From Fresno, California;
A 73-year-old man was walking down the canal bank behind the home as he often does, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said. The man often walks his dog and returns to the area and cleans up the canal bank.
A 22-year-old man approached the 73-year-old and a verbal confrontation began. Dyer said the men have had issues in the past.
Dyer said at some point, the 22-year-old picked up a large stick or wooden object and struck 73-year-old — which may have resulted in his leg or ankle being broken.
That’s when the 73-year-old pulled out a fire arm and shot the 22-year-old three times in the hip and wrist.
Both men were taken for medical treatment.
The 73-year-old has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, Dyer said, and although the investigation is ongoing, the preliminary information points to the shooting being in self defense.
From Lafayette, Indiana;
According to court documents, Thayer Summers, 30, was shot after he demanded money and hit Curtis Stewart in the head with his gun.
Officers observed a bump and abrasion to Stewart’s head Friday.
Stewart told police he was worried Summers was going to shoot him, so he decided to take out his own gun to shoot first.
Around 7 a.m. Friday, police found Summers lying dead with a gunshot wound in the area of 9th and Virginia streets with a black BB gun nearby.
Stewart told police this all started when he was hanging out with Brooke Stichter the night before. She directed him to park in an alley.
She told police she let Summers know where Stewart was parked, got out of the car and left the area.
A few minutes later, she said she witnessed Summers walk toward Stewart’s car and then heard a gunshot.
She said when she got in her car to get away, she noticed Summers on the ground.
Stichter told police Summers saw a picture of money Stewart had sent to her before the incident. She said that’s when Summers started coming up with a plan to rob him.
Stichter is being held at the Tippecanoe County Jail on a preliminary charge of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery.
In Macon, Georgia, Derrick Collins discovered a unique way to frighten off potential robbers;
According to officials, the victim Derrick Collins, age 32, of Macon was sweeping his back porch when two men approached and demanded money. Collins pulled out a gun and accidentally shot himself in the arm and chest area.
Officials say the two men ran off. Collins was taken to the Medical Center where at last check, he was listed in stable condition.
Tim sends a link from Phoenix, Arizona;
Phoenix police report that on March 2, a woman walked out of her apartment, near 35th and Dunlap avenues, to the parking lot. She left the door unlocked because her little sister was outside playing.
When she returned to the apartment, she noticed the door was locked. She reached out to her boyfriend who has a key and lives nearby; he was able to open the door.
When they did, they saw a light was on in the bathroom and a bedroom door was locked, court paperwork said.
They heard someone inside and when they questioned who it was, a man, later identified as 28-year-old Jeffrey Allen Mattice, reportedly said, “You know who it is.”
Her boyfriend opened the door to find Mattice hiding in the corner of the room.
As she called 911, Mattice tried to escape, but her boyfriend, who armed himself with a knife and hammer, kept him in the room until police arrived.
Because more people have been killed in the US with knives and hammers than with semi-automatic modern sporting rifles.
