The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says 34-year-old Nathan Daniel Morales was fatally shot at a residence in Devol shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday.
Investigators say Morales was breaking into a residence in the far southern Oklahoma town when the homeowner was awakened and told Morales to leave. Morales continued attempting to gain entry when he was shot by a person inside the home. Morales died at the scene.
The OSBI says no one has been arrested in the case.
Yeah, if you’re told to leave and you don’t belong there, you should probably leave.
A Smyrna city worker shot a man who was attempting to carjack a woman’s vehicle on Friday, authorities said.
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Police said a good Samaritan shot the driver, stopping the theft and saving the woman.
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The car wash’s surveillance cameras recorded the incident. The video shows the men inside a red minivan scoping out the parking lot and then the woman jumping onto the hood of her car as they tried to drive away with the Honda.
Seconds later, a gunshot stopped the getaway as the city worker shot the carjacker, and the Honda’s owner safely slid off the hood of the car.
Cedar Lake Police Chief Jerry Smith said the woman told police she was in an upstairs bedroom sleeping when her barking dogs woke her up.
She said she went downstairs to investigate why the dogs were upset and, not seeing anything, returned upstairs.
A few minutes later, the dogs barked again. She grabbed a handgun from her bedroom, went back downstairs, and saw what appeared to be a man standing in the doorway of her sunroom.
She told police she yelled at the man and fired one shot, scaring him off.
Smith said the man was last seen running and jumping fences along the lake side of the home. Smith said Cedar Lake police officers and Lake County sheriff’s police, assisted by the St. John K-9 officer, searched the area.
A woman who was trying to protect her home fired at a would-be burglar Thursday night, police said.
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The homeowner said the burglar ran behind the house after she fired and became stuck while trying to jump a fence.
The woman asked not to be identified, but she said there was no way he was going to get inside her home.
“When I shot at him, he tried to jump the fences, and he jumped all these fences and got scratched up real bad,” the woman said. “He was high, and he thought he was at his aunt’s house.”
Police also said the suspect was high on drugs. He was checked by a rescue crew.
“High on drugs” – who would have guessed? Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.
Officers say that two men entered the house around 3:40 a.m. in an apparent home invasion. Police say that’s when the homeowner and men got into a scuffle. We’re told a woman also living at the residence came downstairs and fired several shots at the suspects.
One of the men later showed up at a nearby hospital with injuries.
Our first story this morning is from Pennsylvania;
The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. when three men knocked on the door of a home along O’Connell Boulevard where the resident was inside with his girlfriend and another friend, police said.
The resident and visitors exchanged words in the doorway before shots rang out, officers said. Police said they did not know if there was a gun battle but that they believe at least eight shots were fired.
No one inside the house was injured.
Well, at least this criminal had friends who dropped him off at the hospital before they went on the lamb. So, he must be happy.
According to police, at least one person tried to force entry into the home. Someone inside fired a gunshot, which prompted the would-be intruder or intruders to run away.
A manhunt with K-9 units and a helicopter failed to locate any suspects.
According to the Harris County Pct. 4 Deputy Constable’s Office, the man that was shot was the ex-boyfriend of the homeowner. He was accused of stalking the woman in the past, and on Wednesday morning he got into an altercation with the woman’s new boyfriend.
Witnesses said the ex attempted to throw a brick at the boyfriend, so the boyfriend pulled out a gun and opened fire.
The ex was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other serious injuries.
Our first story this morning comes from Tennessee;
[35-year-old Jamie] Sellars was wearing a black hoodie and jeans. He started out by asking a question before lunging at him with the box cutter.
“He came out from behind (and) asked if they were open. They were not, so he attacked the owner with his box cutters,” said Kathy Tyson with the La Vergne Police Department.
The owner sustained a cut on his neck. Despite the injury, the store owner reached for his gun and shot the Sellars one time. Sellars was able to leave the store, but did not get far.
Officers from the Metro Nashville Police Department arrived a short time later. K-9 units were able to find the body of the suspect right next door.
Sellars was treated at the scene but was pronounced dead before being transported to the hospital.
