Category: Feel Good Stories

AW1Ed sends us our feel good stories this morning. The first is from Tennessee;

[Alan] Miller was working at the dealership on Thursday afternoon when the would-be robber, who still has not been identified by police, entered wearing a mask and brandishing a gun. Two other people were inside the building at the time.

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Miller shot a man twice in the chest as he attempted to rob Miller Auto Sales, located at 4314 Rossville Blvd. Police say the shots Miller fired were in self-defense, and charges will not be filed against him.

“If you, yourself or another’s life is in danger, you have the right to protect yourself,” said Chattanooga police Sgt. Scott Bales.

Next up is Oklahoma;

Eddie and Cindy Gilmore said they were sitting in their living room watching television, when all of the sudden they heard a loud noise behind them, and barely had time to turn around to see dark figures approaching, demanding they get down.

“Three people ran in and grabbed my wife,” Eddie Gilmore said. “She stood up.”

Eddie Gilmore says as his screaming wife was taken to a back room by a masked intruder who was holding a gun to her head, another intruder told him to get on the floor in the living room. “And I got over between the couch and the coffee table and when I did I went down and put my arm on the coffee table to kind of hide myself and I pulled the drawer open because I had a gun in there,” Gilmore said.

That’s when, Gilmore says, he started shooting in every direction he could, hitting two of the subjects. The suspects fired back, but neither Eddie or Cindy were hurt.

“They had a gun to her head,” Eddie Gilmore said, “They could’ve killed her and come right in here and killed me if I hadn’t had a gun.”

Marshall County Undersheriff Danny Cryer said he thought Eddie Gilmore did what he had to do to protect himself and his wife.

The reader who goes by “ohio” sends us a link from Philadelphia, where a good guy with a gun defends himself;

Police say two men in their twenties got off the trolley at 56th and Lansdowne Avenue and headed toward Media and Conestoga when two other men approached and announced a robbery.

One of the victims then reportedly pulled out a gun and shot those two robbers.

“Unbeknownst to the robbers, the 27-year-old victim has a permit to carry…has his handgun with him,” Police Lieutenant John Walker says. “He’s able to draw his handgun, firing multiple times, striking both robbery suspects.”

The bad guys, unfortunately, got off a shot and one of the victims was killed as a result.

This morning’s story comes from North Carolina;

Craven County Sheriff’s Captain, Joe Heckman, told us a 31-year-old male came up to the house on Pinecliff Road in Harlowe. He said, that man tried to engage in a conversation with the 71-year-old male homeowner. According to Heckman, the homeowner went back inside, and when the homeowner came back outside the younger male was still there. Heckman said a fight then happened.

“The victim pulled out a gun, the 71-year-old pulled out a gun and shot the 31-year-old attacker,” said Heckman.

He said the 31-year-old went to Carteret General Hospital before being taken to Vidant Medical Center.

Neighbors say this is not the first time a robbery has been attempted at this house.

“I know he’s been broken into one or two times before,” said Martin Donohue. “I’ve been to his house. From what he has actually done, he has fortified like his doors [and] windows because he’s been broken into before.”

I’m yelling you youngsters, us old guys will just shoot you.

Claymore sends us a link to our feel good story this morning from Georgia;

When he realized another man was trying to rob a west Cobb County bank, one customer took matters into his own hands, police said Wednesday.

He grabbed a handgun from his car and ordered the robbery suspect down to the ground, according to Sgt. Dana Pierce. When officers arrived at the Wells Fargo on Mary Eliza Trace around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, they found one man holding a gun on another, Pierce said.

Officers quickly learned what happened inside the bank, prompting the unnamed customer to assist with apprehending the suspect.

Mark Lance Katchem, 25, of Chicago, presented a “demand note” to a teller, Pierce said. The good Samaritan customer, whose name was not released, followed Katchem out of the bank, according to police. After he ordered the alleged robber onto the ground, officers arrived and took over the scene.

Whoever figured that an armed citizen might be beneficial to society? Well, besides the founders.

This morning we begin our tour of the country from Ohio;

The homeowner, whose name and age have not been released, discovered two males inside his home. During a confrontation with the suspected burglars, the homeowner brandished a gun and fired at both of them, police said.

One suspect fled the scene. The other suspect, a 19-year-old Cleveland man identified by the county medical examiner as Joseph W. Eason, was shot.

An emergency medical crew drove Eason to MetroHealth Medical Center, where he died.

Next stop, California;

An off-duty cop shot at a burglar during a confrontation at his home in Rowland Heights.

The intruder fled the scene after the shooting at the 17000 block of Calle Aurora at around 12:18 a.m Wednesday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said.

The burglar was trying to leave in a vehicle when the off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer fired at the suspect. It is unknown how many shots were fired, but the the thief is not believed to have been injured.

Then to South Carolina;

“Yeah, the victim came face to face with the suspect,” Det. Rob Morell said. “The suspect kicked the door in as he was shutting the lights off and locking the door. So it was that close where he got struck in the head with the pistol.”

