It’s been a while since since we published a DGU roundup — I had a lot of work to do getting my database up to snuff and getting the 2027 Calendar ready to publish. (Speaking of which, it’s available to order.)
The news has been overwhelmed (and rightfully so) by the Bend, Washington elementary school shooting, but don’t forget all of the other DGUs out there.
Information in this listing is preliminary. Everyone is innocent until proved guilty, and many of these investigations are ongoing. We’re giving you the best telling of the story we can — but there may be things we don’t or can’t know, including conflicts or omissions in the reporting. We try to make reasonable inferences and hedge appropriately.
Alabama
Tuscaloosa: October 10
Two men tried to rob a 25-year-old Tuscaloosa man in the Magnolia Apartments parking lot Saturday evening.
Shots were exchanged.
Police got the call around 7:30 PM about a shooting victim headed to the hospital. The 25-year-old wasn’t identified, and no charges against him were announced.
Robber Kurtae’vious Earl Tyson, 20, was critically wounded and later died. His partner, Deronte Collins, 20, was charged with felony murder, first-degree robbery, attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
Alabama allows felony murder charges even when the person charged didn’t fire the fatal shot. Collins is held without bond and hasn’t entered a plea.
Both men were from Oxford, which is about 90 minutes away.
VCU: Man Shot to Death in Tuscaloosa Was Would-Be Robber, Alleged Partner Arrested (Tuscaloosa Thread)
California
Fresno: October 9
Around 3 AM, a woman came home and found a man asleep on her lawn. Her 72-year-old father went out to send him on his way.
The man woke up drunk and agitated. He attacked the father and forced him to the ground, leaving visible injuries. When the daughter stepped in, he knocked her down. One account has him throwing her into a neighbor’s car.
The father pulled his gun and fired once, hitting the man in the midsection.
The daughter’s boyfriend, an off-duty officer, arrived and handcuffed the wounded man. Responding officers found him that way.
He was David Gonzalez, 32, an off-duty ICE agent from Texas. Police don’t know why he was in the neighborhood. A neighbor called him “belligerently drunk.”
Gonzalez was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Prosecutors charged him with assault, battery, elder abuse, and vandalism. The homeowner wasn’t charged. Police said the shooting was self-defense.
Sources
There was a ton of coverage on this, as you might expect from a situation where an ICE agent did something wrong. Here are some of the available articles.
Fox2Now • Fresno Bee • GV Wire • Los Cerritos News • Fresno State Collegian • Hoodline • KARK Fox 16 • SF Chronicle • We Got This Covered • Fresno Bee • Fresnoland
Georgia
Valdosta: October 1
A Thursday trip to Dollar General turned violent just before 5 PM. A woman was shopping with her teenage daughter when her boyfriend, Tevin Jay Love, walked in and started hitting her. She fell, and he kept at it. When her daughter tried to stop him, he hit her too.
A 28-year-old man shopping nearby saw the attack, pulled his gun and stepped in. The woman ran out of the store.
The man held Love at gunpoint. Love charged him anyway and started swinging. The man fired once, hitting Love in the torso.
Someone called 911, and another person held Love down until officers arrived. They found the shooter in the parking lot and detained him without incident.
Love was taken to the hospital, then jail. He’s charged with terroristic threats, aggravated assault, simple battery and simple assault. The woman, with head injuries, was also taken for treatment. The shooter faces no charges.
No charges for man who shot attacker inside Valdosta Dollar General (WALB 10)
Mississippi
Howell: October 10
Joshua Greenhill's evening with a female friend ended with deputies at his home around 9:30 PM for a domestic disturbance. She left with a family member, and so did the deputies.
She wanted her car back, though. Two male friends drove her to the house and dropped her at the corner. They stayed in their car and waited.
Greenhill walked up to the car wearing brass knuckles and hit one of the men in the face several times. That man pulled a gun and fired twice, hitting Greenhill.
Just after midnight, the man called the sheriff's office to report the shooting. Deputies found Greenhill in the road. He died at the scene.
The man Greenhill hit went to the hospital with facial injuries and was released later. Investigators think alcohol played a part. The sheriff's office said it looks like self-defense. No charges were reported.
George County Sheriff’s Office investigating shooting that left one dead (WLOX)
Nebraska
Omaha: October 14
A man was at his apartment with his child Wednesday evening when a white Nissan Rogue drove past. Inside were his child’s mother and her boyfriend, Colin Matthews.
The man left. Later, he ran into the Rogue again.
Matthews got out and fired multiple rounds at the man’s car, with the man’s child inside. The man fired back.
Police got a shots-fired call around 9 PM and met the man nearby. They found a bullet strike close to his child’s seat.
Officers soon arrested Matthews and the woman without incident. Their infant had been in the Rogue, and a bullet defect was in the door frame near the baby’s seat. The gun was in the infant’s diaper bag.
Both first claimed they’d been chased and shot at, then recanted. Matthews admitted he fired first.
Matthews, 25, faces assault, firearm and child abuse charges.
Omaha man booked for assault after allegedly shooting at car with child inside (WOWT)
North Carolina
Durham: October 10
Just before 9:45 AM Saturday, a man started breaking into his child’s mother’s apartment at the Magnolia Pointe complex. He picked the wrong morning. Her brother was inside.
The two men struggled, and the brother shot him.
Police said the shooting appeared to be self-defense.
The father was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening. The brother wasn’t hurt. Police said charges against the father were coming, but didn’t say what they’d be.
Monroe: October 13
Two neighbors at Woodbrook Apartments had feuded over noise for a while.
On the morning of Oct. 13, it came to a head. One man pulled a gun first. The other went and got his own gun and shot him.
