlfriend. Investigators said the man pulled a knife on Saruultuya and was later arrested, WTVJ added.

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‘It poisons the soul’: Jason Whitlock blames 6-year-old shooting teacher on rap culture



A 6-year-old boy shot his teacher, and newly released bodycam footage captures him cursing at authorities — as if he were proud of what he’d done.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock doesn’t just blame the parents but also the pedestal that rappers are placed on in American culture.

“The bodycam footage is disturbing, of the police coming to the scene where a 6-year-old boy has shot his teacher. Just saying that is incredible and chilling,” Whitlock says.

“But when you hear the bodycam footage and the way the young boy, while sitting in his teacher or this teacher’s aide lap, the way that he’s talking, and it’s like holy cow. What is going on here,” he adds.


“I don’t care if you call back up, I don’t care if I go to jail, b***h,” the boy is captured saying.

“I stole that from my mom,” he said of the gun. “If you want a piece of me, come get it,” he added.

The boy continued yelling slurs at everyone around him.

“This is a 6-year-old child that just shot his teacher. He sounds like a rapper. He sounds like a criminal, a thug. He sounds like what we have allowed to be created. He sounds like Snoop Dogg,” Whitlock says.

He explains that figures like Snoop Dogg have become the “mascot for America.”

“That’s what Snoop Dogg is,” he says. “You turn on your television and nine times out of 10 you’re going to see Snoop Dogg in some type of commercial, some type of TV show. We’ve turned Snoop Dogg into Santa Claus. We’ve turned Snoop Dogg into one of the most recognizable and allegedly lovable characters in American culture.”

“And you wonder why a 6-year-old boy in Virginia, or anywhere in America, would take a gun to school, shoot a teacher, and then curse and talk to authority in such a disrespectful manner,” he continues.

“The music that we’ve bathed ourselves in, it warps the soul. It poisons the soul. It reframes the mind. It makes a reprobate mind,” he adds.

But it’s not just rap music’s fault.

Whitlock explains that we’re all responsible as “the parents of American culture.”

“We have allowed this culture to become demonic and nihilistic,” he says. “And our heroes, the people that we are comfortable celebrating, they’re nihilistic and demonic, and they don’t hide it. They put out rap albums promoting their demonic and nihilistic worldview, their disrespect, their distrust, their rebellion against any and all authority.”

“And you wonder why a 6-year-old child would bring a gun to an elementary school?” he adds.

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Armed home invasion in Florida backfires on suspects as gun-toting victim shoots 1, fights the other



An armed home invasion in Florida backfired last week as a man renting a Airbnb shot one suspected intruder and fought the other.

Fort Lauderdale Police officers responded to the scene near Northwest 19th Avenue and Eighth Street around 6 p.m. Thursday, WSVN-TV reported.

'I just heard the shots, maybe at least 10, and then everybody went running.'

Two males were carrying guns when they broke into the home while the renter was inside, investigators told the station, adding that the renter tried to fight off the perpetrators and shot one of them in the torso in what cops are calling an act of self-defense.

Police said the armed intruders fled the home on foot and left a bloody trail behind, the station reported, adding that a chair splattered with blood was visible at the scene.

A 911 dispatcher said the shot intruder "had an AR, and the complainant shot him. Apparently there were five or six people in a truck that fled the area that were with the gentleman who got shot," WSVN reported.

Detectives told the station they later found the wounded intruder — identified as 18-year-old Dareon Publien — a short distance away; he was suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper torso.

Police later apprehended his accomplice — identified as 25-year-old Sean Ian Thompson — as well, WSVN reported.

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“I just heard the shots, maybe at least 10, and then everybody went running,” area resident Arthur Butler Junior told WSVN.

Publien was taken to a hospital, where he underwent surgery and was listed in critical but stable condition Friday morning, the station said.

WSVN said that after Publien is released from the hospital, he will be taken to the Broward County Jail and face the same charges as Thompson: attempted felony murder and home invasion with a firearm.

Jail records indicate only Thompson is behind bars as of Tuesday morning.

Police told the station they aren't looking for more suspects and are trying to determine if the armed home invasion was random or targeted.

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Florida male allegedly opens fire at woman inside parking garage at courthouse. Turns out they're reportedly married.



