{"id":258193,"date":"2026-10-07T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=258193"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:07:45","slug":"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">4<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"h-\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A St. Louis public-housing resident who uses a wheelchair is facing eviction after shooting an alleged armed robber inside his apartment building, even though police reportedly classified the incident as self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to reporting highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20261005\/st-louis-housing-authority-evicts-man-who-police-say-acted-in-self-defense\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\">NRA-ILA<\/a>, Torrey Holliday received an eviction notice from the St. Louis Housing Authority following the August 26 shooting. The notice cited surveillance footage showing Holliday firing at another man in the building\u2019s lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iiEed3KMtsk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\">footage<\/a> may show Holliday pulling the trigger, but the circumstances surrounding that moment are the heart of the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evicted for self-defense?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iiEed3KMtsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-police-treated-holliday-as-the-victim\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-level=\"2\">Police Treated Holliday as the Victim<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-housing-authority-cites-one-strike-policy\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-level=\"2\">Housing Authority Cites \u201cOne Strike\u201d Policy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-a-familiar-public-housing-gun-rights-fight\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-level=\"2\">A Familiar Public-Housing Gun-Rights Fight<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-police-treated-holliday-as-the-victim\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Police Treated Holliday as the Victim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the available reports, Holliday encountered Randall T. Taylor in the lobby of the housing complex on North Euclid Avenue. Holliday said Taylor had previously stolen a firearm from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor allegedly announced a robbery and continued advancing while Holliday attempted to move away in his wheelchair. Holliday then drew his handgun and fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police and prosecutors reportedly treated Holliday as the victim rather than the aggressor. Taylor was charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holliday has not been publicly accused of a crime in connection with the shooting. Instead, the apparent criminal charges stem from Taylor\u2019s alleged conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That makes the Housing Authority\u2019s response difficult to square with the publicly known facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-housing-authority-cites-one-strike-policy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Housing Authority Cites \u201cOne Strike\u201d Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The St. Louis Housing Authority told local media that it may terminate a lease when documented conduct threatens residents, employees or the surrounding community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials pointed to Section 22.1.2.1 of the agency\u2019s Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy. That section addresses mandatory lease termination under the authority\u2019s \u201cOne Strike\u201d policy for violent, drug-related or other criminal activity that threatens the health and safety of residents or employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The obvious question is what criminal activity the Housing Authority believes Holliday committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/glock-43x-ca-california-handgun-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\">Hell Froze Over: Glock 43X CA Hits California<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A surveillance video showing a tenant firing a gun does not, by itself, establish an unlawful shooting. Context matters, particularly when police reportedly concluded that the tenant was defending himself from an <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/armed-robbers-target-man-leaving-gun-range\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7792\">armed robbery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holliday has also criticized security at the building. He said staff knew he carried a firearm and that he had not seen signs prohibiting firearms in the lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An eviction notice is not the same thing as a final court order, and a criminal determination does not automatically settle every lease dispute. Still, if the Housing Authority is relying on a policy specifically directed at criminal activity, it will likely face questions about how a police-classified act of <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/most-important-aspects-of-selecting-a-handgun-for-self-defense-fit-and-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7793\">self-defense fits<\/a> that definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-a-familiar-public-housing-gun-rights-fight\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Familiar Public-Housing Gun-Rights Fight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nra-ila-2017-another-year-millions-americans-bought-firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7794\">NRA-ILA points to several previous disputes involving firearm<\/a> possession in public housing, including cases in San Francisco, Delaware, Maine and East St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those cases generally centered on whether low-income residents could be denied the ability to keep a lawful firearm simply because they lived in government-supported housing. The Supreme Court\u2019s decision in <em>District of Columbia v. Heller<\/em> also recognized self-defense as central to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/people-book-celebrates-gun-owners-across-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7791\">Second Amendment<\/a> right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Missouri law adds another layer. State statute broadly preempts cities and other political subdivisions from adopting firearm regulations inconsistent with state law. The statute also says local discharge regulations cannot prohibit the lawful use of a firearm in defense of a person or property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether that preemption provision directly controls Holliday\u2019s lease dispute would ultimately be a legal question. Based on the facts reported so far, however, NRA-ILA argues that the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/house-majority-whip-steve-scalise-2a-unlimited-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"st-louis-self-defense-shooting-eviction\" title=\"St. Louis Man Faces Eviction After Self-Defense Shooting\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7790\">Housing Authority\u2019s<\/a> action raises serious constitutional and statutory concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, Holliday faces the possibility of losing his home after surviving what police reportedly considered an armed robbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Housing Authority may have more evidence or another explanation that has not yet been made public. If it does, residents deserve to hear it. Otherwise, the situation looks remarkably simple: a man in a wheelchair defended himself against an alleged armed robber, the alleged robber was charged, and the man who defended himself received an eviction notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Self-defense doesn\u2019t end when the threat goes down. That\u2019s when the real battle begins. Lawyers. Prosecutors. 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