Category: Feel Good Stories

I’ve been delinquent in writing these stories, so I’ll try to catch up today. the first story is from Ohio, where one neighborhood in Columbus has been experiencing a number of burglaries recently, but those might fall off a bit now;

Sue’s neighbor was inside his home around 4:00 Monday morning and jumped when he heard a noise in his garage off of Parsons on Bruckner Avenue. The man and his wife went outside to find out what was going on and that’s when police say they confronted the burglar.

Officers tell 10TV a struggle ensued for the homeowner’s gun before he fired multiple shots.

A short time later, doctors pronounced the gunshot victim dead at Grant Medical Center.

In North Carolina, another crime spree has ended in the best way possible after the burglar made a choice to break the law;

“Somebody was you know knocking on the door at 9:15, 9:30 in the morning,” said Haith. “I wanted to roll over and stay in the air conditioning, and I just ignored it.”

When the door knocks lasting 15 minutes were followed by a boom and a thud, Haith grabbed his AR-15 semi-automatic from under his bed and slowly crept into the hallway.

“I peeked around the corner, saw a tall, slender black gentleman standing over me with a pistol,” said Haith.

When Johnson allegedly fired at Haith with a 9mm and missed, he fired back. The bullet pierced the Johnson’s stomach and shoulder.

“That was my round,” said Haith. “Evidently, it went through his body and struck the wall.”

Pandemonium followed, and Johnson scurried out. An apparent getaway vehicle spun out of Haith’s yard to pick up Johnson, who had collapsed outside of a day care up the street.

There is video at this link.

Chief Tango sends us a story from Florida where a burglar got shot right his brains;

About 11:21 p.m. Sunday, three armed men forced their way into a residence in the 800 block of Third Street East. After taking personal property, they fled on foot, according to a report.

One of the victims chased one of the suspects to a residence in the 600 block of 10th Avenue East, where shots were fired, police said.

“Several minutes later, it was learned that one of the suspects, identified as Kevon M. Melendez … was at Blake hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks,” the report states.

So, all is well that ends well.

Biermann and Chief Tango send us a link to our story this morning, this one from Illinois where a 62-year-old man was met by a 72-year-old Vietnam veteran when the younger man forced his way in to the elder’s home;

A 72-year old man defending his home fired one shot at a man who broke down his back door Thursday afternoon in a rural area south of Cahokia. The suspected burglar fled the house but collapsed and died on the driveway in the 2100 block of Imbs Station Road.

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A neighbor told FOX2 News there have been several burglaries in the neighborhood and he had seen the blue Intrigue being driven in the area before. Detectives are still working to identify the dead man. He had no identification with him and the car`s Illinois license plate did not match the vehicle.

Chief Tango sends us our feel good stories today, the first is from San Antonio where Miguel Sandoval heard someone breaking into his house;

Sandoval claimed one of the intruders was trying to get into his home through a back door, while a second was attempting to steal items from Sandoval’s truck.

Sandoval told police he opened fire on both men with a rifle, but was not sure whether he hit either intruder.

Minutes later, a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the backside showed up at Metropolitan Methodist Hospital downtown.

The second story comes from Sacramento;

According to the Sacramento Police Department, officers were called to the 1000 block of Arcade Boulevard around 12:18 a.m. Sunday for a robbery in progress. Once at the scene, however, officers found that two young men had been shot dead.

Investigators say one of the residents confronted the suspects during the burglary and fired a firearm in self-defense.

Michele Gigante with Sacramento Police said the occupants of the home are an elderly man and woman, but would not say which of them fired the shots. Neither of them were injured during the break-in.

Chief Tango sends us our feel good story this morning from Georgia;

According to police, Gary Lynn McClimans II was attempting to make contact with his ex-wife when officers were called out to the scene and issued a verbal trespassing warning for him to leave.

Shortly after the warning, authorities said McClimans kicked in the front door and the homeowner, Jason Brown, fired two shots, hitting him in the chest.

“Witnesses are telling us he returned in a hurried manner, pulled into the driveway and left his car door open, ran up to the front door and started kicking it in,” said Decatur Police Captain Vincent Baer.

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Chief Tango sends us our fell good story this morning from Denver, this time is a good gal with a gun who defender her home and her family;

Mary Kelso says she and her young son were spending a quiet morning at home when a man knocked on the door.

“He said he knew my husband and asked me for his phone number.”

She didn’t recognize him, so she closed the door to get a pen and paper. That’s when she says he burst through the door with his gun drawn.

“He let himself in … took me to my bedroom at gunpoint.”

But he didn’t know that Mary had a gun, too.

“I have a concealed carry permit and a handgun and I immediately went for that. I grabbed my firearm and we both just aimed at each other but mine was in the case so I couldn’t pull the trigger.”

She says he threw her onto the bed.

“I immediately thought he was going to shoot me and I was trying to figure out how I was going to shoot him — injured — because my son was in the house.”

Mary fought back, kicking him into the dresser.

“I grabbed my gun and reached around to hit him. We struggled with his gun … I ended up pulling the trigger.”