Category: Feel Good Stories

AW1Ed sends us our first feel good story this morning from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a Burger King customer was approached and threatened by a man with crowbar, so the armed citizen drilled him through the shoulder. Crowbar Boy took off in a getaway car and the police found him at a hospital.

In St Louis, Missouri, a 60-year-old shot and killed a 13-year-old who was stealing from the homeowner’s car. There aren’t too many details, but the police haven’t charged the man yet.

In Panama City, Florida another homeowner shot one of a pair of burglars. The wounded fellow left the scene in his SUV and the police found him in his home with wound to his leg, they escorted him to a hospital and they’re looking for his buddy.

In Henry County, Georgia, two roommates experienced a break in of their residence over the weekend, on the second attempt they were ready and opened fire on the pair of burglars. One was DRT (dead right there) and the other was DOT (dead over there) in a field behind the house.

In Liberty Township, Ohio, a delivry person was tricked into delivering food to an abandoned house where he was confronted by a pair of thieves, one of whom had a gun. The delivery guy put up a struggle and one of the thugs ended up shot and arrested. The Delivery guy was unharmed.

In Allentown, Pennsylvania, an armed thief threatened a store owner and demanded his money. The store owner buster out his own firearm and fired one errant round which chased the pair from the store.

Finally, GDContractor sends us link from from Dallas, Texas where yet another homeowner had to plug a fellow who invaded his home in the leg. Him and his partner were both arrested and the homeowner is unhurt.

We start out the day with Witcher Creek, West Virginia being a little safer this morning because a homeowner shot and killed an intruder on Saturday morning. He was DRT, according to reports.

In Fresno, California, another homeowner killed a burglar who was stuck in his chimney. It wasn’t intentional and the homeowner tried to put the fire out in his fire place, but he just couldn’t do it fast enough, I guess. The Santa Claus impersonator was DRT despite the best efforts of first responders.

In Lubbock, Texas, 27-year-old Joseph Lloyd Johnson reached over the counter at his local convenience store to clean out the till, when he turned around, the customers confronted him. He punched one of them in the face and ran outside where he was tackled by more customers and passers-by. He was held until the police came to end his brief criminal career after a quick trip to the hospital to be treated for his injuries.

Thunderstixx sends us a link to a story from Aiken, South Carolina where a couple thought that they were buying a car from a Craig’s List seller. When they got to the rendezvous, the seller pulled out his gun and demanded their money. While he had the gun pointed at the man, the woman pulled her own gun from her purse and made the gunman DRT (dead right there). His accomplice un-assed the AO and the couple were uninjured.

In Belle, West Virginia, a homeowner defended his home from a criminal who broke into the residence. The criminal was determined to be DRT despite first responders’ attempts to save him.

In La Mesa Junction, Colorado, a homeowner returned home and found an intruder in his home, so he put yet another criminal in the hospital with his legal firearm.

In Humble, Texas, a couple hid in their closet when they heard some intruders force their way into the house. The husband fired through the closet door when the trio came into the bedroom. The criminals fled the house, but police found them with one of the three DOT (dead over there) in the back seat of the getaway car.

In Pembroke, New York, a woman suffered injuries at the hands of a former boyfriend who thought that he could beat some love into their relationship. She ended his attempts at wooing her back with a gunshot to his leg. He fled until police located him and took him to the hospital to await more permanent accommodations. Because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.

Slim pickin’s this weekend. In Bonner, Montana, a 40-year-old man was shot in the face with a .22 caliber rifle and hauled off to the hospital. It was logged into the public record as a burglary, but there are no details.

In Dallas, Texas, three men broke into a home and got into a firefight with the homeowner. One of the three was DRT (dead right there). Police are searching for the other two who fled.

From Toledo, Ohio, a fairly sketchy story about a man who called police to report that he shot someone who was trying to break into his home.

In Toledo, Ohio, a thief tried to break into a house when the homeowner convinced him that was a bad idea with a little gunfire. The wounded thief was found by the police a few blocks away and they took him to the hospital where he seems to be recovering. The homeowner was also slightly injured in the confrontation.

I guess criminals are resting up for the holidays, or something, but here’s some advice to Texas criminals from Randall County District Attorney James Farren;

Farren warned potential burglars to just stop before they commit the crime.

“In Texas if they shoot you,” said Farren, “there’s a good chance that you’re just shot and there’s nothing anybody can do about it.”

GDContractor sends our first story this morning that happened in Dallas, Texas where a homeowner encountered two fellows breaking into his home, so he plugged one of them who was declared DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. The other one is in the wind.

In Newport, Tennessee, two men asked a homeowner if they could cut his firewood. The homeowner smartly refused, so the pair kicked his door down and came in blasting with their firearms. When the homeowner returned fire, the two un-assed the AO. There’s no mention of any casualties in the exchange. But the criminals are in custody.

In Jacksonville, Florida, a fellow in a Darth Vader mask pulled a gun on a convenience store employee. The clerk responded to the threat by beating the Star Wars fan in the face with a jar of salad dressing, so the police took Darth to the hospital before tossing him in the hoosegow.