Author: AW1Ed

Photo by Ed Runyan | Kenneth York stands near the back door of his Hall Street Northwest home in Warren, describing how a man broke out a piece of glass in the back door and came through the back door at 1 a.m. Tuesday. York was on the other side pointing a gun at the suspect, later identified as Billy R. Morrow Sr.

More poor victim selection skills.
Warren homeowner shoots man who had broken into his house
By ED RUNYAN

WARREN

Kenneth York, his wife, Heather, and their dog woke up to noises outside of their Hall Street Northwest home at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. They were sleeping on the first floor.

Kenneth got up and armed himself with a handgun he was keeping not far away and headed toward the noises at the back door.

It was dark there, but Kenneth could see a large man breaking a glass panel in the door, apparently with a shovel.

“I asked, “What the hell are you doing? Get out of here,’” Kenneth recalled Tuesday afternoon.

“I mean he came in anyway, so I backed up behind the refrigerator that’s in the other room, stuck the gun out and said, ‘I got a gun. I’ll shoot you.’

“And he come right at me. He kept coming at me. I said ‘Stop, stop,’ so I backed up a little bit. He come through the doorway, and I shot him. He went back in the kitchen.”

As if that were not enough, then the burglar said to Kenneth: “What size a gun is that?’ I said, ‘big enough to kill you.’ And he come at me again. And then his arm started hurting and then he must have got dizzy or something. I said ‘Sit your [butt] down.’ And he kind of collapsed in there.”

Find the rest of the story at The Vindicator

That word you use, ‘gunlock.’ I do not think it means what you think it means.
Man shot in Gulfport walked into pawn shop with a sledgehammer, broke glass, took a gun, worker says
By John Fitzhugh and Robin Fitzgerald

Gulfport — Workers at a downtown pawn shop say they fired shots at a robber who then found himself being shot at by police on Monday night.

The man walked into 24 Hour Quick Cash & Pawn with a sledge hammer and said he wanted to look at TVs, said a pawn shop employee who gave only his first name, John.

Pawn shop workers didn’t think anything about the man coming in with a sledge hammer Monday afternoon because the shop buys tools, he said. John said he followed the man to the TV section.

“But we didn’t make it that far back. He stopped immediately at the guns and smashed a glass cabinet with the sledgehammer and grabbed a gun and started running.

“We let off about four rounds and then we heard about three more rounds coming back to us,” John said. “I assumed he was shooting back at us.”

John said he hadn’t been worried about the man firing at them with the stolen gun.

“The gun had a gun lock on it,” he said.

It’s unclear whose shots wounded the man, identified as Anthony Moody.

Read more at The Sun Herald

A hospital gown in jail? Mr. Tiny, etc, comments after the link.
Champion man shot during suspected home burglary in Warren
By Mike Gauntner

WARREN, Ohio -A Champion Township man was booked into the Trumbull County Jail wearing a hospital gown after being shot while allegedly burglarizing a home.
According to a police report, officers were called to a home on the 500 block of Hall Street NW at around 1 am Tuesday for a burglary in progress.

A dispatcher was told that the 66-year-old homeowner shot a suspect breaking into his home.

The report, which identifies the suspect as 48-year-old Billy Ray Morrow, Sr., said he was shot in the arm.

Morrow was booked into jail on a charge of aggravated burglary.

A neighbor tells 21 News he was awakened by a loud bang and then saw a man being put into an ambulance.

The article may be found at WMJ 12

‘Tis the season…
Official says deadly shooting Tuesday morning was justifiable
By: WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE – Officials believe a shooting that allegedly stemmed from a domestic dispute early Tuesday morning was a justifiable killing.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on North Marque Ann Drive. Police say 44-year-old Kendral Muse was shot at the home and taken to a hospital where he later died.

“It appeared this woman was put into a situation where she was injured and was required to defend herself,” District Attorney Hillar Moore said. “We believe this point as much as we know now that she took justifiable action.”

A police spokesperson said a female suspect was taken into custody and questioned. That person, who police said was dating Muse, has since been released.

The exact details surrounding the shooting are unclear, but this time of year authorities typically see an increase in domestic violence.

View the article in its entirety at WBRZ 2

Homeowner shoots man who allegedly used boulder to break into home

Brings a rock to, well, you know.

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – A would-be burglar smashed into a home using a giant rock, but he didn’t know the homeowner was inside with a gun, prepared to protect his family.

The homeowner is so scared, he went to get his concealed carry permit Monday.

“I looked at my phone and it was like two o’clock in the morning. Nobody should be here,” said Bill Wright, who was caught off guard over the weekend by an unexpected visitor. “He started banging on the doors really hard and aggressively, started punching the doors.”

Wright is still dealing with the effects of last week’s ice storm, with no power and no lights.

“When he ran around the back and disappeared around the back I thought, this is going up another level,” Wright said. “And that’s when I went and got my gun.”

The man behind the burglary, according to police paperwork, is Dustin Miller. According to police paperwork, Miller tried to kick in Wright’s door. When he didn’t get too far with that – he walked off.

When he came back, the homeowner claims he picked up a boulder, threw it into the door and shattered all the glass.

“I was only eight feet from him,” Wright said, which is when he said he fired two warning shots. But Miller continued to aggressively charge toward the him.

Read the rest of the article at WPXI News

Woman shoots home invader; two arrested, Kansas City police say
By Sarah Plake

Catch two get one free.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two suspects are in custody after police say they forced their way into a woman’s home Monday morning at Coach House Apartments at 114th Street and Holmes Road.

Police said the home invasion wasn’t random and that the suspects came to the woman’s apartment for a reason. Police are investigating the connection.

“There was an exchange of fire between the homeowner and the suspects. The homeowner was not struck, and the suspects fled the scene,” KCPD spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said.

A short time later, one of the suspects who was shot showed up at a nearby hospital.

Later Monday, police arrested the other suspect at a house about two miles away from the apartment. Another man in the house was also arrested on a separate charge.

Read the rest at KSHB Kansas City