Category: Feel Good Stories

These have been coming is slower than normal lately, but here are three for your Tuesday moring muffin goodness. The first is from Alabama, where a homeowner came home in the early evening to find two armed thugs had beat him home;

At least one of the suspects brandished a gun and shot the homeowner in the leg, who in turn, shot one of the suspects. Southeast Shelby Rescue paramedics and Wilsonville firemedics treated both persons at the scene. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital via ambulance with non life-threatening injuries. The suspect was transported to a local hospital via helicopter with more serious injuries. – See more at: http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2014/01/26/two-shot-injured-in-wilsonville-home-burglary/#sthash.zo4UEiFz.dpuf

The other two are from Chief Tango and they’re both from Texas, the first from San Antonio;

The homeowner told police he was watching television when the men showed up at his door.

They were banging on the door, yelling at him to come out.

The homeowner told police he was afraid for his life, so he grabbed a shotgun and fired one shot through a window, hitting one of the suspects.

The other suspects drove him to a hospital downtown where they were all taken into custody.

The next story is from Port Arthur where four thugs held the homeowner at gunpoint while the fellows removed their property;

As the men left, a resident fired at least one shot at the suspects. Evidence at the scene led officers to believe that the suspects fired back.

The police department reports receiving a 911 call of shots fired just after 10 p.m. in the 300 block of 9th Street. A second call mere minutes after the first, reported a shooting victim at another location.

Officers spoke with the residents at the location of the first call and were told that three men had forcibly entered the home.

Officers believe that the shooting victim reported during the second call is a possible suspect in the home invasion.

The shooting victim was taken to Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. He is listed in critical condition.

So today’s feel good story is only a partial. Our homeowner shot the bad guy and lived to tell about it, but I guess he wasn’t supposed to have a gun in the first place. From Florida;

Jacksonville police have judged that a homeowner who shot and killed an intruder inside his house was justified in firing the shot.

But the homeowner, whose name has not been released, has been arrested for a misdemeanor violation of injunction for having a firearm, and was taken into custody Saturday afternoon, police said.

It’s Florida, so the only reason the 50-year-old shooter isn’t allowed to have a gun that I can think of would be that he’s a felon, and that’s bad. Felons shouldn’t have guns, but at least he sent another felon to his reward, so that’s a reason to feel good.

Let’s get this weekend started with an odd feel good story. It comes from Michigan and sent us by ohio. The story is about a fellow who was loading band equipment in his van outside a local club;

Police say a man with a gun approached another man loading band equipment into his car. The suspect took some equipment, then let the victim drive away.

But as he did, the suspect began yelling and aimed the gun at the car. The driver, who has a concealed weapons permit, pulled his gun and fired at the suspect, hitting him once in the chest.

When police arrived, they found the suspect and discovered the gun he used was fake. He’s in serious condition in the hospital.

Just because you use a fake gun, that doesn’t mean everyone else does, too.

Time to get ready for the weekend with a couple of Friday morning feel good stories. The first comes from Texas where a son rescues his father from a armed thief;

“[The burglar] got in my truck, opened the door and started digging in my console looking for stuff. So, that’s when I came out of my house and came up behind him with a gun and confronted him,” explains the homeowner.

The burglar ran off –with gun fire chasing him– but he left his get-away vehicle parked on the road.

“I went to his truck to make sure he wasn’t going to get away. I turned his key off and got his key out and he came up behind me and jumped me when my guard was down,” says the homeowner.

The weapon was wrestled from the homeowner’s hands and before he knew it, his own gun was pointed at him.

“I knew he had the gun and I knew there were two more rounds left in it,” recalls the homeowner.

“All I saw was this guy coming up out of the ditch with a gun, and he put that gun on my dad and I just jumped out and put it on him,” says the homeowner’s son.

An oil stain on the pavement shows exactly where the burglar parked. The homeowner says the two got into a scuffle in a nearby ditch. Wednesday, there was still blood on the ground where the burglar was shot.

“He was going to kill my dad. There’s no doubt about that. He was going to kill my dad,” says the son.

The next story, sent by Chief Tango, is from California;

The man who called police, identified as Christopher Charles, said he had just shot an intruder in his home, Joseph said.

When officers arrived at the residence, Charles was found on scene and was cooperative with investigators. Joseph said Charles lives in the residence with his elderly mother.

The alleged intruder, whose name is being withheld due to medical reasons, already had fled the scene on foot by the time police arrived, Joseph said.

Within a few minutes, officers located the male suspect in the 14600 block of Uhl Avenue. Joseph said the man had a gunshot wound to his upper torso that was not life-threatening.

During interviews with police, the alleged intruder made inconsistent statements, Joseph said.

Being that it’s California, they seized the gun, so everyone in the neighbor who knows Mr. Charles, also knows he can’t protect himself tonight.

