{"id":73203,"date":"2017-07-05T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73203"},"modified":"2017-07-05T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T12:37:59","slug":"wednesday-morning-feel-good-stories-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73203","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday morning feel good stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lex18.com\/story\/35801942\/homeowner-holds-burglar-at-gunpoint\">Lexington, Kentucky<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was an eventful Saturday morning for the quiet neighborhood. Chris Stevens, the homeowner, said a teen broke a lock on their daughter&#8217;s bedroom window and snuck inside. But she wasn&#8217;t home, instead he was greeted by the family dog. <\/p>\n<p>Stevens says he woke up when he heard his wife screaming, so he grabbed his gun and pointed his pistol at the potential burglar. <\/p>\n<p>Stevens says he held the teen at gunpoint until sheriff&#8217;s deputies arrived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/man-claims-he-was-defending-property-when-he-shoots-kills-burglar\">San Antonio, Texas<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Police&#8230;said the owner of the van told them he was parked outside the restaurant, located near Loop 410 and McCullough, when another man broke into his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the owner, who was in the back seat at the time, fired at the suspect once then shot again as the suspect tried to run away.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was hit in the neck and died later at a hospital. His name has not been released yet.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are still determining whether the vehicle owner will face any charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Same story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kens5.com\/news\/man-killed-in-texas-land-and-cattle-parking-lot-identified\/454019104\">different link;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Police said [39-year-old Anthony] Rangel and a woman drove into the same parking lot. Rangel reportedly got out and opened up the man&#8217;s van.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said the van&#8217;s driver opened fire, shooting Rangel in the neck.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel was transported and died at University Hospital and the woman who was in the car with him was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the shooting was caught on the surveillance system of the restaurant. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox10tv.com\/story\/35764868\/midtown-homeowner-stops-suspected-burglar\">Mobile, Alabama<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[The homeowner] says he noticed something was wrong when someone tried to turn the doorknob outside his bedroom door while he was resting inside. The door opens to the deck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know if he had a gun, I didn&#8217;t know if he had a weapon, I didn&#8217;t know how far he was willing to take it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Then the suspected burglar went in the house through the other backdoor and flipped the circuit breaker in the entryway, according to the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s when I grabbed a handgun from my safe that I take hunting with me and I ran around to the other side. I had the handgun. I never had to use it, thank the Lord,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause when he saw me, he took off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says the suspect jumped the fence in the backyard and a getaway driver drove him away.<\/p>\n<p>The victim is thankful his family wasn\u2019t home and that nothing worse happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox23.com\/news\/body-found-in-trunk-near-shooting-at-west-tulsa-fireworks-stand\/549533707\">Tulsa, Oklahoma<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Around 11:30 a.m., Tulsa County deputies responded to a fireworks stand near 65th and Charles Page Boulevard. <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said two men robbed the stand of about $600 in fireworks; the owner followed them and a shootout started. <\/p>\n<p>As the robbers tried to get away, the stand owner jumped into the bed of the pickup and continued firing, before the owner got out. <\/p>\n<p>A passenger was shot in the chest. A woman later found the body in the truck. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Lexington, Kentucky; It was an eventful Saturday morning for the quiet neighborhood. 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