Seventh of 13: Andres Vegas, a Cudahy, wisconsin pizza delivery driver, shoots a 14-year-old boy, who was attempting to rob him at gunpoint. 

       Postscript: A week later Irene Parthum, Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney, announced that Vegas would not be charged as he acted in self-defense.

       [added 2/24/2024] Thanks to Chuck McGlawn for this entry.

       Eighth of 13: Morris Brown, of Newport New, virginia, shoots two armed men trying to rob him, one of them mortally.  The shooting scared off a third attacker.  Statute enforcement officers arrested the wounded robber a half-hour later at a local emergency room.

       [added 2/24/2024] Thanks to Chuck McGlawn for this entry.

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