The homeowner managed to grab his own gun and fire a shot at the suspect as he ran off, Morell said.

Police searched the neighborhood off Archdale Drive, but did not find the suspect.

It’s been a busy day for the forces of good fighting evil. The first story is from Tennessee;

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department investigators said three men went to the door of a home on March Mill Road Saturday night and told the homeowner to put his hands in the air. The homeowner pulled a handgun and was shot in the right arm, but he also returned fire, authorities said.
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A short time later, Madison County deputies responded to McDonald’s in Hazel Green for a gunshot victim. Madison and Lincoln investigators determined the shooting victim at McDonald’s, Dustin Elmer Hood was tied to the Lincoln County home invasion.

Eric Wesley Atchley, 26, was arrested and is in the Madison County Metro Jail. Dustin Elmer Hood, who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, will also be taken into custody after he is released, investigators said. Both will be charged with aggravated assault.

One of the miscreants is still on the loose, so keep an eye out, Tennessee.

Next is Missouri;

Upon arrival at the scene, deputies observed a male lying outside the residence. He was pronounced dead at the scene, as a result of gunshot wounds. The male later was identified by fingerprints as Ronald Lee Salmons Jr. age 45. Salmons resided at 13013 Dorsey Lane.

According to witnesses at the scene, Salmons was armed with a knife and he had made forced entry into the residence located at 12945 Dorsey Lane, threatening the occupants inside. Salmons was then reportedly shot with a small caliber weapon, and retreated outside the residence where he collapsed.

Now from New Mexico;

After the shooting, a woman called 911 to report that her husband shot someone who was trying to break in. When police arrived at the home, they found a body lying next to a 6-inch knife.

Police said the intruder was trying to gain access to the home and was shot after a brief struggle. They also said the intruder possibly caused a disturbance at a neighbor’s house down the street earlier in the evening.

Finally, we stop in Alabama;

Tim Foster said he noticed the burglary in progress on Monday morning and stepped into action.

“I was standing here watching him, and he busted the window outside the house and I called 911,” said Foster.

But Foster didn’t stop there. He was making sure this thief didn’t get away.

“I took my gun and told him I was going to hold him at gunpoint ’til they got here. But when he came out he jumped in the car and took off. I shot his back tires out and I shot the back window out,” said Foster.

Police were able to get the suspect before he even made it out of the neighborhood.

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Tim sends us our first story this morning, from Arizona;

According to Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent Crump, a son and his mother were fighting inside of a vehicle in the area around 10:30 p.m.

At some point, the son reportedly began stabbing his mother in the vehicle, and she eventually fell out near the intersection.

Crump says several people tried to help her, but were unable to get the son to stop. A neighbor eventually grabbed a handgun and shot him.

Police say the son was declared dead.

If any of you ever see me stabbing my mother, please shoot the shit out of me.

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Chief Tango sends our second story this morning, from Pennsylvania;

Police say a 40-year-old man was inside the barbershop when he started fighting with another person inside. The altercation quickly escalated and the man pulled out a gun and opened fire.

At that point, authorities say, another unidentified man took out his own gun and the shot the gunman multiple times in the chest. He was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital where he later died from his injuries.

The man who shot and killed him later surrendered to authorities at 16th District headquarters, but it wasn’t immediately known if he would face any charges.

“The person who responded was a legal gun permit carrier,” said Philadelphia Police Captain Frank Llewellyn. “He responded and I guess he saved a lot of people in there.”

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Our first story this morning comes from Missouri;

This all comes after a man returned home about 11:20 p.m. Friday to find burglars inside his home in the 2200 block of Ellison Way, just south of East 23rd Street South.

Investigators believe one of the suspects shot the homeowner. Police have not made it clear who shot one of the intruders.

The two shooting victims were rushed to hospitals late Friday. The intruder died about an hour later. Police say the homeowner was still listed in critical condition Sunday.

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Police spokesman Tom Gentry said Sunday the two arrested in the burglary and shooting are each being charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree burglary. Their bond has been set at $250,000 cash only.

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Then comes Oklahoma;

The homeowner told police a man approached him on his property around 8 a.m. He thought it was the same person who broke into his home the day before.

“Apparently there was some sort of confrontation between our homeowner and our suspects. One of the suspects apparently pulled out a knife threatened the homeowner,” said SSgt. Jennifer Wardlow, Oklahoma City Police.

Police said the homeowner fired several shots at the suspect’s truck parked in his driveway. That man took off, but didn’t make it far.

Officers found the truck broken down about two blocks away and took the suspect in to custody.

There was a female in the passenger seat who might have been shot, but she’s out wandering around somewhere.

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Thanks to Chief Tango for the links.

Today’s brief feel good story happened in North Carolina;

Winterville police are investigating an attempted robbery, in which they say the suspect was shot at.

Police say they got the call of an attempted robbery at 611 Main Street Thursday night.

Police say the person inside the home shot at the would-be robber, but it’s unclear if that person was hit.

More range time, sir, more range time. Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.