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Man fatally shot after breaking into Orion Township house to attack ex-girlfriend
Fox2detroit.com ^ | July 17, 2024 | David Komer

Posted on 07/21/2024 4:29:59 AM PDT by marktwain

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - A 67-year-old suspect was fatally shot after breaking into a residence to attack his ex-girlfriend in Orion Township Wednesday morning.

The suspect was fatally wounded by the ex-girlfriend's stepson inside the house, on Elkhorn Lake Road around 10 a.m. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.

The woman and her stepson retreated to an upstairs bedroom after Galen Gavitt broke into the residence using an ax. Once inside, the stepson - who had his own gun - barricaded the door and the woman hid in the attached bathroom.

Gavitt fired a shot through the door, causing the man, 36, to duck for cover on the floor. Gavitt came into the room, pointed a gun at the woman's stepson and told him 'I'm here for her' Bouchard said.

"(Gavitt) moved towards the bathroom door, and at that point, the stepson fired one round from his weapon, which struck the assaulting suspect, who is down, deceased. So it kind of played out very quickly," Bouchard said.

Gavitt had previously threatened to kill the woman, and already had a personal protection order and extreme risk protection order filed against him.

His ex-girlfriend had lived with him for 17 years in Tuscola County before she sought refuge in her stepdaughter's house in Orion Township.

Gavitt broke into the home using the ax to break a basement window. Both the woman and her stepson were not injured.

Bouchard said that it appears Gavitt got his ex-wife's weapon and took that to the Orion Township house to shoot his former live-in girlfriend. Gavitt's own two firearms had already been confiscated from the state's so-called Red Flag law by police in Tuscola County.

Although the investigation is ongoing, the sheriff said that the stepson's actions appeared justified as Gavitt was going after his ex-girlfriend with a gun that he had already fired before forcing his way into the bedroom.

Bouchard said he didn't know how the man bracing against the door was missed by the blind gunshot fired from Gavitt.

"By the grace of God," he said. "It depends on where in the door it went through."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: banglist; davidkomer; defense; domestic; elkhornlakeroad; galengavitt; michaelbouchard; michigan; oaklandcounty; oriontownship; redflag; tuscolacounty
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"Red Flag" law failed. Armed defense worked.
1 posted on 07/21/2024 4:29:59 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

After that first shot I wouldn’t have waited so long to light him up. But that’s just me.

CC


2 posted on 07/21/2024 4:35:44 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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3 posted on 07/21/2024 4:42:46 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Not just you, I was thinking the same thing. Actually, I was thinking that when he used an ax as a key to enter a domicile not his own, he was fair game.


4 posted on 07/21/2024 4:43:41 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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> “Red Flag” law failed. <

Yea, indeed. As did the personal protection order, and the extreme risk protection order.

By the way, I never heard of an “extreme risk protection order”. So I looked it up. Evidently it’s a fancy way of saying Red Flag Law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extreme_Risk_Protection_Order&redirect=no


5 posted on 07/21/2024 4:47:00 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: marktwain

Pushing 70, and still explosively violent.
He waa never going to change for the better.


6 posted on 07/21/2024 4:54:12 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: marktwain

Suicide by son-in-law?


7 posted on 07/21/2024 5:02:58 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: lee martell

Remove social security recipients from the rolls, that’s how you save the social security system.


8 posted on 07/21/2024 5:04:38 AM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: marktwain

Good man shoots and kills Bad man with a gun.

Thank God for the 2nd ammendment because, no matter what feel good liberals do, BAD MEN will always be able to get their hands on one of the 400 million firearms floating around in the US.


9 posted on 07/21/2024 6:02:33 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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17 year ‘girlfriend’?

That is called ‘common law wife’ - your state’s laws may vary...

Oddly enough, makes no real difference to the story.


10 posted on 07/21/2024 6:06:33 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Cen-Tejas

Stepson kills ex boyfriend.

One wonders....... where was the current boy friend/ father?


11 posted on 07/21/2024 6:07:55 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: marktwain

Yup- and also, calling 911 and waiting for police to arrive Instead of defending themselves very likely would have ended with 2 dead innocent people instead of 1 dead maggot criminal


12 posted on 07/21/2024 6:14:09 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

At 67 one should know better.


13 posted on 07/21/2024 6:49:50 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: marktwain

“..the sheriff said that the stepson’s actions appeared justified as Gavitt was going after his ex-girlfriend with a gun that he had already fired..”

This is getting crazy.

This and Trumps near assassination… - we’re not supposed to fire a weapon until the bad guys fire first?!?!? ..and just HOPE they miss???

What am I missing?..


14 posted on 07/21/2024 6:58:47 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: lee martell

BETCHA there have been prior victims of his rage.


15 posted on 07/21/2024 7:14:51 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Cen-Tejas

IF GUNS FLOATED-—

NONE WOULD EVER BE LOST “IN A BOATING ACCIDENT”.


16 posted on 07/21/2024 7:15:41 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Leaning Right
"Red Flag” law failed.

Confiscating his guns didn't stop him either. "Gun control" simply takes guns away from law abiding citizens. Gun grabbers known that. That's why they want to be the only ones with guns.

17 posted on 07/21/2024 7:16:17 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Freud: projection is a defense mechanism of those struggling with inferiority complexes)
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To: marktwain

Glad this woman’s life was saved by her stepson, but now that man has to live with having taken the life of another. Even though it was justified, I am sure such will weigh heavy on him.

Let’s hope the intended murder victim will now live her life making better choices.


18 posted on 07/21/2024 8:27:20 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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A 67-year-old suspect

Pretty old to still have a slave owner complex.

19 posted on 07/21/2024 10:05:27 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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20 posted on 07/21/2024 10:08:14 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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