{"id":75217,"date":"2017-10-09T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75217"},"modified":"2017-10-08T16:48:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T20:48:37","slug":"monday-morning-feel-good-stories-133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75217","title":{"rendered":"Monday morning feel good stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill sends us a link from <a href=\"http:\/\/wgntv.com\/2017\/10\/07\/aldi-customers-tackle-would-be-robber-in-valparaiso\/\">Valparaiso, Indiana<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Police said Thomas Powell, 36, of Hebron, came into the store with a mask on, approached a cashier and demanded money. He inferred that he had a weapon on his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>He got money from the cashier and was immediately restrained by a customer, police said. Additional customers helped and held Powell down until police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they saw five or six men holding him down.<\/p>\n<p>Powell was arrested and held on robbery charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20171008\/bronzeville\/homeowner-shoots-critically-wounds-intruder-police-say\">Chicago, Illinois<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At 10:54 p.m., the homeowner, a 60-year-old man, said a man used a crowbar to force his way into the 60-year-old&#8217;s house in the 4500 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner shot at the man, police said. The man, 44, was hit multiple times throughout his body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old has a valid FOID and concealed carry permit. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/community\/northeast-tarrant\/article177719226.html\">Haltom City, Texas<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Five masked gunmen broke into an apartment at the Spanish Square Apartments in the 2000 block of Dayton Street and exchanged gunfire with at least one resident, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Three suspects were wounded _ one was in critical condition Sunday at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>One resident also was wounded in the shooting, police said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/crime\/suspect-killed-victim-stable-after-shooting-outside-mcdonalds-in-se-houston\/481709460\">Houston, Texas<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to the Houston Police Department, officers responded to a shooting call around 10:30 p.m. at the McDonald&#8217;s located in the 9100 block of Cullen near Reed Road. <\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, police learned a customer had walked outside the restaurant when he was approached by the suspect.  <\/p>\n<p>Police say there was some sort of disturbance and fight before the man shot the customer in the stomach. At the same time, police say the security guard working at the restaurant returned fire on the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>HPD says the suspect died en route to the hospital, and the victim is in stable condition. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wafb.com\/story\/36548246\/suspect-shot-after-robbing-victims-at-gunpoint\">Baton Rouge, Louisiana<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department say on Thursday, October 5 around 2:20 p.m., a man, later identified as Malcolm Williams, 29, approached the two victims in a parking lot and demanded the victims&#8217; property while threatening them with a handgun. The victims, in fear for their lives, then gave their cell phones to Williams. <\/p>\n<p>During the robbery, one of the victims pulled out their own handgun and shot Williams in the arm, the report says. Williams then reportedly fled the scene on foot. <\/p>\n<p>During the course of the investigation, officials found a long blood trail following the same path Williams was last seen running. Along this route, a cell phone belonging to one of the victims was found. The cell phone also had blood on it.<\/p>\n<p>Williams arrived at a local hospital a short time later and reportedly told staff members he&#8217;d been shot. The victim who reportedly shot Williams was able to identify him in a six-person photographic lineup. Williams is charged with armed robbery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill sends us a link from Valparaiso, Indiana; Police said Thomas Powell, 36, of Hebron, came &hellip; <a title=\"Monday morning feel good stories\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75217\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday morning feel good stories<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feel-good-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}