Man Selling Xbox in Online Transaction Shoots Armed Pair Who Tried To Rob Him

What happens when you arrange to meet up with someone after midnight to sell some merchandise from a Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist ad? Nothing good, usually. Such was the case in Chicago when an unnamed 29-year-old tried to sell his Xbox. At 1 a.m. Saturday. In northwest Chicago. The prospective buyers, aged 15 and 19, … Read more

Craigslist Transaction Gone Wrong Leads to Defensive Gun Use

As today’s news makes all too clear, meeting strangers via the Internet can be risky business, even if you meet them in public and in broad daylight. At the end of August in Kissimmee, Florida, a man met Alexander Diaz (above) in a Walgreens parking lot at 5:00 p.m. They had arranged the meeting on … Read more