Category: Feel Good Stories

From Grayson County, Texas;

A man is in the hospital after authorities said he broke into a Grayson County home and was shot by the owner.

Neighbors said the homeowner, who is elderly and bedridden, told them the intruder worked on his yard in the past and has allegedly created problems recently.

The owner told them he heard the man breaking into his home off of Farmington Road, between Van Alstyne and Howe, Thursday night around 10 p.m.

“Saw the person, told him to leave and he didn’t,” Capt. Sarah Bigham said.

Grayson County Capt. Sarah Bigham said the homeowner shot the alleged intruder then called 911.

Neighbors said the homeowner had a gun right next to his bed and shot the man in the stomach three times.

“The person he shot was no longer at the residence when our deputies arrived there,” Bigham said.

So deputies started searching for the man who was shot and later found him at a local hospital, but they still don’t know how he got there.

From El Paso, Texas;

The incident began when the man allegedly was trying to break into the house and the homeowner came outside.

The alleged intruder then picked up what police described as a weapon and charged at the resident, who retreated inside, police said.

The intruder then forced his way inside and charged at the homeowner a second time, police said.

The homeowner got a handgun and shot the man, who fled, police said.

Police said that patrol officers already were en route to the burglary call when the call was upgraded to a shooting before officers arrived.

Patrol officers found the wounded man nearby. He was taken to University Medical Center of El Paso for treatment, police said.

The man will be charged with burglary of habitation and booked into jail once he is released from the hospital, officials said.

From West Valley City, Utah;

Lt. Jeff Conger, West Valley City Police, said a man was standing at the Redbox at a gas station at 3500 South 4400 West around 11 p.m. when another male went inside to purchase beer.

“The man who went in to buy the beer appeared to be in a hurry, according to the cashier,” said Conger. “That man then left the store and stood directly behind the man at the Redbox and for some unknown reason, pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the neck.”

Conger said after the man was stabbed, the victim went to his car and grabbed a gun and shot the suspect multiple times.

The suspect, who had been struck by one of the bullets, fled the area but when police arrived they searched the area with K-9 officers and located the man nearby.

Both the victim and the suspect were sent to area hospitals with significant wounds but have both been released.

Conger said they booked 21-year-old David Tuipulotu Vea into the Salt Lake County Jail for felony aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person. Conger said the stabbing victim will most likely not face any charges.

From Stone County, Arkansas;

A news release issued by the SCSO states that before the shooting happened, deputies had been called to investigate a report of an intoxicated person on Cedar Creek Rd. who was making threats over the phone to the homeowner and was armed with a gun. It was later learned that the intoxicated person was a Marshall resident.

A few minutes later, deputies headed to the scene were told that the homeowner, who was still on the phone with dispatchers, feared for his safety and the safety of his family and had fired shots at the intruder.

When deputies arrived moments later, they saw through the open door of the home, that a man was lying dead on the floor several feet inside and that what appeared to be a rifle, was lying next to him.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the deceased suspect had unlawfully entered the home and was confronted by the homeowner.

From Arnold, Missouri;

According to police, a person came into the Pawn King on Jeff Co Boulevard around 4 p.m. attempting to rob the store. The suspect, who was armed, was shot and killed inside the building.

At present, it’s unclear who else was in the store when it happened.

A longtime customer said that the store owner, his wife, and brother were almost always there manning the shop. He said the store sells a lot of guns and that the store owner and his brother are experienced with guns and always carrying.

In Bakersfield, California;

When deputies arrived, the resident, a man, was holding the suspect, a 17-year-old boy, at gunpoint. The resident put his gun away as deputies approached.

The Sheriff’s Office determined the resident confronted the teen about breaking into his backyard shed. That’s when the teen allegedly tried to stab the resident, and the resident responded by shooting the teen in the leg.

The Sheriff’s Office said the teen will get medical care before being booked into Juvenile Hall.

In St Paul, Minnesota;

According to police: The robbery victim and the suspect, both of them men, met on Facebook Marketplace where one agreed to sell the other an iPhone X for $500.

When they met in the parking lot, the buyer, a St. Paul man, started counting out the money in $20 denominations to make the payment. At that point, the seller “placed a black firearm to his side and took the money,” Ernster said.

The robbery victim drew his own gun and fired up to three shots at the suspect, who fled on foot. Police do not believe the suspect, who is 18, fired at the robbery victim at any point.

The robbery victim fled the scene, called police and later returned to the area to assist in the investigation. He was not arrested in the incident.

The suspect was dropped off by a private vehicle near Regions Hospital.

From White City, Oregon;

30-year-old James Bennett is currently in the hospital, and will be brought to jail once he is released.

Detectives believe that Bennett and at least one accomplice approached an apartment on the 7600 block of Division Road in White City with the intent of committing a crime. In attempting a home invasion robbery, Bennett was shot by a resident.

Bennett called 911 for medical attention around 8:19 p.m. that evening. Deputies found him near Division Road and Carr Street. Bennett was transported to Rogue Medical Center with a single gunshot wound to the stomach.