A shooting inside the parking garage at the Orange County (Florida) Courthouse on Wednesday stopped court operations for several hours while deputies investigated the attempted murder of a woman in the garage, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Later in the day, deputies captured the "known suspect" — 26-year-old Kenneth Jerome Logan Jr., officials said.

'Why are you doing this to me?'

Logan was arrested on the following charges:

  • Attempted first-degree murder with a firearm
  • Aggravated battery with firearm (two counts)
  • Armed burglary of conveyance with firearm
  • Burglary of conveyance with assault/battery
  • Robbery with a firearm
  • Aggravated stalking
  • False imprisonment (with a weapon)
  • Battery

Florida Today reported Friday that Logan was denied bond; he remained behind bars Monday, jail records indicated.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Logan and the victim are married.

The victim told investigators she was at the downtown Orlando courthouse Wednesday to seek an injunction against Logan, the Sentinel said, citing records. No details about the injunction were available, the Sentinel added.

The victim parked her car in the garage and then went to the courthouse, deputies told the Sentinel.

When she returned, she entered the vehicle — and then noticed the seat had been moved and that something was in the back seat, the Sentinel said, citing Logan’s arrest affidavit.

With that, she ran out and saw Logan exit the car and point a handgun at her, the paper added.

He fired at her twice as she tried to run away, grabbed her dropped cell phone, caught up with her, struck her in the head with the gun, and held her as he tried to reload the weapon, the Sentinel reported.

The sheriff's office said the woman wasn't injured in the shooting.

But as he tried to reload, she was able to escape toward an elevator, and Logan ran off, the Sentinel reported, citing the affidavit. He also threw something inside her vehicle before running away, WOFL-TV reported.

During the incident, Logan repeatedly asked the victim, “Why are you doing this to me?” the paper noted.

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Deputies had responded to the courthouse garage around 11:30 a.m. after reports of shots fired at the Orange Avenue facility, the Sentinel reported, adding that the lockdown was lifted in the afternoon while deputies continued searching for Logan.

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Alleged home intruder attacks Vietnam veteran — and ends up getting shot in his buttocks



A Vietnam veteran said he's grateful but shaken up after an altercation he had with an alleged home intruder at his San Francisco residence over the weekend.

The man spoke to KPIX-TV about the incident the following day but asked to remain anonymous. He said he was jolted awake by noises below his third floor bedroom at about 5 a.m. Saturday.

'I shot him because physically I felt really threatened. He had already made a deep intrusion into my home.'

He said he grabbed his handgun and went downstairs to investigate. That's when he found himself face to face with an intruder wearing all black with a face mask — and a dog was with him as well.

"He had a large dog, maybe a 60-pound husky, with him. And I encountered [the burglar] face to face. He kind of grabbed me, and I fell to my hands and knees," he said.

When the man attacked him, he said he fired his gun once at the alleged intruder.

"I shot him because physically I felt really threatened. He had already made a deep intrusion into my home," the homeowner added.

The victim said he suffered minor scrapes to his hands and knees from the altercation.

"I believe I hit him somewhere here, somewhere in the buttocks," he added.

The suspect ran off toward Golden Gate Park and left blood-stained shoe prints as he fled the scene.

Soon after, police said they detained a man suffering from non-life-threatening injuries three miles away near Geary Boulevard and 47th Avenue.

Paramedics rushed the man to San Francisco General Hospital, and police told the station if they confirm he's the suspect who attacked the 73-year-old military veteran, they will take him into custody.

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A neighbor who knows the veteran well said it's completely within his character to defend himself.

"Our neighbor is really something special. I'm glad that he was able to do this. But it doesn't surprise me," the neighbor told the station. "He's definitely got a heroic side to him. He's a real, true vet."

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Armed thug tries to rob victim pumping gas. But perp chooses the wrong victim to violate.



Police in Orland Park, Illinois, responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 15100 Harlem Avenue around 9 a.m. Tuesday, WFLD-TV reported. Orland Park is a village about an hour southwest of Chicago.

Police told the station a person was pumping gas at a Shell station when someone with a weapon tried to rob the victim.

'Well done.'

You see, police told WFLD the victim in this case was a concealed carry holder who pulled a gun and shot the suspect during the attempted armed robbery.

The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment, police told the station, adding that the CCL holder is cooperating with police.

