Category: Feel Good Stories

Chief Tango and BubbleHead Ray send us a link to a story about a young man who was turning his life around tried to rob a bunch of folks who were in line to buy the new Lebron James sneakers. I guess he figured that all of the customers had $180 for the footwear, but h never figured that one of them would have their own gun;

According to witnesses, an armed man tried to rob a group of customers in line about 5:30 a.m. But one of the customers who was armed with his on own handgun shot and killed the suspect.

The suspect ran just a few yards away before he collapsed and died, police said. Witnesses told Channel 2 Action News the suspect had been pick-pocketing people all week long.

“(The suspect) wanted to pick-pocket everybody. But people out here, they weren’t going for none of that,” said customer Taylor White.

Chief Tango sends us a link to a story in Jacksonville, FL about two youths who were obviously turning their lives around when they forced their way into the wrong home;

“They barged in guns pointed at us screaming get on the ground, where is your money, where is your money. And the next thing I know boom, boom, boom, boom,” said “Big John” who lives in the home and did not want to be identified.

One of the people inside the home fired shots, hitting at least one of the intruders, 24-year-old Aaron Antwan Harris.

Harris was taken to UF Health Jacksonville, where he later died.

A tense minute or two is how “Percy” described what unfolded inside the home where six men were watching a movie.

“Then I heard bullets. I don’t know who is firing and then it is silent to scared to look up, but I do. I see my friends looking up as well and I see a man face down,” said Percy who was visiting friends.

Another body found behind a dumpster a ways from the apartment is thought to be the second young person who was just getting his life together when he was forced to break into a stranger’s home.

Chief Tango sends us a link to the final chapter of Mustafa Sheffield’s story which ended on the floor of the Top Dollar, a cash for gold store in Newark, NJ, after his nine year incarceration in East Jersey State Prison. Apparently Mustafa, who was turning his life around, entered the store and tried to help them reduce their inventory when the store’s owner fired his gun at young Mustafa;

Sheffield threatened to shoot several of the owner’s relatives and ordered the man to fill a backpack with money and gold around 3:30 p.m., Murray said.

During the course of the robbery, the store owner pulled out a weapon from behind the counter and shot Sheffield once, Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio said. Sheffield died a short time later at University Hospital in Newark.

Criminal charges have not been filed against the store owner, whose identity was withheld, but Murray said the matter will likely be presented to a grand jury. Two law enforcement sources told The Star-Ledger today the weapon the store owner used was a legal, registered firearm.

So businesses in Newark are marginally safer today with Mustafa’s passing.

Chief Tango sends us a link to the story of a naked burglar who was minding his own business and turning his life around when a mean old homeowner discharged a firearm at him;

The man who police say tried to break into a home on Glenada Court at Gibbons Road early Monday morning was naked, in the buff.

Police say the resident was at home when the naked burglar came calling. Police say he told the intruder he had a gun. The burglar kept trying to enter through a window, so the homeowner fired off a shot.

The suspect was not hit. The gunshot was enough to send him back out the window.

Yeah, if someone tells you that they have a gun, you probably ought to err on the side of caution and believe it.

Chief Tango sends us links to a story in Tuscaloosa, AL in which Milton Prentice, who was turning his life around, found himself in someone else’s apartment and a gun in his hand. The owner of the apartment disputed Prentice’ right to take his stuff and fired his own gun. Both were wounded, but met up again at the hospital;

According to the release, Prentice brought the 19-year-old to DCH Regional Medical Center. The teen had been shot in the leg.

A few minutes later, the 21-year-old arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound in the arm, the release stated. Tuscaloosa police responded to a call to the hospital at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday.

The 21-year-old shooting victim told police that two black males had attempted to rob him and that he shot the unidentified 19-year-old when he and Prentice tried to force their way into his apartment in the 2200 block of 48th St. E.

The investigating officer tied the two gunshot wounds to each. Neither wound is life threatening, which means the homeowner should get a few more hours practice every week.

Chief Tango sends us links to the story of Leonard Guerra who was just turning his life around when he found himself inside a house that was being renovated in San Bernardino, CA and for some reason was confronted by the homeowner who began screaming;

“The female victim began to scream for other family members to come help her, and Guerra grabbed her.”

The victim’s dad hustled to her aid.

“Guerra attempted to attack the father, at which time Guerra was shot once by the father,” Walker wrote.

See, that’s what fathers are for.

The Contra Costa Times says that Mr Guerra is in serious but stable condition at the local hospital, which is better than the homeowner or her father being in serious but stable condition.

In Georgia, a homeowner’s door bell rang and when he went to answer it, there was no one at the door. So when it rang again, he answered the door holding his .45 caliber handgun. When he stepped out on his porch, 45-year-old Anthony Devine, wearing a mask lunged at the thirty-five year old homeowner with a knife.

They said the resident fired numerous times at Devine with a .45 caliber handgun, then ran into his house and called 911.

When officers arrived, they found the suspect near the front door with several gunshot wounds to his back and butt.

I’m guessing at the sight and sound of the first shot, Devine turned tail showing his get-away stance, but not getting away quickly enough. He is, however, in the hospital, lucky for him.

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.

Chief Tango sends us a link to MyFoxAtlanta about a homeowner who discovered three men ransacking his home when he returned last night. A shoot out ensued;

Gunfire was exchanged between the homeowner and the burglars and ended up fleeing the home through an open window.

When police arrived, they found a man dead on the front lawn of the neighboring home. An autopsy shows the man died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

Police also found a handgun outside the window.

From the video: [Neighbors] hope that the fact that the homeowner had a gun sends a message to would-be criminals.