The shooter’s name has not been released, and JCSO says that he has been cooperating with investigators.

From New Orleans, Louisiana;

It happened at Thai D-Jing food truck around 8 p.m., which was parked in the 200 block of Morgan Street.

According to an initial police report, after closing down for the night, the 37-year-old victim recognized someone who robbed him last week approaching his truck. The victim locked the doors, but the alleged robber tried to open them before jumping on the hood of the truck and pulling out a gun.

Police said the victim fired one shot through the window and the alleged robber ran away.

An initial police report said the same truck was robbed last Wednesday night while parked at the same location. In that robbery, the victim said an armed man stuck his head into the driver’s side of the truck. The man reportedly threatened to shoot employees if they did not give him money. The employees did, and police say the man ran away.

From Alakanuk, Alaska;

According to State Trooper William Connors’ affidavit, the incident began early Saturday morning. Leroy Patrick, age 42, loaded his semi-automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine and walked to his daughter Shari Andrew’s house, where she was asleep with her boyfriend, Greg Konst, and their 18-month-old daughter.

Andrew and Konst told State Troopers that Patrick fired a round into their home from outside. Then he walked up the steps and forced his way into their arctic entryway. He fired another round into the main doorframe. “Open the door,” Konst remembers Patrick saying repeatedly, “or I will shoot again.”

The family hit the floor, and Konst grabbed his 12-gauge shotgun. He said that Patrick fired two more rounds into the house. Bullet fragments hit the side of Konst’s face, and he said he could feel it burning. Lying on the ground, Konst managed to load a single round and fired it through the front door. It hit Patrick below the knee, and then Konst rushed him. He said he disarmed Patrick and pinned him to the floor until the Troopers came to take him away.

Trooper Connors reported finding bullet damage inside the home. There were still 14 rounds of live ammunition in Patrick’s rifle. Connors also wrote that alcohol was involved in this incident.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, your guess is as good as mine;

According to police, a person entered another man’s apartment with intentions of robbing him but the later was armed and it led to shots being fired between the two.

Both robber and the other man was shot. One of them has been pronounced dead and the other is at the hospital in critical condition.

The investigation is still ongoing.

From Trussville, Alabama;

The incident happened at the Burger King on North Chalkville Road.

Police say a lady met someone through an online market place and went to the restaurant to buy a cell phone.

The seller walked up to her vehicle and showed her the phone and then a second man came up to her passenger side, opened the door and tried to rob the woman at gunpoint, according to police.

The woman had her own gun and reportedly shot the suspect in the leg.

Trussville detectives are interviewing a person with a gunshot wound to his leg to determine if he is the suspect.

From Travelers Rest, South Carolina;

Deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Blue Ridge Drive near Shelton Road around 10 p.m. last night for a report of a shooting.

After an initial investigation, deputies allege that 30-year-old James Michael Smith, Jr. tried to enter the home through a window and was shot at least once after being verbally warned by the homeowner.

Smith was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital. His condition is unknown.

From Scott County, Kentucky;

One person has died in an officer-involved shooting in Georgetown.

Police say it began with a home invasion about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning on Echo Path.

We’re told a man broke into the home, armed with two guns.

Officers responded to the scene and the man raised his arm toward them. That’s when an officer opened fire.

From Helena, Arkansas;

Helena-West Helena Police Chief Patrick Smith said three men forced their way into a home in the 1100 block of Walnut Street about 8:30 p.m. A female resident had refused to let them in, Smith said.

Police said weapons were fired among the intruders, with shots hitting two of them: 22-year-old Darrin Heath and 19-year-old Oshea Henderson. It was not clear who fired the shots hitting the two men.

Heath suffered fatal injuries. Henderson was transported to Helena Regional Medical Center, then to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Smith said. He was said to be serious condition on Monday afternoon.

The third man involved, 21-year-old Anthony Gilmore, is in custody on an aggravated residential burglary charge, Smith said.

In Phoenix, Arizona;

Police said a homeowner confronted and shot an armed man who refused to leave his house in west Phoenix.

It happened near 59th Avenue and Thomas Road just before 7 p.m. on Monday.

Police said the homeowner confronted the suspect at his front door and the armed man was shot.

The man was taken to the hospital where he should survive, police said.

Officers said the man was armed with a machete and another type of knife.

From San Angelo, Texas;

Police have identified the 26-year-old man who allegedly intruded and was shot and killed Monday by a resident of a San Angelo apartment complex.

Killed was Jaime Mendoza, San Angelo police said in a news release Tuesday.

The attempted burglary allegedly occurred at a residence in the Village Apartments (200 block of South Fillmore Street).

Police, upon arrival, found Mendoza dead.

From Decatur, Alabama;

According to police, a 911 call came in around 11:00 Sunday night about a shooting at the Brookridge Apartment complex just off of Austinville Road. The caller, Cameron Matthews, stated that he had just shot someone.

When law enforcement arrived, they found 23-year-old Chaz Harris shot multiple times outside of an apartment building. He was already dead. They also took Matthews into custody.