Cops arrived around 8:30 AM. They found the wounded man and put a tourniquet on him before he was taken for medical care. The man who fired cooperated and was detained at the scene.
The wounded man should survive. As of Oct. 14, no one had been charged, and investigators were still reviewing the evidence.
Police investigate shooting at Monroe apartment complex (The Charlotte Weekly)
Ohio
Bethel Township: October 15
Two masked men forced their way into a home Thursday morning. A surveillance camera caught them in black hoodies, jackets and pants, one with a red shirt underneath.
The homeowner confronted them. At least one shot was fired, and the men ran.
The homeowner kept firing as they fled, at the men and at their shiny black four-door getaway car. The call came in at 8:47 AM.
The homeowner wasn’t reported hurt. The sheriff’s office doesn’t think either intruder was hit. They drove off and haven’t been identified or arrested.
Detectives are using Flock cameras to find the car, and deputies plan more patrols in the area.
Homeowner shoots at masked suspects during attempted burglary in Miami County (WHIO 7)
Oregon
Bend: October 15
Just before 1 PM Thursday, a 16-year-old with a pump-action shotgun fired several times at a Toyota Tacoma in the Silver Rail Elementary parking lot. The driver called 911. The truck’s rear window shattered.
Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two girls at the school, was driving on his lunch break when he heard the shots. He saw the teen shoot at the locked doors to force his way in.
Giamanco followed him inside and shot him. Officers arrived at 1:02 PM and learned within seconds that the shooter was down.
The teen had already killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher. A 7-year-old and a 54-year-old teacher were critically injured and taken to the hospital. Federal sources said Giamanco held a concealed carry permit and prevented more deaths.
Giamanco was unhurt. Gov. Tina Kotek and President Trump praised him. The shooter, John J. Griffin, died inside the school. His mother bought the shotgun. No motive has been released.
Sources
ABC 11 • ABC 33/40 • AmmoLand • BizPac Review • Breitbart • Central Oregon Daily • Concealed Nation • Daily Caller • Deccan Herald • Fox 13 • Fox 29 • Fox News • Hot Air • Japan Today • KATU 2 • KGW • KPTV • Live Now Fox • Marca • NBC DFW • NBC News • NBC New York • News Nation Now 1 2 • Newsweek • NYPost 1 2 • Pioneer • RPlataformamedia 1 2 3 • ReporterI • Salem News Channel • Plataformamedia 1 2 3 • Townhall • Washington Times • Western Journal • WFIN radio • WFMD • WTHR
Tennessee
Memphis: October 14
Around 3:30 AM, a woman and her boyfriend got home from a night out. She headed for the restroom. He walked through the kitchen toward the bedroom.
Gunfire came out of the dark. The boyfriend said he was ambushed, and he fired back without knowing who was shooting.
When the woman came out, he was gone. She found her ex-boyfriend, Larico Cooper, in the driveway. She said Cooper had no permission to be in her home and had stalked her for two weeks.
The wounded boyfriend drove himself to the hospital.
Police found Cooper with a leg wound and a holster on his waistband. A black handgun with a red optic lay under a nearby car. A blood trail led into the rear bedroom. Cooper, hit several times, was taken to the hospital.
He’s charged with attempted first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, and other counts, including being a felon with a handgun.
Man charged with attempted murder after Soulsville shooting injures 2 (WMC Action News 5)
Nashville: October 14
A 63-year-old man was driving to work Wednesday evening when the driver of a white pickup started honking, flashing his lights, and pulling alongside him. The pickup driver told him to pull over.
The man said he had no idea what he’d done. He kept driving, and the pickup kept following.
As he turned into his workplace parking lot, the pickup hit his vehicle. He said he was afraid of the other driver and fired two shots. Just before 7 PM, he called 911 to report it.
The pickup driver, a 37-year-old man, was shot in the face. He called 911 from a nearby home. At the hospital, he first denied the vehicles touched, then admitted the collision when told video was under review.
The PD filed no charges against the 63-year-old for now. The DA will decide whether any are warranted.
No Charges Being Placed for Now in Road Rage-Related Shooting Wednesday Night (Nashville.gov)
Texas
Houston: October 9
Late on a Friday night, a north Houston couple heard a noise outside. They also noticed a suspicious van parked out front.
They checked the backyard and found a man there. He approached one of them.
The couple’s adult son came outside and fired at the man, hitting him twice in the lower body. The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening. Police said he and the son were both in their early 20s.
The homeowners and their son weren’t reported hurt. The PD said there were no outstanding suspects and was checking a license plate. It hadn’t said what led to the shooting or whether anyone would be charged.
Houston homeowner’s son shoots suspected intruder after finding man in backyard, police say (Click 2 Houston)
Washington
Whitstran: October 12
Jose Cruz Escobar, 25, had a job interview in Richland on the evening of October 12. His mother was driving, and his sister was coming along rather than stay home with their half-brother, Alejandro Salazar, 27.
Salazar had been treated that day for a mental health crisis and sedated after turning aggressive. As the family got ready to leave, he grabbed a rock and threatened to smash the car.
Back inside, he argued with Cruz Escobar over a butane tank and punched him. Cruz Escobar ran to his bedroom and got a gun. Salazar threw the rock and broke the gun’s red dot sight.
In the driveway, Salazar charged. Cruz Escobar fired warning shots into the ground, then once more, aiming low, he said. The shot hit Salazar’s abdomen. He died at the scene.
Deputies arrested Cruz Escobar on suspicion of second-degree murder, citing evidence and his early lies. Three days later, prosecutors said he likely acted in self-defense and released him. A charging decision is pending.