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Thief Turns Car Toward Property Owner, Gets Shot In Face

October 3, 2020 By Joshua Gillem

Clyde Township, Michigan — The St. Clair County Sheriff had deputies dispatched after receiving a call of a breaking and entering taking place at a pole barn in the 6000 block of Lapeer Rd in Clyde Township this past Monday afternoon at about 3:30 PM.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, the property owner was an armed 50 year old man who confronted the alleged intruder during the break-in. The man had just filed a different report stating that someone had just broken into the pole barn the previous day.

The property owner had gone back to the barn to find more of his belongings outside of the building, and decided to wait and see if the suspected thief would return. When the 23-year old suspect did in fact return, he phoned police.

When the Sheriff’s deputies were en-route, dispatch notified them that shots were fired as the man was then forced to defend himself after the alleged intruder turned his Dodge Avenger into a weapon and began to drive toward the property owner.

According to the Sheriff, the property owner fired several shots, with at least one of the shots hitting the man in the face.

The property owner is claiming that he fired his pistol at the man in the car out of self-defense.


The 23-year old suspected thief was able to make it back to where he lived, and was being driven to the hospital. After arriving, he was then transported to another hospital and was last listed in serious condition.

This investigation has been turned over to the major crimes unit, and is still under investigation.

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Filed Under: Breaking News, Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun Tagged With: defensive gun use, dgu, shooting

About Joshua Gillem

Josh is a lifelong practitioner and student of the gun. He grew up shooting/hunting with his dad, and was given his first gun, a 12 gauge shotgun, when just a small boy. After high school, he joined the Marines where his love for firearms blossomed as he qualified with an M16A2, an M9, and a 240G. Josh has been writing about firearms and tactics for several years, is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, and believes that each individual person has the right to self-defense by any means necessary. Currently residing in gun-friendly North Carolina, he carries a concealed gun on a daily basis, even in his own house.

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