Category: Feel Good Stories

From Charleston County, South Carolina;

A man walking home after a traffic stop was shot in the chest and arm Sunday evening. An incident report released by the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office portrays him as more of a suspect than a victim.

The report states 24-year-old Herbert Palmer Jr. was pulled over on Highway 78 near the fairgrounds, after traveling at a high rate of speed and nearly crashing into the back of another vehicle. Deputies say Palmer was uncooperative with the traffic stop, provided his ID, but refused to provide insurance and registration documentation.

Deputies say Palmer was told to walk home by his mother, who came to the scene and took possession of the Infinity SUV registered in her name.

Moments later, officers were dispatched to 4400 Elderwood Drive, about two blocks from the initial stop, where they were told Palmer was shot. According to the report, Palmer was taken to a local hospital by someone after breaking a window at a home.

A 68-year-old woman told deputies she shot Palmer because he came into her yard, broke her window and attempted to force his way into her house. The woman had not been charged as of Tuesday morning. Officials also have not indicated if charges are sought against her.

It’s currently unknown what charges Palmer may face. Deputies say he’s still receiving treatment at the hospital.

Jail records show Palmer’s been arrested at least 10 times in Charleston County. Among charges are drug possession, drug distribution, forgery and illegal betting.

From Ladson, South Carolina;

A man forced his way into a residence and was shot by an occupant of the home, according to initial reports by deputies.

The suspect was transported to Trident Hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound to the upper body.

From Phoenix, Arizona;

“Four armed suspects broke into the home. During the home invasion, the homeowner was able to get a rifle,” Rothschild said. “He began shooting at the suspects.”

He hit one of them who was later found dead in the street by responding officers. He had no identification on him so it took a long time to identify him.

From Shreveport, Louisiana;

Shreveport police are searching for a suspect who kicked in a door and was shot at by a woman inside.

Police say it happened around 3:45 p.m. Saturday at the Centrum Apartments in the 2700 block of Waggoner Avenue.

Officers say a man kicked in a door to one of the apartment units and was shot at by a woman inside.

When police arrived, the suspect was gone.

From Rancho Cucamonga, California;

The homeowner, who lives in the 11600 block of Brindisi Way, got home about 12:40 a.m. Sunday and found his front door open, the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department’s said in a news release.

Someone inside shot at him, so he got a gun from his vehicle and shot back, the release said. He then returned to his car and called police.

The thief is still loose.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma;

A man is said to be in critical condition, following a shooting late Friday night in Tulsa.

Police say William Easley allegedly kicked open the door to his ex-girlfriend’s home.

“The victim stated that she feared for her life and shot Easley with a .380 Ruger handgun shortly after he had made entry into the residence,” police said.

“Officers later found that police had been called to the residence earlier in the evening for a domestic incident where the suspect allegedly assaulted the victim and then left before police arrived. The victim advised officers during scene of the shooting, that the suspect had been sending her text messages and telling her that he was going to come back and kill her.”

From Orlando, Florida;

The victim was tending to a lawn on Limpkin Drive around 12:14 p.m. when a red vehicle pulled up and three men got out, a news release said.

Deputies said two of the men displayed handguns as they tried to rob the victim. The victim was also armed, so he pulled out his gun and shot at the attempted robbers, according to authorities.

The victim said he believes he shot one of the men.

Neighbors told News 6 that the lawn care worker is well-known in the area and well-respected.

From Stanton, Texas;

Police say that a 79-year-old Stanton man thwarted a would-be robber after pulling out his concealed firearm.

Andrew Yanez, 24, has been charged and arrested for Attempted Robbery and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

According to the Stanton Police Department, the elderly man was leaving a convenience store Friday afternoon when he was approached by a suspect.

The suspect then demanded keys to his vehicle, stating “It would be best for you to give me the keys, I want your car” and implied violence would be used, according to police.

It was then that the victim who was licensed to carry a handgun drew his concealed firearm and pointed it towards the suspect, who fled the scene on foot.

A description of the suspect was provided to police, and he was located two blocks away from the scene and was identified as Yanez.