The attempted robbery took place late Monday afternoon near the Hmongtown Marketplace at Como and Pennsylvania avenues in St. Paul.
The would-be victim, who was walking outside near the North End intersection, was approached by two men armed with handguns, according to a preliminary police investigation.
As the men were attempting to rob the St. Paul man, he pulled out his own handgun and exchanged gunfire with the two men. Police said the man had a permit to carry his handgun.
The would-be assailants fled in a car and the man got into his own car and chased them, police said. They drove just over a mile before engaging in a second gunfight in the 900 block of Thomas Avenue.
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One of the alleged assailants later turned up at Regions Hospital, where he was undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to his foot Monday evening, police said.
From California;
Fairfield police Lt. Stephen Crane said as officers were responding of shot fired in the area of Orchid Street and Azalea Court, dispatch received a report of an attempted burglary nearby in the 200 block of Daphn Drive.
Officers arrived and found a man with gunshot wounds. The man, identified as Williams Gaines, 46, of Fairfield was taken to a local trauma center where he was said to be in good condition.
Detectives were called in. Crane said they learned Gaines allegedly tried to break into a residence in the 200 block of Daphne Drive. One of the residents retrieved a gun and shot Gaines.
Our first feel good story comes from Kentucky this morning;
Jeffersontown Police say a white male attempted to rob Kute’s Liquors on Watterson Trail Friday night. He pulled a gun and ordered the clerk to the back of the store, but the clerk pulled his own gun as well.
According to police, when the attempted robber pointed his gun at the clerk, the clerk shot him in the chest.
Police say the attempted robber left the scene and went to Baptist Health Urgent Care on Taylorsville Road where police found him in the parking lot.
Police say a 29-year-old woman was upstairs when someone broke into her house in the 5500 block of University Place. Her brother was downstairs on the couch, and she heard shots fired at around 3:40 a.m.
She said she heard someone asked if there was anyone else in the house, so she armed herself and stood at the top of the stairs.
Shortly afterwards, a man arrived at St. John Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He is listed in critical condition. A police source tells Local 4 that the man was an intruder in the break-in.
Police say the man who was shot told them that someone shot him on Chandler Park and he called a cousin to take him to the hospital.
Our feel good story this morning comes from Texas;
“When officers arrived, they were told several men had come inside the home to rob them,” stated Garland Police Department Public Information Officer Joe Harn. “During the attempted robbery, shots were exchanged between the robbers and the homeowner.”
No injuries were reported for the individuals who live in the home but police say one of the burglars had been shot.
The two burglars were located in the area and taken into custody. Arrested were 24-year-old Caris Bryant of Dallas, Texas, and 27-year-old Dequalon Barnes of Dallas, Texas. Barnes suffered the gunshot wound and was taken to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where he was treated and released back into police custody.
Garland, Texas is just a little bit safer tonight.
In California, a robbery went very badly for a couple of thieves when they had a pre-arranged sales meeting with their prospective victim;
One suspect met the victim at about 8 a.m. while two others waited in a nearby U-Haul truck.
The two suspects waiting in the truck got out of the vehicle during the meeting and allegedly tried to rob the victim, officials said.
The victim, who was carrying a weapon, fired at the suspects and hit two of them.
A witness said she heard about five gunshots.
A suspect ran to the waiting truck, and in an attempt to flee the scene, ran over another suspect and dragged him, officials said.
Police were questioning a “person of interest” in connection with the alleged robbery.
According to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release, 20-year-old Drevon McLaurin called 911 at about 6:20 a.m. stating that an intruder was in his home attacking him with a hammer, the sheriff said.
During the struggle, McLaurin, who called 911, shot Brown, the attacker, killing him, Davis said.
McLaurin is being treated at a Macon hospital for head injuries.
The reporting person advised a white man had just attempted to burglarize his vehicle outside of his business as another white man was waiting in a Gold Honda Accord 4 door.
The caller confronted the subject as he ran back toward the Honda Accord and this subject made physical contact with the victim.
The victim produced a handgun and ordered the subjects to freeze. The passenger subject then started to close the door as the other subject started to drive away. The passenger door struck the victim’s arm, causing the victim to discharge a round, striking the suspect in the right calf.
