Category: Feel Good Stories

Chief tango sends us our feel good story for the morning this time from Alabama where 60 year-old Randy Hill was visiting his son;

He heard a knock at the door. Harris said the father went to front of the house and found Tony Kitchens, 60, of Albertville standing there.

Kitchens told Hill he was looking for Kitchens’ son so he could beat him up, Harris said, and while they were talking Kitchens picked up a flashlight and hit Hill in the face and head.

The two fought, and [DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy] Harris said Hill got a shotgun and shot Kitchens in the leg.

OIF ’06-’07-’08 & Flagwaver send us a link to this morning’s feel good story from Nebraska about Ramon R. Matlock who kicked open the door of Ronald Green, 66 who was peaceably watching his television.

Matlock swung at Green, and Green fired a shot into Matlock’s chest and another into his lower back, authorities said.

Authorities said Matlock ran out the door, but only got as far as the front yard. The Omaha Fire Department pronounced Matlock dead at the scene.

Kleine said Green has been cooperating with authorities, even turning over the firearm, which is properly registered to him.

Kleine deemed the shooting justified, saying that Green was fearful for his life, wasn’t the one to provoke the incident and had no place to go.

Matlock’s family says the incident is a misunderstanding and that the 19-year-old wouldn’t have broken into someone else’s house without a reason.

The family, of course, claims that Ramon didn’t need money so the whole thing must have been a misunderstanding. Neighbors say Ramon was a fixture in the neighborhood and always for the wrong reason. You should click over and watch the video report.

Chief Tango sends you his feel good story this morning, this time it happened in Tennessee where a good son saved his mother’s life;

Kenny Guffey said he was driving home from work around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday when he called is 83-year-old mother, Christine Guffey.

“We were talking probably ten minutes and then all of the sudden her voice panicked and she said, ‘What are you doing in my house, oh no, he’s got a knife. What are you doing with the knife?’” said Guffey.

Luckily, Guffey was only two minutes away from her Balsam Road home. When he got there, he went inside with his gun drawn.

“I went through the door and [Colin Patrick Lynch, 29] was standing over her with the shovel, I didn’t see the knife, it was dark in there,” said Guffey.

Guffey said the intruder used the shovel to knock his gun out of his hand. He said he then tackled the man and got his gun back while his mother called 911.

“I sat on top of him and held him down and was able to grab my gun and put it to his head and told him not to move. And I looked down saw the knife,” said Guffey.

The police arrived later and took Lynch into custody. Guffey said that his whole family got gun permits about a year ago, and he’s thankful now that he did, although he never planned on needing a gun.

Chief Tango sends us today’s feel good story from Spokane where Army veteran protected his family from a home invader, unarmed;

Wheldon said he and his wife, Ellen, were enjoying a relaxing afternoon when she called for help.

“I said he’s coming to the door,” she said. “He started banging on the glass.”

Gary said he instinctively ran after the would-be burglar and held him for several minutes.

Meanwhile, Ellen called 911.

Deputies eventually arrived and took the suspect into custody.

Ellen said she realized how scary the situation was after her adrenaline had worn off.

The second story comes from an evidently cold Rochester, Minnesota where a man broke into a home to get warm and got a chilly reception;

According to the report, the man said he heard someone smash the glass of his front door. When he investigated, he found the 21-year-old standing inside the house; the suspect demanded money. The homeowner told the intruder he was going to get his gun. The 21-year-old reportedly told him to “do what you gotta do.”

The homeowner went to his bedroom — where he didn’t have a gun — and called his son, who lives nearby. The son arrived and found the suspect hiding near some outbuildings, the report says. He held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived.

According to the report, the 21-year-old had a preliminary breath test result of 0.251. He later told authorities he’d been out drinking and had been kicked out of the car, so he was looking for a place to get warm.

Another story comes from Ohio;

Dispatchers received a call at approximately 2:10 p.m. of a burglary in progress. Deputies say the homeowner was in the residence at the time and had a gun. He shot at Willis multiple times, hitting him in the cheek and abdomen.

According to deputies, Willis left the house and crashed his car into a ditch approximately half a mile from the home. He was airlifted to a local hospital and is in stable condition.

Deputies say the homeowner did not know Willis.

The first story to kick off your week comes from Houston where a man and his wife out for the evening was confronted by an enterprising youth seeking to raise his minimum wage;

When the couple got out of their car, a man approached them, pulled out a gun and demanded their belongings and cash, officers say. The husband turned the tables on the crook and pulled out his own weapon.

