Category: All About Guns

A 28-year-old armed citizen in Valdosta, Georgia, will face no charges after shooting a man who was beating a woman and her teenage daughter inside a Dollar General. The man he shot is going the other direction — through booking, with a stack of felony and misdemeanor charges to answer for.

What Happened

Valdosta Police put the incident on October 1 at about 4:50 p.m. inside the Dollar General in the 2100 block of Bemiss Road. A woman was shopping with her teenage daughter when her boyfriend, 32-year-old Tevin Jay Love, walked in and started assaulting her, striking her in the head repeatedly. When the daughter stepped in to defend her mother, Love allegedly turned on the girl.

A 28-year-old shopper saw the attack and intervened. He drew his firearm and ordered Love off the victims. According to police, the sight of the gun was enough to let the woman break free and run out of the store.

The shooter did not open fire the moment the gun came out. He held Love at gunpoint, and that was enough to break the attack long enough for the victims to clear the scene. The trigger didn’t come until, per the police account, Love charged him and started hitting him too. One shot, one hit.