The next story comes from Virginia;

At 12:18 p.m. officers with the ACPD were dispatched to the 1600 block of Townwood Court for a call of a home invasion and shooting. When they arrived on scene, they found one man dead inside the home, the victim of a gunshot wound. The victim was later identified Ronald Eugene Glover Jr. He was 20 years old and from Albemarle County.

Two men inside the home at the time of the shooting were detained and taken to the police department to be questioned. They were later released.

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Chief Tango sends us our feel good story today to enjoy with your Wheaties, this time it’s from Washington State where a ma and his wife returned home from a night out to find a uninvited guest;

The man had returned to his home with his wife, and armed himself with a handgun when he heard noises on the second floor of his home, Thurston County Sheriff’s Lt. Greg Elwin said.

When the homeowner confronted the burglar at the top of the stairs, the suspect either attempted to assault, or did assault the homeowner, Elwin said. The homeowner fired a single shot which struck the suspect in the thigh, Elwin added.

The 27-year-old burglary suspect was not armed, Elwin added. No one else was in the home at the time of the shooting besides the intruder, the homeowner and his wife, Elwin said.

The burglary suspect was trying to steal items from the homeowner’s residence, and had items belonging to the homeowner on his person when he was shot, Thurston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ken Clark said. Clark said the burglary suspect had “jewelry and stuff like that.”

1Cav69 sends us another link to a story in South Carolina where one guy was trying to sell his four-wheeler to another guy when a third guy tried to jack the ride;

At about 4:30 p.m. in woods between Churchdale Road and Burton Wells Park, a masked man wearing a black hooded jacket and a red bandana pointed a silver revolver at them and demanded they get off the four-wheeler. The victim refused, and the masked man struck him on the head with the gun. The victim grabbed the gun and wrestled the masked man to the ground, according to the release. The man test-driving the four-wheeler drove off.

The victim called 911 while maintaining control of the suspect, who was identified as Byron Habersham, the release said. Habersham was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital for treatment, and his condition was unknown Tuesday night.

So the four-wheeler ended up stolen, just not by the guy with the gun.

Yet another story from Tampa Bay, a brief report;

According to the Citrus Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home southwest of Floral City at 1:43 p.m. after someone posted a request for help on Facebook. The unnamed person, who did not have a phone, walked in on a burglary in process, a confrontation ensued, and the male intruder was shot, investigators say. Authorities believe the man was involved in a burglary about a mile away north of Brooksville, about 10:45 a.m. The homeowners confronted two male suspects. Both fled on foot. Hernando sheriff’s deputies caught Timothy David Stone, while the other man got away. Stone, 29, was taken to the Hernando County Detention Center.

Chief Tango sends our feel good story this morning from Forest Acres, South Carolina where three rambuctious young gentlemen knocked on a door;

As one of the occupants investigated who was at the door, the men barged into home and started firing.

Sealy described the shots as warning shots to intimidate those who were in the home. None of the occupants were hit.

“The fact that they came in and started firing weapons,” said Sealy. “That is very unusual. It’s now uncommon, but it is unusual. Especially for our little town.”

As the suspects moved to the back of the house, one of the six young adults returned fire and killed one of the suspects.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts identified the deceased suspect as 23-year-old DeShawn T. Patterson of Columbia. An autopsy conducted this morning shows that he died from complications of gunshot wounds to the upper body and head.

The other two gents were last seen hopping over a fence, even with a load in each of their drawers.

UpNorth sends us a link to our story with which to joyously start our week, this time from Grand Rapids where a fellow was loading his pickup truck and two armed gentlemen introduced themselves to save him the trouble;

Police say a man was loading equipment into his pick-up truck when two people tried to rob him, both had guns. The intended victim was able to get into his truck and grab his own gun before shooting one of the suspects. The other suspect ran away but left his gun behind. The shot suspect ran a few doors down and collapsed in between some houses. Police say that shot suspect is in serious condition.

The suspects were able to get away with some of the man’s equipment.

Is it just me or are these local reporters taking too many liberties with the language, lately? “Shot suspect”?

Todays’ story comes from Phoenix, AZ where a 77-year-old had been burglarized six times and this time was the last straw;

The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old William Thomas Mackey.

Thompson said officers responded to the home around 3:20 a.m. where the 77-year-old resident told them someone had burglarized his home the day before and that he was awakened on Friday by an intruder.

He said he realized the intruder was not a family member and got a shotgun. He told police he feared for his life and fired one shot at the suspect who was struck and fell to the ground.

Thompson said Mackey was pronounced deceased at the scene. A pickup truck he drove to the scene was found in front of the residence, according to Thompson.

According to the Washington Times, the homeowner had been burglarized just the night before the shooting, too.