Joseph McInnis III, 21, and 22-year-old Tyree McCoy didn’t show any smarts when they attempted to rob a bar where some Baltimore, Maryland police officers were celebrating a retirement;

The armed crooks entered the take-out portion of Monaghan’s Pub in Woodlawn on Tuesday night and held up an employee at gunpoint before running off with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said, according to the news outlet.

“At that time, the person who had been behind the counter knew that there was a retirement party for a police officer happening, so they went into the other portion and alerted the officers to the fact that they had just been involved in an armed robbery,” Baltimore County Police Officer Jennifer Peach said.

Off-duty officers at the shindig quickly ran out and took the men into custody.

From DeKalb County, Georgia, if you don’t have a gun, maybe your attacker will shoot himself for you;

A suspect is in custody after police said there was an armed robbery attempt Friday afternoon in DeKalb County.

According to Chamblee Police, the incident happened in the parking lot of the Sam’s Club on Clairmont Road in Chamblee.

Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach reports the victim fought back and the suspect accidentally shot himself.

From Anderson, Indiana;

Anderson Police say Williams assaulted a 27-year-old woman two times in two weeks. Both incidents allegedly happened at the woman’s apartment. Police received the initial rape report on August 15, the day after the woman says Williams raped her.

“I was scared. I was in shock. I thought I’d seen [my] life flash before my eyes,” said Williams’ accuser. In order to protect the accuser’s identity, we are not releasing her name. The woman says she and Williams do not know one another.

Police say Williams was armed with a gun during the attack. Two weeks later, he allegedly returned to the woman’s apartment, forced his way inside and went after her again.

“He proceeded to choke me where I couldn’t breathe, so out of defense I did what I had to do to defend myself,” she said.

The woman says she had a pocket knife hidden in her bra. She stabbed Williams several times and then used a hammer to hit him. Detectives say Williams had at least seven wounds to his head and neck. He had to be airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital.

From Omaha, Nebraska;

Officer O’Neil says, “According to the homeowner he encountered a burglar inside and fired a shot. The shooting victim was transported to CHI Bergan Mercy in serious condition. At this time the investigation is ongoing.”

The homeowner is identified as 60 year old Renard Lebron and the suspect is 25 year old John McDonald.

David Gilliam is a friend of Lebron and says last Tuesday two people broke into Lebron’s home. Gilliam says Lebron was repeatedly hit with baseball bats and had large bruises and bumps on his left arm from blocking the blows. He says Lebron was able to grab a long screwdriver and fended off one attacker with the weapon and both men took off running.

From St Louis, Missouri;

An armed burglar is in serious but stable condition after being shot by the man he was stealing from.

“The alarm company called me about 10:20 p.m. saying my alarm was going off,” said Willie Thornton.

Thornton said he was out when he received word something triggered the alarm at his Wells-Goodfellow home Tuesday night, August 29th.

So, he hopped in his car and rushed back to see for himself.

“I jumped out the car, walked up to the front door, and I hear somebody jumping out of the window,” said Thornton.

An armed burglar was caught in the act.

Thornton said he saw the man’s gun and grabbed his own, shooting the suspect as another thief ran away.

“I was just trying to make sure he didn’t shoot me first,” said Thornton.

From Pinellas Park, Florida;

Pinellas Park (Florida) Police said McMaster’s girlfriend, Christina Robles, opened the door for a stranger when he knocked on her condo door. The complete stranger asked her for directions to a nearby park. When Robles tried to close the door, the stranger pried the door open and started choking her.

She yelled to McMaster, who was asleep upstairs, for help. “I held over him and I told him follow my commands and if he didn’t then I’d go after him.”

McMaster first started punching the 17-year-old, then, he reached for the first thing in sight: A full size axe.

“It just so happened to be there. I had him by his thoat and he was down. He looked away for a minute I went and grabbed it and then he really got scared because he was afraid I was gonna hit him,” McMaster explained.

Instead, he held the teen with the axe for more than 5 minutes until Pinellas Park Police Officers arrived.

From Birmingham, Alabama;

Birmingham police are awaiting the recovery and release of a man from a local hostpital before charging him with armed robbery. The man was shot in both legs by a person he had robbed at gunpoint.

