Email from MCRGO   MICHIGAN COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS "Promoting safe use and ownership of firearms through education, litigation, and legislation." MONDAY E'NEWS   CPRC Defensive Gun Uses MCRGO Editor's Note: Cases of defensive gun uses are provided by the Crime Prevention Research Center.The full article for this month can be found HERE. There is a three month compilation delay between the incidents and their publication by CPRC. Chicago, Illinois, July 12, 2024 (CWB Chicago) Prosecutors have rejected Chicago police efforts to file felony charges in connection with a fatal shooting in Little Village, concluding the shooter acted in self-defense. CWB Chicago has secured video of the shooting, which occurred late on July 12 in the 2600 block of South Ridgeway. In the video, Guillermo Ramos, 31, is seen walking up to a large passenger van that is idling in a parking space. He appears to be holding an ice cream in his left hand as he forcefully opens the van’s passenger door and exchanges words with people inside the vehicle… The video shows a man with Ramos walking up behind the group of men and punching one of them in the head as they move toward the van. Within a split second, a member of the group turns around and shoots Ramos at close range… As the video ends, the shooter disappears around the corner as Ramos lies on his stomach near the curb, gravely wounded. He died several hours later… A source familiar with the investigation said prosecutors concluded that the shooter, who reportedly had a concealed carry license, acted in self-defense when he shot Ramos… Anderson, Indiana, July 8, 2024 (FOX 59) Anderson police confirmed the shooter has not been arrested and the prosecutor said he does not expect to file any criminal charges in this case. The violence took place just before 10 p.m. Monday in downtown Anderson. While walking down the sidewalk along 9th Street, investigators believe a 51-year-old local businessman was playing a Pokémon-style scavenger hunt on his phone when a complete stranger ambushed him. “Just about a block from the courthouse he was approached by a homeless person who punched him in the face and stole his cell phone,” said Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings. Cummings said that is when the robbery victim pulled out his gun in a parking lot along 9th Street and killed 43-year-old Michael Piercy, just a few hundred feet away from the Madison County Courthouse… While the robbery suspect wasn’t armed at the time of the shooting, Indiana law does allow people to defend themselves from a physical attack. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, July 26, 2024 (WISN) A Wauwatosa father of four is recovering from serious injuries in the hospital after he was attacked at the gas pump during an attempted carjacking last week. It happened near Mayfair Road and Capitol Drive in Wauwatosa at 3 a.m. Friday, July 26. Friends said 39-year-old Jeremy Dill, also known as “JD,” was driving for Uber that night and was filling up his car with gas at the Currie Park auto shop and gas station. That’s when, according to Wauwatosa police, five people pulled up, and tried to steal his car at gunpoint. Authorities said Dill pulled his own gun and exchanged gunfire with the group… Morgan said one of the five attackers shot Dill in the torso, then sped away with the group in another car… The group led Wauwatosa police on a chase, eventually crashing into a sign at 108th and Congress Streets moments later… Wauwatosa police said officers arrested one 18-year-old man after the chase Friday, but said they are still looking for the four others involved. VOTER GUIDE MCRGO-PAC Endorsements may be found HERE. NRA-PVF Endorsements may be found HERE. For Judicial and Local races, please check with your local county political party. 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