Further details about the incident were not immediately clear, WFLD said, including what kind of weapon the suspect possessed.

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Police added to the station that a heavy law enforcement presence will remain in the area as the investigation continues, and there is no threat to the public.

More than 500 comments poured into WFLD's Facebook post about the incident, and users were most definitely behind the actions of the concealed carrier.

  • "Definition of FAFO," one commenter wrote.
  • "Charles Bronson is back in action!" another user quipped.
  • "Yes, keep them guessing who may be packing," another commenter reasoned.
  • "Well done," another user said. "Yet being in IL I'm sure there will be a rally for the suspect shot and some lawyer ready to defend them. 'They weren't really going to rob them.'"
  • "Exactly WHY you carry," another commenter declared. "Personal protection."
  • "It’s a story with a happy ending," another user noted.
  • "And I get asked why do I need to carry all the time," another commenter observed.
  • "Give him a medal," another user stated.

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Bystanders recorded man shot 3 times during Seattle 'takeover' but REFUSED to help him, family says



The family of a man who was shot three times says he nearly died while bystanders looked on and refused to help him.

21-year-old Matthew Lanske had finished having dinner with friends and family on Sunday when he found himself at a street takeover at the Belltown neighborhood in Seattle, according to his family.

The family said onlookers recorded the bleeding man but did not try to help him.

Two women and a man tried to rob one of Lanske's friends at gunpoint, and he intervened by trying to take the gun.

"My brother tried to take it from him and then ended up getting shot," said Lanske's sister Rebecca Garberding.

He was shot twice in the stomach, and another gunshot struck a major artery and shattered his pelvis, according to the family.

Shanda Barney, Lanske's mother, said he was bleeding profusely.

"My son had been shot three times. He was bleeding to death, yet somehow, he walked two blocks trying to find somebody to help him," Barney said.

Lanske later said that he had tried to get into a 7-Eleven store while bleeding but that they refused to let him inside.

"He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, ‘Mom, they wouldn’t let me in. They locked the doors. I begged them to let me, and there was so much blood coming out of my stomach, I thought I was going to die,'" his mother said.

Lanske eventually sat down and texted his girlfriend for help. He was transported to the Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

He was placed on life support for two days and was unable to speak, according to his mother.

The family said onlookers recorded the bleeding man but did not try to help him.

"What breaks my heart almost as much as the shooting itself is knowing that while my son was fighting for his life, people were standing around filming him, taking pictures instead of helping him," Barney continued.

"If you were running away from that area and you didn’t do anything, feel ashamed," she added. "Please feel ashamed right now because you didn’t help to do anything when you could have."

Lanske has undergone two surgeries and has many more in his future before he can return to his job in construction.

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The family is asking for help from the public to identify suspects in the attack.

"We are asking for accountability, answers, and justice," said Garberding.

"Somehow, someone out there knows something. Maybe you saw something. Maybe you heard something. Just please come forward," she added.

The family set up a GoFundMe account to help them pay for his medical bills.

"To my baby brother, I love you. We love you. Keep fighting. You’re not alone," his sister added. "We’re right here and we’re never going to give up on you."

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Bank customer armed with a gun turns the tables on alleged robber armed with a knife — permanently



Employees of the Chase bank in Cedar Hill, Texas, are likely thankful that a customer decided to carry his gun after another man tried to rob them with a knife.

Officers were called to the bank on North U.S. Highway 67 Service Road at about 9 a.m. Monday morning after a report of a robbery in progress, according to Cedar Hill Police.

'No significant injuries to bank employees, customers, witnesses, or officers have been reported.'

When police arrived at the parking lot of the bank, they found a man with an apparent gunshot wound.

Despite police applying lifesaving measures, the man was later declared dead after being transported to a hospital.

The man had walked into the bank and threatened employees with a knife to give him money, according to investigators.

The armed customer intervened and shot the attempted burglar.

The injured man ran out of the bank and was located by the arriving police.

"No shots were fired by police officers," read the police statement. "No significant injuries to bank employees, customers, witnesses, or officers have been reported at this time."

Police said the investigation is ongoing and detectives with the Criminal Investigations Unit are questioning witnesses and reviewing security video.

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It is unclear whether the customer will be charged, but police said he was cooperating with the investigation.

Cedar Hill is a suburb of Dallas that includes about 49,000 residents.

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