This Easter Day feel good story comes from Columbus, Ohio, where a homeowner confronted a burglar;
The break-in and shooting happened after 10:00 PM at a home on Carrigallen Lane near Londonderry Avenue. Neighbors say shortly after the homeowner opened fire, several neighbors including the homeowner came to suspected burglar’s aid. The homeowner called 911. Neighbors tell ABC 6/FOX28 there have been a string of break-ins on their block over the past six months.
This morning’s feel good story comes from Detroit where a family playing video games in their basement when they heard a ruckus upstairs and went to investigate;
Family members, who were playing video games in the basement, heard a ruckus upstairs, prompting shots to be fired and the suspects to flee. The homeowner shot at the suspects who returned fire, Woody said.
The two suspects ran away while a third suspect, a getaway driver, was shot inside a vehicle, Woody said.
“He put it in reverse and went across the median into the home across the street,” he said.
The driver was found dead by neighbors. Police didn’t have an immediate cause of death.
Unfortunately, the driver’s last act was to crash into a house which sent that resident to the hospital. But everyone who wasn’t in the area to commit a crime will recover. It’s good to see the good folks of Detroit fight back against criminals, with the full backing of the police for a change.
Chief Tango sends us our feel good story this morning, this time from Texas where 41-year-old Robert Trevino was shopping for jewelry without a methods of payment except opportunity and motive;
fficers found a man’s body inside the jewelry store. They say he had been shot at least once. Police identified him as 41-year-old Robert Trevino.
Police say the jewelry store owner had been in a back room of the store when Trevino broke into the store and attempted to break into a jewelry case. The owner then fired several shots, hitting and killing Trevino.
Police say the owner then fired shots at several other people in the parking lot of the store, wounding at least two others. Officers say the people in the parking lot were Trevino’s accomplices. Police arrested two people and say others fled the scene. The two people arrested were treated for minor injuries.
The police report that Trevino has pretty lengthy record of crimes and now his unsuccessful career has, sadly, come to an end.
The story to kick off your weekend comes from Chief Tango and happened in Ohio where Mark Montgomery forced his way into a family’s home;
Police say Mark Montgomery broke a window to get into a home on Riddle Road at 2:45 a.m. Four people were inside at the time. The homeowner, Phillip Smith, fired a shot at the intruder but missed. Police say Montgomery ran away. Both Smith and his daughter called 911. Springfield Township officers used a police dog to track to sniff out a trail. They later found and arrested Montgomery at Glenwood Gardens. Police had responded there because of an intrusion alarm. They say Montgomery told them someone had fired a shot at him.
Here are a couple of feel good stories to get through the last day of the week. The first is from West Virginia where a homeowner stopped a home invasion with his shotgun;
Sheriff McComas says the homeowner told deputies that after being shot, the suspect got into a waiting car located a short distance from the house.
McComas says deputies say they found blood leading away from the house, along with a crow bar.
The Sheriff says relatives brought Davis to the hospital and that he was incoherent when he arrived. McComas says the relatives told deputies that Davis told them he had broken into a house and was shot.
The next story comes from Flint, Michigan where another homeowner stopped two men from invading his home;
Two men are in custody after an attempted home invasion. Police say the men attempted to break in to a home around five Wednesday morning on Freeman Avenue.Police say the home owner shot the two men after they entered his home. The home invasion shooting is the second incident this month in Flint where an attempted home invasion has gone wrong for criminals.
Police tell NBC 25’s Josh Marshall home owners are using their second amendment rights but could be dangerously close to breaking the law. Knowing what to do before home owners pull the trigger doesn’t come in a pamphlet when a gun is purchased. While it is a legal right, understanding the mechanics of the law can keep an innocent home owner alive, and out of jail.
The articles goes on to say that there have been 25 home invasions in Flint this year and only two were prevented by armed homeowners. The rest of Flint better get on the 2d Amendment train.