“They were confronted by the suspect who attempted to rob them,” Miller said. “The man shot in self defense and killed the suspect there in the parking lot.”

The husband’s case will be referred to a grand jury, but homicide detectives do not believe any charges will be filed.

The second story comes from Open Channel D and the scene changes to Palm Beach where 81-year-old Rosko Rock defended his renters from 39-year-old Dale Hendrix Reese;

Investigators said Reese forced his way into the house and began attacking the girlfriend and her friend, who rented a room at the residence from Rock.

Rock, according to officers, retrieved his handgun and told Reese to leave.

Police said that Reese aggressively approached Rock, so the 81-year-old man shot Reese.
Officers said they do not expect Reese to survive his wounds.

“I’m sure he did not want to shoot him. He’s not that kind of guy. As far as I’m concerned, he’s a very good neighbor,” said Cornelius.

Chief Tango sends us a couple more. The first from Omaha where 19-year-old Ramon Matlock forced his way into someone else’s home;

Police said he entered the residence through the front door. Details of exactly what happened next have not been released.

Finally, from Cleveland;

Cleveland Police say a homeowner on Aetna Ave. was at home at the time another man decided to break into his property.

The homeowner armed himself, took aim at the suspect and fired.

The suspect fled.

It is unknown whether or not the intruder was injured.

Busy weekend, huh? I feel safer, don’t you?

Our first story this morning comes from South Carolina where a 76-year-old heard someone trying an alternate entryway to his home;

Just after midnight on Wednesday morning, a 76-year-old homeowner on Edisto Avenue was awakened by someone breaking a window in the front of his home, according to a sheriff’s report. He went downstairs and saw someone reaching through the window to unlock the door.

The homeowner got his gun and fired a single shot at the suspect, the report stated. He believed the bullet struck the suspect in the right hand because he saw the suspect’s right hand bleeding.

The man’s vehicle had also been broken into, and officers reportedly found blood inside the vehicle.

Chief Tango sends us another story from Alaska where two rambunctious youths entered a home with their firearms drawn;

Fairbanks police say Chester Clifton Fields Jr. and an accomplice, 21-year-old Isaiah Cross, on Feb. 25 entered an apartment at Wedgewood Resort with guns drawn with the intention of robbing people inside.

Police say Fields fired a 9mm handgun that hit one of the apartment occupants.

Cross was carrying only a BB gun. He was struck by rounds fired by the 30-year-old man injured by Fields. The man suffered a bullet to his spine but is expected to survive.

Fields was arrested within blocks of the apartment.

Chief Tango sends us feel good story to kick off the weekend, this time it’s from Detroit where a couple of youths were prevented by the evil homeowner from climbing through his window;

Thursday’s shooting happened at about 12:30 p.m. when two men allegedly broke into a home on the 8200 block of Penrod on the city’s west side, Detroit Police Third Deputy Chief Rodney Johnson said.

“The homeowner was able to retrieve his weapon, and fired hitting one of the burglars,” Johnson said. “He ran away and collapsed in the driveway. The other burglar was able to escape.”

The homeowner heard glass shatter near the rear of his home and found one intruder, believed to be 17 years old, attempting to enter through a window, Johnson said. The resident fired two shots hitting the victim in his chest. The juvenile intruder died.

His suspected accomplice, a man in his 20s, fled the scene and is still at-large.

This shooting is the fifth incident in the past two weeks, where a resident shot an alleged intruder, said Johnson.

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Amy sends us our feel good story this time from Houston and proves the theory that criminals need to do better background checks on their prospective victims;

According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened around 9 a.m. in the 500 block of West Road.

An off-duty Houston Police Department Officer said he was sleeping when three men broke into his home. He shot and killed one of the men, deputies said. The officer was not injured.

As of 11:30 a.m., a search was still underway for the other two suspects, who ran away after the shots were fired.

Chief Tango sends us another one from Anapolis, Maryland where a business owner was too intent on keeping his wares for customers;

Officers were called to the Adore Jewelry store in the 2000 block of West Street for a reported attempted robbery around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday.

A victim told police that two men tried to rob the business. One of the men confronted an employee with a handgun from his waistband prompting the business owner to retrieve his shotgun and confront the man, police said.

The suspects subsequently fled the area in a dark-colored vehicle. The victim was not injured as a result of the incident. Officers searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspects.