Category: Feel Good Stories

From Perry County, Tennessee;

A good Samaritan with a gun is credited with helping to capture two fugitives at the center of a massive manhunt.

According to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, the two men were involved in a car chase that started Monday evening in Decatur County, then went into Wayne County.

When the chase entered Perry County, investigators said the suspects ditched the car at the end of a dirt road in the White Oak community.

Scotty Landers was in the area when he spotted one of the wanted men.

“The first one came out of the woods and came across and I was on the forklift,” Landers described to WOPC. “My son got my attention and I motioned for the truck. He got me my shotgun and I rode down on the lift and got him stopped.”

Landers grabbed lunch and returned to find the second suspect.

“(He) comes through the mill yard running and I hollered at him and he wouldnt stop,” Landers said. “He just kept running and I grabbed my shotgun. I told him I was going to shoot and he said, ‘you ain’t got nothing in this’. He kept running. I shot up in the air. He took off running harder. I ran after him and hit him and knocked him down. He jumped up and took off running again, and I pushed him and caught and held him.”

From Brazil, Indiana;

The homeowner told police he was awakened to the sound of someone beating on his front door. The homeowner said he told the man, later identified by police as [Raymond Markley] Morris, to leave his property, but the man kicked down the door and entered the home.

The homeowner said he told Morris to leave or he would shoot him. When Morris came toward him, the homeowner fired a single shot, striking Morris in the leg.

From Memphis, Tennessee;

One of the victims, who asked not to be identified, told WHBQ that his niece, who was visiting from Florida, took his gun and scared off the bold criminal after she saw that her husband was in trouble.

“She’s bold,” he said. “She ain’t scared of nothing.”

In the video, the suspect has his right hand in his waist band as he stands behind the woman’s husband. The victims said the man’s hand was on a gun.

Memphis police said Sunday afternoon the man in the blue jacket came to the Whitehaven home and asked to use one of the victims’ phones and then asked for a ride.

While the incident was unfolding outside the house, the woman and her uncle reportedly were inside the house.

Police said that after the woman saw her husband in trouble, she came out the front door with a gun and fired a warning shot.

The uncle told WHBQ: “She said she didn’t want to kill him, but when he fired back at us after she fired the warning shot, she said she was trying to hit him then but didn’t.”

Memphis police told WHBQ that the suspect ran toward the back of the house before getting away.

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From Bend, Oregon;

Poole and his wife told The Bulletin they were awoken Monday by pounding in their basement and the sound of breaking glass. They sat up in bed and listened.

Poole went to the nightstand, took his revolver from inside a white sock and walked downstairs.

Poole worked 30 years for California Highway Patrol, retiring as a lieutenant. But for the past 25 years, he’s been focused on RV-ing and fixing up classic cars. He and his wife, Susan, have lived at the end of a quiet street with no outlet in the Valhalla Heights subdivision for eight years without any trouble, they say.

But Monday, in his basement, Jerry Poole found a naked man with short-cropped hair halfway through his window.

Using a profanity, he warned the man to get out or get shot. That didn’t slow him down, Poole said. So he squeezed the trigger.

Nothing happened.

Then a second time. Then a third.

He’d forgotten to load it.

“I thought, ‘Uh oh,’” Poole said.

The man fell inside the house behind a couch and, as he was standing, Poole brained him with the grip of his revolver.

It took three more strikes to subdue him, Poole said.

“He was high on something,” Susan Poole said. “He was definitely high.”

Bend Police arrived and arrested Shelton Brian White, 45, on suspicion of first-degree burglary, fourth-degree assault and second-degree criminal mischief. Paramedics treated some of his injuries at the scene and transported him St. Charles Bend for further care.

From Prineville, Oregon;

Marla Howard says it was her house. She recounted the ordeal at Saturday’s pro-Second Amendment rally in Redmond, telling the crowd she wished she’d had a firearm. “My dogs, who are rescue dogs, alerted me very well; I’ve never heard anything out of their mouths, the way they growled. The perpetrator broke through my front door, violently. He ran into my daughter’s room and broke her door, violently.” Howard went on to describe how the man then entered her own bedroom and climbed on top of her, “I had no idea what his intentions were, I just knew that all of a sudden this tough girl wasn’t so tough, no more. I did happen to sleep with my blow dryer that evening. So, in the dark, I aimed my blow dryer at this perpetrator, who thought it was a gun.” She says he then ran off, chased by her dog.

Prineville Police located Hurley outside the house and handcuffed him.

From Laredo, Texas;

Initial reports state that three masked suspects dressed in black entered the 8-liner establishment armed with handguns.

Police said the suspects pistol-whipped two employees in the back of the head. They were not seriously hurt, according to police.

The suspects escaped with money bags containing about $2,000. A lookout was issued for the suspect vehicle. A Border Patrol agent saw the vehicle at Maryland Avenue and Chihuahua Street.

One suspected robber allegedly pointed his weapon at the agent, according to LPD. Police said the agent reacted by firing his service firearm once. It was not clear if the shot fired struck the vehicle.

The suspects managed to get away, police said. No arrests have been made.

Wilted Willie sends us a link from Orlando, Florida;

A man in his 20s is dead after a carjacking attempt at a New Texas Fried Chicken east of the Mall at Millenia in Orlando turned fatal early Sunday, an Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said.

The shooter, 49, told deputies he shot the man who was assaulting and carjacking him as he walked into the business at 2200 Americana Boulevard, spokeswoman Jane Watrel said.

Neither men have been identified by law enforcement.

Watrel said the 49-year-old has a valid concealed-carry permit.

From Montgomery, Alabama;

Montgomery police are investigating after a man suspected of robbing a business was shot and killed by the store’s employee Sunday.

According to Capt. Regina Duckett, Donnelle L Jackson, 32, is the subject of a death investigation.

Duckett says around 7:30 p.m. officers were called to the 3200 block of Mobile Highway after a call of a business robbery. An employee of the business was said to have fired a weapon at an armed suspect who then ran from the store.

From Santa Ana, California;

Authorities say a father shot an intruder at his daughter’s Santa Ana home as the man tried to crawl through a window.

The Orange County Register reports Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna says officers responded to the house at 1:50 a.m. Sunday after receiving a domestic violence call, but the intruder — the woman’s ex-boyfriend — was not there when they arrived.

Bertagna says the man apparently returned later and the father confronted him as he was coming through a window.

The wounded man was transported to a hospital.

From Newton County, Georgia;

Authorities are on the hunt for a dangerous armed robber who ambushed a homeowner in his driveway.

It all happened in a quiet neighborhood in Newton County.

But homeowner Carlos Wicker had a surprise as well.

Wicker was armed, was a former police officer, and says he was more than prepared to take on the suspect.

For 16 years Wicker served as a police officer, so he thinks this would-be robber with a gun messed with the wrong homeowner.

So on Tuesday, when a robber ambushed him in his driveway at the Riverwalk Farms community off Dearing Road in Newton County just after midnight, he wasn’t worried.

He says his years of officer training as a former DeKalb County police officer and district attorney investigator, working to take criminals off the street, took over.

“I pulled my gun, I shot at him and he took off running,” Wicker said.

Newton County deputies told FOX 5 they’re on the hunt for the robbers.

From Yakima, Washington;

Two people who forced themselves into a home early Sunday are dead of stab wounds and three people in the home were also stabbed, Yakima police reported.

Police responded to a home invasion robbery in the 1900 block of South 64th Avenue at about 3:50 a.m., according to a news release.

Two suspects forced their way inside, authorities said. Once inside, a fight ensued between the family members and the two suspects.

Three family members were stabbed, as were both suspects. The family members were all transported to an area hospital for treatment, the release noted. Both suspects died at the scene.

From Detroit, Michigan;

The home invasion and shooting took place about 2:15 a.m. on the 13000 block of Tacoma, which is south of East State Fair and west of Schoenherr.

Police say the victim was sitting in his living room when the suspect, a 51-year-old man, barged into the home and fired shots, one of which struck the victim in his face.

The victim was able to grab a piece of wood and hit the suspect in his head with it.

The victim was taken to the hospital, where he’s listed in temporary serious condition.

The suspect ran out of the house, apparently dropping the gun in the process. Police recovered the weapon at the scene. A short time later, police caught up to the suspect at an area hospital and arrested him.

From New Orleans, Louisiana;

According to NOPD, two suspects walked into Waffle House in the 2900 block of Elysian Fields Avenue just after 10 p.m. Thursday. One of them men jumped on the counter and demanded money from the cashier. He took $8 from a customer.

The second suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Ernest Thomas, stood on the side near the counter, covering staff and serving as a lookout.

As the first suspect approached a customer, the customer pulled out his personal firearm and drew his weapon. The first suspect ran out of the building, and Thomas turned and pointed his gun at the customer.

The customer fired several shots at Thomas, who fled from the restaurant. Witnesses observed the subjects flee in a white Chrysler south on Elysian Fields Avenue.

Detectives found a blood trail outside the business leading to the area where the waiting car had been parked. Detectives alerted local hospitals for any recent gunshot victims.

A short time later, detectives learned a man with several gunshot wounds to the back and arm had been dropped off on the emergency ramp at University Medical Center.

Detectives went to the hospital room where the shooting victim was and saw he matched the description of the armed robbery. Detectives also recovered the suspect’s bloody pants and sneakers.

Hospital security footage showed a white Chrysler pull on to the ramp at a high rate of speed and the suspect exiting the vehicle and walking into the emergency room.

The subject had been shot in the lower back, hip, and arm.

From Elbert County, Colorado;

Deputies said the 23-year-old was shot on Monday after breaking into his mother’s house and assaulting her. This is in Elbert County in the 36000 block of County Road 17, just north of the town of Elizabeth about 4:00 p.m.

The homeowner told deputies that she shot her son, James Mamich, when she said she feared for her life. He was released from the hospital on Thursday and is being held on several charges including burglary, criminal mischief and and assault.

From Indianapolis, Indiana;

Keith and Kellie Durham were arrested for theft, burglary and possession of a controlled substance.

Police believe the pair broke into the home the night before when no one was there. When they returned Friday morning, the homeowner’s son was there and he was armed.

Police say he handcuffed and held the suspects at gunpoint until officers got there.

“I think this was a crime of opportunity and I think that some people don’t go about getting things the right way, like people who work and purchase their own things instead of stealing them,” said Becky Owens, who lives two doors down from the home.

From Greenville County, South Carolina;

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said a resident arrived home Friday morning and found someone inside their home on Easterlin Way.

Deputies say the resident fired at least one round before going outside to call law enforcement.

Deputies responded to a reported burglary at the home around 8:10 a.m. Friday.

Officers found the subject dead in a closet.

The investigation is underway.

From St Louis, Missouri;

Five people were inside that home at the time, and one of them, a man, 67, was struck by gunfire in the back. A man, 29, inside the home then grabbed his own gun and shot the suspect in the leg, police said.

The robber fled, but continued to fire shots. That’s when the off-duty officer saw him, pulled out his gun and shot at the fleeing vehicle, police said.

The robber returned fire at the officer, but the officer was not struck, police said.

Police then arrested the injured suspect on Harlan Avenue, off North Broadway in the Baden neighborhood.

St. Louis police have since determined the suspect was not struck by the officer’s gunfire, but by the victim’s gunfire.

From South Bend, Indiana;

South Bend police responded to a shooting on the city’s west side late Thursday morning

Initially, one man was reported injured. Later, as the investigation unfolded, police reportedly discovered that the shooting happened during an attempted robbery, and when the victim attempted to defend himself, he was shot.

But the victim also returned fire, according to a release issued by the South Bend Police Department Thursday night.

There were two suspects in the attempted robbery, and it was not immediately clear whether either of the suspects was shot.

But police later responded to a possible gunshot victim in a Niles hospital and concluded the person hospitalized there was one of the suspects in the attempted robbery.

Both the victim and the suspect reportedly were treated for injuries.

From Covington, Georgia;

According to a Newton County Sheriff’s Office incident report, law enforcement responded to the home on Rosemoore Drive just past midnight April 18 on a report of the robbery attempt. An NCSO spokesperson said the homeowner had just arrived home when he was approached by an unknown male suspect brandishing a handgun who demanded his property.

When the suspect raised his gun, the homeowner drew his own weapon and fired a shot. The would-be robber fled the scene and the homeowner observed a vehicle drive by at a high rate of speed. After hearing what he thought was a gunshot, the homeowner fired a shot at the vehicle.

From Gary, Indiana;

One man is dead and another is on the run after a customer at an auto dealership shot and killed a robbery suspect in self-defense, police said.

The customer and an employee were outside of Ocampo Auto Sales, a used car lot at 401 W. Ridge Road, when two men approached them, according to Gary police.

Officers and EMS were called out at about 2 p.m. to investigate.

A second robbery suspect fled the scene, police said. Police did not immediately have a description or other information about the second suspect.

The Lake County coroner’s office identified the gunshot victim — and robbery suspect — as Markis D. Square, 30, of Gary.

From Evansville, Indiana;

At a news conference Thursday, Evansville Police said 48-year-old Michael Anthony Foster of Evansville was shot by an officer.

EPD said Foster had committed a violent rape at an apartment on Spring Valley Road near Green River Road.

EPD said Foster left but threatened victim he was coming back. When Foster came back, he was confronted by an officer.

Police said the officer asked him to drop his weapon, but instead Foster pointed it at the officer. The EPD officer then shot Foster several times.

Foster is being treated at a local hospital. EPD is not identifying the officer.

During their investigation, police said they discovered Foster was holding a replica gun, not a real one.

Michael Antony Foster is a convicted sex offender, according to EPD. Foster was convicted of child molesting in 1997.

From San Antonio Texas;

Police were called around 9:37 p.m. to a home on the 7000 block of Valley Trails for reports of a shooting. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his chest on the living room floor.

The man allegedly got in a fight with a relative before he was shot. According to police, the relative locked herself in a bedroom, which the man kicked open and started punching her.

The suspect then grabbed her handgun and found the man chocking his family member. The suspect was shot once and pronounced the man dead at the scene by EMS.

From Glen St. Mary, Florida;

Three men say they were asleep inside a mobile home in Glen St. Mary about 4 a.m. Sunday when they heard a voice outside yell “Sheriff’s Office!” before the front door burst open.

In stormed a masked gunman who fired off a single round before two of the men inside, one armed with an AR-15 rifle and the other with a handgun, emerged from two bedrooms and opened fire.

Gunfire ripped into the masked gunman and two other intruders, who crumpled to the floor with multiple gunshot wounds.

Those details surfaced Tuesday when the Baker County Sheriff’s Office released an arrest report linked to this weekend’s home invasion turned deadly triple shooting.

Five people are charged in the case. Investigators suspect the home invasion escalated from an ongoing feud between two groups that was stoked by social media threats.

The victims told deputies they acted in self-defense when they turned their guns on the intruders, with one of them estimating he fired over 30 rounds from an AR-15 before the threat was over.

Afterward, the victims retreated to another part of the home before they dialed 911, according to the report. None of them was hurt during the shooting.

The same cannot be said for the intruders, several of whom were inside a vehicle deputies intercepted as it sped away from the mobile home off County Road 125.

One of them, Corey Lauramore, died of gunshot wounds to the head. An unidentified 16-year-old remains hospitalized, and a third suspect, William Lauramore, was treated and released to police.

From Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK;

Former Thai boxer Anji Rhys, who kept the weapon on her wall to protect her family, sprung into action when four masked men burst into her home looking for a cannabis factory.
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They kicked down the door of the home in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, that she shares with her partner Rebecca McCarvel, 42, son Dillon, 22, and her elderly mother.

But the gang had not only gone to the wrong address – they had picked on the wrong person to rob.

Anji, 49, said: ‘I had finished work at about nine o’clock and got home. My partner was asleep on the sofa, my 82 year old mum and my son were asleep upstairs.

The gang had not only gone to the wrong address – they had picked on the wrong person to rob.

‘Ironically, I had put 24 hours in police custody on the television and it was 33 minutes in.

‘I heard what I thought was a massive explosion and then I realised it was my front door that was being kicked in.

‘I ran there and was met with a masked man with a hammer. He was about 6 foot 6 tall with a blue bandana hiding his face.

‘I ran and grabbed my crossbow and had a little tussle with a second man who had a machete. He went to grab it, but I managed to spin and shoot him in the belly with it at close range.

‘He shouted “You fucking bitch, you shot me”. At that point he fell on me, cutting my hand with the machete.

From North Charleston, South Carolina;

Officials with the North Charleston Police Department say shortly after 7 p.m. officers responded to the parking lot of 2170 Ashley Phosphate Rd in reference to a shooting.

A woman told a responding officer that she shot [Jason] Stinchcomb, who had been trying to get into her car and he was down in the parking lot somewhere, according to the incident report.

The officer then drove around and found Stinchcomb on the ground with a gunshot wound to the right leg and stated he had an odor of alcohol on his breath, according to the report.

Stinchcomb and the woman didn’t know each other, the report stated.

“The female confronted the suspect at which time she says the suspect advanced towards her,” NCPD officials said.

Stinchcomb was transported to Trident Hospital for treatment and is facing a charge of attempted carjacking.