From St. Petersburg, Florida;
Three people forced their way into a St. Petersburg house before dawn Sunday before gunfire broke out, killing a suspect and injuring two residents, police said.
About 5:30 a.m., the people arrived at a house in Childs Park, on the 4100 block of 11th Avenue S, and forced their way inside, according to St. Petersburg Police Department spokeswoman Yolanda Fernandez.
Three adult brothers live at the house, she said.
Someone started shooting. One suspect, who police did not identify, died. Two residents — Ackeem Marks, 25, and Shaevaughn Marks, 20, were also hit but are in stable condition, police said. Ackeem Marks was critically injured, and his brother Shaevaugh’s injuries were not life threatening, according to police.
In Goochland County, Virginia;
Just two days after arriving in the United States, a New Zealand man was shot after attempting to break into a Goochland home, according to investigators, according to CBS 6.
Deputies with the Goochland County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened Friday at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Steeplechase Parkway in the central part of the county.
After receiving an initial call for a shooting at the location, deputies also received a call from a man who said his wife called him about an intruder trying to break into their home.
An investigation determined that a suspect, identified as 25-year-old Troy George Skinner, of New Zealand, attempted to break into a home occupied by a mother and two teenage daughters.
Deputies say Skinner attempted to break into the basement of the home with a brick, when the mother told him that see was calling police and that she was armed with a handgun.
After the break-in attempt was unsuccessful, deputies say Skinner went on the deck and broke the glass door with a concrete stone.
“After repeated warning by the mother, Skinner smashed the glass on the door and reached through to unlatch it. As he reached through the door, the mother shot twice at Skinner with a .22 caliber handgun,” according to a sheriff’s office spokesperson.
Skinner suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and stumbled onto the front yard next-door while trying to flee the scene.
When deputies arrived, aid was given to Skinner, who was transported to VCU Medical Center via Med-flight. There is no word on his condition at this time.
Investigators say Skinner came into the United States through the Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, June 20.
From Hancock County, Tennessee;
A Hancock County man who reportedly was highly impaired went to jail Friday following an alleged bungled, firearm-assisted home robbery and one of the most flawed and humbling getaway tries imaginable, authorities say.
Central details about the inglorious incident, including the alleged would-be robber’s name, were not available by Saturday evening.
After failing to secure anything of value from his alleged target, the suspect fled to an unidentified body of water, where he became snagged and immobilized by barbed wire, according to District Attorney General Dan Armstrong.
Instead of disentangling himself in the ordinary way, the defendant thought it best to blast his way out. It’s not clear if the man hit the barbed wire. What’s certain is that he shot himself in the leg, according to Armstrong.