The incident occurred at the Somerset at Trussville apartment complex in Birmingham early Saturday morning, according reports from the Trussville Tribune. The suspect was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

From Hazel Crest, Illinois;

Police said the officer was meeting the two suspects Tuesday night on Birchwood Drive before 10 p.m.

He thought he was buying a computer from them after the purchase was made online.

The police chief said a juvenile and adult man held the officer at gun point, went through his pockets then discovered his badge and gun on his belt. They tried to disarm him, but the officer cop grabbed his gun first.

The officer fatally shot the robber, who is believed to be a teenager. He was found dead between two nearby houses. Police said he had a gun in his hand and a key fob for the officer’s car in his pocket.

The other suspect got away and the officer was not injured.

In Prestonburg, Kentucky;

Noises coming from his basement awakened Todd Trout early Friday morning at his home along Highland Avenue in Prestonsburg.

After checking downstairs, he saw the basement door was still locked, but when he checked it quickly became apparent somebody had been going through his tools.

Then he spotted a man crouched down hiding behind a furnace.

“It scared me,” Trout said. “It made me mad, everything all at once. Here I am in a pair of boxer shorts and a shirt, and what do I do next?”

Trout grabbed the first thing he found that resembled a weapon: a sledgehammer.

“I said ‘Pal, you’re not going through that door.”

He says he yelled for his wife to call 911. He kept his eye on the would-be thief until Prestonsburg police arrived.

From Fayette County, West Virginia;

Sheriff Mike Fridley reported that his department was notified about 10:58 p.m. that Angelia Jones had been shot in the lower abdomen on Gatewood Road. She was taken to Plateau Medical Center for treatment, where deputies contacted her for questioning. She was transferred to Charleston Area Medical Center for further treatment, where Fridley said she is listed as stable.

Fridley said shortly after the first call, they were notified that Jarrell Green, 21, of Oak Hill, was shot twice in the legs. Green was transported to Raleigh General Hospital for treatment. Deputies learned he was shot at Jones’ residence during the alleged attempted robbery.

Fridley said although Jones was wounded during the robbery attempt, she managed to obtain the firearm from the shooter and shot back at the attackers, at which time Green was wounded.

In Las Vegas, Nevada;

An attempted robbery at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning resulted in a convenience store clerk exchanging gunfire with the would-be crooks.

The shootout occurred at a 76 station located near Eastern Avenue and the US-95. The clerk reportedly pulled out his legally-carried gun during the robbery, leading to an exchange of six gunshots between the clerks and the suspects.

The clerk was not injured in the shootout. The suspects fled the scene, and it is believed that they escaped without injury.

From Pinetop, Arizona;

According to the FBI, an armored car was making a courier stop in front of the casino in Pinetop around 10 a.m. when a man approached the cash carrier.

Authorities say the suspect sprayed the cash carrier with a chemical irritant.

The cash carrier then drew her weapon and fired, hitting the suspect and killing him, according to the FBI.

From Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

Police said a 51-year-old man was walking in the Jackson Park neighborhood when the robber hit him in the head.

Neighbors said the man told them he had been at an ATM up the street, and he had just withdrawn cash. He was walking home when the robber attacked.

“He was obviously following him from the bank because he knew he had money on him,” McFatridge said.

The robber’s weapon was a rock. It was the victim who had the gun.

“Hit the guy with a rock in his head, and the guy who got hit with the rock fired,” said Gina Sarabia, McFatridge’s mother.

“He didn’t expect that guy to have a gun,” Sarabia said.

The robber got away. A neighbor spotted a woman in a getaway car and gave police the license plate number.

From Archuleta County, Colorado;

[Don Nix, 71] told authorities he noticed someone with a flashlight walking around the entrance of his neighbor’s property. Nix approached [Gary] Phipps and the two had an “unproductive conversation” about Phipp’s reason for being on the property, the news release said.

Nix then told Phipps that the Sheriff’s Office was on the way, and Phipps pulled out a knife and attacked Nix.

Nix told authorities both men struggled and fell to the ground. Nix said he hit Phipps with a flashlight hoping that he would release the knife. But when that was unsuccessful, Nix pulled out his gun and shot Phipps multiple times.

A pronouncement of death was made at 9:25 a.m. Thursday. Archuleta County Coroner Dan Keuning found the official cause of death to be “homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.”