Decatur police say the investigation is still ongoing and no charges are being filed.

From Delton, Wisconsin;

A homeowner in the town of Delton fired warning shots to scare off an intruder early Saturday morning, but then called police after thinking he might have shot the man.

The intruder wasn’t hit but was found by a neighbor and arrested by Sauk County deputies.

Richard Szarfinski, 41, Madison, was arrested for an outstanding felony warrant and could face other charges stemming from the incident that happened at about 2:20 a.m. Saturday on Fox Hill Court, the Sheriff’s Office said.

From Johnston County, North Carolina;

On March 17 around 2 a.m., authorities say 23-year-old Xavier Howard Jones of Four Oaks wrecked his car on Raleigh Road outside of Benson.

Five minutes later, Jones allegedly went to a home in the 11000 block of Raleigh Road and broke into a car in the driveway in an apparent attempt to steal the vehicle.

Jones was unsuccessful in taking the car and left on foot.

Around 3 a.m., Jones randomly broke into a home on Johnson’s Chapel Road near Raleigh Road. This address was the home of Erwin Police Chief Johnathon Johnson.

Once he was inside the home, Jones got out a knife and threatened Chief Johnson.

Chief Johnson got a gun and held Jones at gunpoint until Johnston County deputies arrived on the scene.

The suspect had reportedly taken the police chief’s badge, a pocket knife, watch and keys before he was confronted by Chief Johnson, who woke up during the home invasion.

From Rome, Minnesota;

According to Rome Police reports, the victim told police that she had just gotten home and heard noises coming from the rear of the residence.

When she went to check it out she saw a white male standing in her room.

He began to attack her.

At first, she used mace but the man wiped it from his eyes and turned to attack her again.

She got a pistol that was lying behind the TV and shot the man.

Police arrived to find the man, identified as 44-year old David Ray Hudgens, lying on the ground outside the house with a crowd of people around him.

The officer observed a small bullet hold in his back.

Hudgens is listed in critical condition at Floyd Medical Center.

From Oakland, California;

A couple from Texas saw that a car had crashed into a tree and they stopped to help.

That’s when police say a man from the wrecked car pulled out a shotgun and tried to rob the Good Samaritans.

The victim stabbed the suspect with a pocket knife, after the two men go into a fight.

You can even hear the suspect moaning, as police spoke to their dispatchers, “We’ve got heavy, possible arterial bleeding, trying to cut off his clothes right now,” said the dispatcher. “It’s going to be a 245. The suspect is the guy who got stabbed. He shot at the victim and I guess one of the victims was able to stab him.”

From St Albans, West Virginia;

Police say the suspect reportedly stabbed the homeowner and demanded money.

The homeowner advised the suspect that he had no money and the suspect left the residence.

The homeowner had previously met the suspect and identified him as Jimmy Hoffman.

As a responding Deputy approached Winfield Road at the intersection of Swan’s Lane, they located a male that matched the description of the suspect provided by the homeowner.

Deputies attempted to speak to the male, and the male became confrontational, demanding that the Deputy shoot him.

Hoffman refused to comply with the instructions given by the Deputy, and kept his hand in a pocket acting as if he had a weapon.

Officers were forced to deploy less lethal “bean bag” rounds, which struck the suspect.

Mr. Hoffman then complied, and was taken into custody.

Victor James Hoffman is being charged with burglary, robbery, and assault during the commission of a felony.

Mr Hoffman’s mugshot;

From Aurora, Colorado;

Witnesses said they saw the owner of the grocery store being robbed. She was shot and taken to a hospital in serious condition according to Aurora police.

A barber from Fade N Shave Barbers jumped into action and shot the suspect. Police call the barber a good Samaritan.

The suspect ran from the scene.

Police said they found the suspect near South Joliet Street and East Garden Drive.

Timothy sends a link from Phoenix, Arizona;

Phoenix police report that on March 11, a woman was in the bathroom of her apartment near Interstate 17 and Thomas Road, when she heard a sound.

When she came out, she found a naked man with a knife in her bedroom.

The man, later identified as 29-year-old Timothy Valdez, demanded money and clothes from the woman.

Police say she ran for the front door but was stopped and beaten by Valdez.

She then offered him a shirt and when he was distracted, she grabbed a bat from the bedroom and tried to attack Valdez.

The woman said, “I start swinging it (the bat) and swinging it — I hit him in the back of the head — then he turns around and I hit him in the face over the eye.”

However, he took the bat away from her and struck her in the head with it. The woman still managed to get out of the apartment and get help.

Meanwhile, the woman’s son returned home and heard what had happened.

The son went to look for the suspect and found a neighbor already wrestling with the naked man. He jumped in and helped the neighbor in detaining Valdez.

The son said, “Me and a couple of friends just whooped him real good so he has something to think about.”

Paramedics assisted the victim who had cuts and swelling to her head and face.

They also treated Valdez, “for the injuries sustained from the residents who detained him.”

Timothy Valdez’s mugshot afterwards;