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The FBI is on the hunt for a daring armed robbery crew that targeted an armored car in Blue Island on Friday afternoon. It happened outside U.S. Bank, 11960 Western Avenue, around 4:25 p.m. Three masked men displayed guns and stole cash and ATM currency cassettes from the armored car team. The FBI said the robbers were three Black men in their late teens to mid-20s. They all wore dark sweatpants, dark hoodies, dark face coverings, and light gray gloves. No injuries were reported during the robbery. FBI investigators are asking tipsters to contact them at 312-421-6700 or online at...

Heavily armed police swarmed CIA headquarters in Virginia on Wednesday after a man with a gun reportedly started making threats outside. The suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the building in McLean on Wednesday morning, ABC7 reported, citing a law enforcement official. No shots were fired and no injuries have been reported so far, according to the official.

A man was shot by U.S. Secret Service personnel early on Sunday, following an armed confrontation with law enforcement near the White House. Officers were alerted on Saturday "to a potential threat involving a suicidal individual traveling from Indiana to Washington, D.C.," the agency said in a statement Sunday. About midnight, officers discovered the suspect's parked vehicle near 17th and F Streets, near the White House perimeter, and later spotted an individual on foot who matched the suspect's description, the agency added. "As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired...

A cashier at a Clinton Township, Michigan, Golden Donut shot an alleged armed robber Thursday afternoon around 12:45. The Detroit Free Press reported that the deceased alleged robber was in his mid-30s and that he “entered and brandished what appeared to be a firearm while demanding cash.” “The cashier then shot him,” FOX 2 noted. The alleged robber fled to his car, only to crash due to his injuries. He later died at a hospital. Clinton Township police Capt. Brandon Blake indicated police questioned the cashier after the incident and he was “fully cooperative.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the formation of an “Armed Forces of Europe” in a speech delivered before the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. While the Trump administration has drawn feigned outrage throughout European capitals for daring to suggest that they meet their NATO defence spending obligations, President Zelensky was hailed with applause at the Munich Security Conference as he called for an international European army. Zelensky argued that a European army would be necessary for Europe to take back its own destiny and to ensure its safety if America refused to come to its rescue.

A pilot retrieved a gun from his truck and stopped an armed teen who was demanding an airplane at Texarkana Regional Airport in Arkansas on Tuesday. The New York Post reported the teen was armed with an AR-style rifle and had a handgun as well. CNN noted that the teen “demanded a plane at the front counter while brandishing the guns.” The teen then chambered a round and chaos ensued. A pilot who saw what was happening ran to his truck and retrieved a gun and pursued the teen, who had “breached security onto the airfield.” The pilot ordered the...

Tren de Aragua members arrested in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin.. Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations nationwide, including in the midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin. In Illinois, Chicago has long been plagued with illegal border crosser crime, serving as a major hub for drug trafficking operations run by the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel and transnational criminal organizations working with street gangs, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has reported. As the border crisis escalated over the past few years, a record number of Venezuelan illegal border crossers, more than...

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FALLS MILLS, Va. (WVVA) - A Good Samaritan shot a wanted man attempting to carjack a woman and her child on Friday. According to Major Harold Heatley with the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at Lee’s Kar-Go when the suspect, identified as Cody Dailey, 30, “attempted to carjack a truck, assaulted the female driver of the vehicle and told her child that was in the vehicle, ‘I’m going to rape your mommy.’” Multiple citizens heard the victim screaming and came to her aid, and one of those citizens was armed with his 9mm handgun. The armed Good Samaritan...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 3-year-old child was severely injured after a dog attacked them in northeast Charlotte. The incident happened on Monday just before 9 p.m. on Monday on Cameron Commons Parkway, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD). Police say a group of children was playing with three dogs outside when two of the dogs playfully knocked the victim to the ground. The third dog then bit the victim and dragged them down the driveway, according to police. Adult witnesses attempted to stop the attack. Two people fired gunshots near the dog, which caused the dog to stop. The...

A First Communion service in Louisiana erupted in panic when a 16-year-old armed with a rifle attempted to storm the church through a back door. But parishioners spotted the teen and swarmed him — holding him outside until police arrived and arrested him. The terrifying scene unfolded at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville — which was full of parents with young children who were there for the rite of passage in the church. The incident was streamed live on the church’s website Saturday morning as Fr. Nicholas G. Dupré led the faithful in prayer from the altar. In...

