Category: Feel Good Stories

Chief Tango sends us our feel good story for the day, this one from Milwaukee. Three people tried to rob a bar with at least two guns;

Andy Kochanski, owner of Concertina Beer Hall, says three armed suspects attempted to rob him at gunpoint. That’s when Kochanski produced a handgun and shot one of the suspects.

The suspect died on the scene, and the other two suspects fled.

“I defended myself,” said Kochanski. “I did the shooting. Two guys with guns, what are you going to do? Protect yourself and your customers, that’s what I did.”

Nearby residents and customers commended Kochanski’s actions, however this is not the first time the bar owner has pulled out his pistol.

“There was another attempted robbery during my Christmas party which I dealt with pretty much the same way. I have no regrets doing it and I would do it again,” said Kochanski.

Chief Tango sends our feel good story today and it comes from Houston. A man and his wife returned to their house and found it had been burglarized in their absence. While they were waiting for the police, the burglar returned and broke in again;

His wife says he returned to find their home burglarized — an iPad, game system and gun stolen. As they were waiting for officers to respond, she says the crook came back and her husband opened fire.

“I always keep one on me. He stole my wife’s gun,” the homeowner said.

So he reached for his other gun.

“Somebody came into the house while I was in there with my family,” he said.

He fired off multiple shots. The suspect, wounded, escaped to the apartment complex behind his house, where Houston police found him. He was rushed to Memorial Hermann Hospital as the wife’s father, Danny Burkett, arrived.

“I’m grateful that everything worked out OK for them. But the perpetrator, I don’t have no mercy for that bastard,” Burkett said.

There’s no word on the burglar’s condition, except that it’s pretty clear that his life has been turned around.

Editor’s Note: This story seems to have been a case of a false report by someone with mental issues.

Police said after further investigation they learned the resident suffers from mental health issues. There was never an intruder or shots fired.

The resident was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation.

John sends us a link hot off the press to get your feel good on tonight from Irving, TX. It’s brief, but it has all of the important elements;

Irving Police have been called to a home where a suspect has been shot after an apparent home invasion.

The initial call indicated that a resident had shot the intruder inside the home, located at 2126 Cochran Street, near Rochelle and Story Roads.

What else do you need?

Chief Tango sends us a feel good story on this slow news day, this time from Yakima, Washington. From this article, it sounds like the family was camping out in the yard or something when they heard noises inside the house. The Yakima Herald reports;

Deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress at 9:27 a.m. Sunday. When they arrived at the house on McKinley Road north of Progressive Road, family members said the boy had broken in while they were asleep, according to the release.

Family members said that when they heard noises and went to investigate, they discovered the teenager who assaulted them when confronted, according to deputies.

Then the homeowner shot the boy once, deputies said.

Investigators said they found evidence that the boy had been searching and removing property before being discovered, according to the release.

I guess he thought no one was home and then when he was confronted, he decided to turn his life around and assault the man who had a gun. Probably a bad idea.

Chief Tango sends today’s feel good story from Florida when Mike’s dogs began barking about 2 am. Mike found an intruder in his kitchen;

“The dogs were barking. I left my bedroom to find an intruder standing in my kitchen; he was ordered to stop. He advanced forward, and that’s when I did what I had to do to protect myself and my family,” he explained.

Mike said his house was dark and groggy before he saw a silhouette coming for him. After ordering the person to stop, Mike said he fired two gun shots.

“At that point in time you are in fear for your life. You don’t know if this guy is armed; you don’t know what he is armed with; you don’t know what his intentions are; you can’t take those chances in the middle of the night,” he said.

Deputies said the man in the kitchen was 25-year-old Cody Miller—who lives across the street from Mike.

Deputies said they believe Miller was intoxicated when he allegedly kicked down Mike’s door.

Criminal defense attorney Scott Moorey said this is an open-and-shut case—a classic situation of self defense.

No one knows why Cody was there and obviously he wasn’t in the mood to tell Mike. Maybe he can concoct a credible story while he’s recovering in the hospital and turning his life around.

I guess the warm weather is facilitating more people trying to turn their lives around. Chief Tango sends us two more today. The first is from an Indian Reservation in Wisconsin;

The victim, 26-year-old James Hamilton of Stone Lake, was shot in the head and abdomen. Butler shot Hamilton after he entered his apartment and battered him, according to a department press release. A third man, 25-year-old Kevin Crone, also entered Butler’s residence with Hamilton and was involved in the fight.

Butler was transported to an area hospital after the incident and then transported to the Sawyer County Jail. Butler has since been released.

I guess Hamilton’s accomplices in the life-changing antics have also been arrested.

The second story comes from Raleigh;

Police said a resident of the apartment complex was in his unit when he was confronted by an armed intruder. The resident, who also was armed, discharged a handgun at the intruder.

The intruder was pronounced at the scene.

I’m guessing they meant “pronounced dead” because that’s usually the outcome when someone “discharged a handgun at” you.

Upnorth sends us another feel good story for today, this time from Atlanta, where two teens might live long enough to turn their lives around. The homeowner didn’t respond to knocks at his door when he didn’t recognize the car in his driveway. Moments later, two of the three occupants of the car tried to force their way into the house.

And moments after ringing the doorbell, the two teen boys were kicking in the back door. When the son found the intruders in his home, he opened fire, hitting them both and sending them running out of the house.

One neighbor, Larry Turner, saw the boys running down the street and called 911.

“They were pretty bad,” Turner told reporters. “One had lacerations down his arm, his shirt was torn. He was losing a lot of blood.”

The two teens, 14- and 15-years-old, didn’t get very far before police arrived. They were transported to a local hospital where they are both in stable condition.

The third teen, who was also 15-years-old, was waiting in the getaway car, which had recently been reported as stolen, in the driveway when the homeowner opened fire on the other two. However, when they took off running, he followed suit, but was also caught a few blocks away.

So, today’s feel good story comes from a Houston Denny’s where a woman came out of the restroom and found her man being robbed by a group of six armed thieves;

Police said there was a shoot out, but it is not known how many shots were fired at the time. However, police said the gunshots hit cars in the parking lot.

No bystanders or customers were injured.

The group of suspects fled the scene.

Someone needs to buy Girlfriend some range time. The last I heard, Denny’s doesn’t allow firearms inside their restaurants even though a patron may be carrying one legally – the reason I quit going there.