Kyle Tate is charged with grand theft and criminal mischief... A Palm Bay, Florida Homeowners Association board member was arrested last month after allegedly pulling a gun on three kids fishing at a lake in his subdivision, taking their equipment and throwing the rods, reels and tackle into the woods.. Police charged 57-year-old Kyle Patrick Tate with criminal mischief and grand theft as a result of the incident. A court affidavit filed in Brevard County, Florida alleges that on April 14, officers with the Palm Bay Police Department were dispatched to a suspicious incident at Stillwater Lakes, a subdivision owned...

Eight allegedly armed jewelry store robbers fled Oakland’s Phuong Jewelry Wednesday after the 76-year-old owner emerged from the back of the store holding a shotgun. ABC 7 reported the attempted robbery occurred in broad daylight, around 12:30 p.m. Phuong Jewelry is family owned and the 69-year-old mother was working at the time of the allegedly robbery. ABC 7 noted: “Surveillance shows 69-year old mother Diane ducking for cover and screaming for help as those eight individuals smash nearly every single case and ransack the shop. With no security guard on duty at the time, Diane’s 76-year-old husband comes storming in...

A recent Lifeway survey of Protestant pastors shows that armed congregants protect more than 50% of protestant churches. While these security arrangements vary in their level of sophistication on a church-by-church basis, nearly the same number of pastors who report the use of armed congregants report that there is an intentional plan in place to prepare for threats posed by an active shooter. Though various state and local laws currently regulate and limit the use of concealed carry weapons by church security teams in various locale, a proposed federal law would criminalize the preparations made by many armed church security...

House Republicans are pushing a bill that would authorize the National Guard to use lethal force against individuals with weapons crossing from Mexico into the U.S. The Defend Our Borders from Armed Invaders Act was introduced by Republican Rep. Morgan Luttrell of Texas, a former Navy SEAL who served in the Navy for 14 years. In the last year, there have been multiple instances of migrants crossing into the U.S. carrying weapons, with some brandishing rifles like the AR-15. And as the Biden administration and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott clash over border security policies, this bill, Luttrell claims, will enable...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- The topic of arming teachers in schools comes up periodically after shootings take place. Now, one school in Iowa is turning that talk into action and arming staff members, KTIV reported. "About 18 months ago, we just started looking at options. And obviously, to take the step to have armed staff in our school is a big one. And it requires a lot of conversation with a lot of stakeholders," said Siouxland Christian School Supt. Lindsay Laurich. It's a big step in school security. "My ultimate responsibility here is to protect this building to make sure...

Three armed robbers in Colorado had the tables turned on them when someone stole their getaway car, resulting in two of them being arrested, police said. The masked trio went into the Hi Lo Check Cashing in the Denver suburb of Commerce City just before 11 a.m., the Commerce City Police Department said Tuesday. During the heist, a female thief "seized the opportunity to do what criminals do - steal what was very likely already a stolen vehicle," a Tuesday police Facebook post said. The robbers inside the business were forced to flee on foot before two of them were...

Four armed suspects broke into a Staten Island home Monday morning and pistol-whipped a 5-year-old girl and a woman while demanding jewelry and cash. The home invasion was caught on home security cameras near Livingston Avenue and Queen Street in Manor Heights around 12:45 a.m., according to cops. The suspects, masked men in hooded sweatshirts, were seen entering the home after cops said they kicked in the door.

Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for the armed suspects who allegedly stole three French bulldogs out for a walk with their owner. According to a police report, around 4 p.m. Tuesday, the victim reported he was walking in an alley in the 5200 block of East Capitol Street, when three suspects jumped out of a blue minivan and approached him, all armed with handguns and rifles. The victim stated that he assumed the suspects were going after his wallet or cellphone.

A concealed carry holder in Los Angeles who was forced to defend himself and his family in a terrifying shootout at his front door is demanding LA leaders prosecute criminals terrorizing law-abiding residents. "Every single person that I know has gotten stuck up," LA entrepreneur Vince Ricci told Fox News Digital this week. "It’s not normal." Ricci said he was returning to his gated Los Angeles home Saturday evening after hitting the gym when two armed men jumped his fence and tried to force their way into his home. "Out of nowhere, boom, I had a gun to my back....