{"id":86186,"date":"2019-04-11T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86186"},"modified":"2019-04-10T19:16:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T23:16:39","slug":"thursday-feel-good-stories-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86186","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Feel Good Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/constitution-quill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/constitution-quill.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/constitution-quill-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Police: Man dies of gunshot wounds after Sioux City home invasion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siouxcityjournal.com\/users\/profile\/Bret%20Hayworth\">BRET HAYWORTH <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SIOUX CITY &#8212; The owner of a home on \nSioux City&#8217;s north side fatally shot a man after he broke into the \nresidence Tuesday morning, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n home invasion and shooting occurred minutes after the unidentified \nintruder had jumped out of a second-floor window of a nearby home at \n1216 25th St. Cut&nbsp;by the broken glass and leaving a blood trail, he ran \nthrough alleys, and then broke into the home at 1321 24th St. at about \n8:30 a.m., police Det. John Sanders said. The intruder reportedly \nstruggled with a male homeowner, who was armed with a gun to protect \nhimself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A shot was fired  during the struggle &#8230; The homeowner shot the suspect who broke into  the house,&#8221; Sanders said at a news conference at police headquarters  Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 \/ 0 \/ 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire article may be viewed here:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/siouxcityjournal.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/police-sioux-city-man-dies-of-gunshot-wounds-after-home\/article_4a207893-2e45-5d21-a17e-0e0b9bcb7506.html\">Sioux City Journal<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texas home invasion suspect shot dead by homeowner&#8217;s son: reports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/b\/bradford-betz\">Bradford Betz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A suspected <a href=\"https:\/\/insider.foxnews.com\/tag\/home-invasion\">home intruder<\/a> was fatally shot in the head in Houston on Tuesday while trying to escape with two other culprits, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after arriving at his southwest Houston home, a father was pistol-whipped by three suspects who had&nbsp;forced him to open the door, police said. The father\u2019s two daughters managed to hide in the closet and hit a panic alarm. The girls were eventually found and&nbsp;the suspects continued ransacking the home, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/crime\/son-shoots-home-invasion-suspect-in-the-head-while-sisters-hide-in-closet-in-texas-home\/285-87ab42dd-3072-492d-bf30-630a91e2d23c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Coast News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the father\u2019s wife and son arrived home, the suspects fled, the report said. As they were fleeing, the son retrieved a gun and shot one of the suspects in the head, reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 \/ 0 \/ 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hat Tip to MI Ranger for the link.&nbsp; The rest of the article may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-son-fatally-shoots-suspected-home-invader-in-the-head-after-foiled-ransacking\">Fox News Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Burlington mother uses gun to defend 10-year-old son, home against burglar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BURLINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) &#8212; A woman shot at and scared off a man who was trying to steal from her Burlington home Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Burlington Police Department, the crime happened before 4 a.m. at a home on Everette Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman, a 31-year-old mother, said she and her 10-year-old son were asleep when the burglary began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman said she woke up to noises in her kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she went downstairs she saw a man in his early to mid-20s, wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt, had broken through her kitchen window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The burglar pointed a semi-automatic pistol at her and opened fire. That&#8217;s when she returned fire and the burglar started retreating out of the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman nor her son were injured in the attempted burglary; she will not face charges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0  \/ 0 \/ 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now why would she face charges? Sorry, rhetorical question; the rest of the article may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/mother-uses-gun-to-defend-10-year-old-son-home-against-burglar\/5\">https:\/\/abc11.com\/mother-uses-gun-to-defend-10-year-old-son-home-against-burglar\/5<\/a>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another day finds us, Delta Whiskies and Whisketts, with two DRT, none inconvenienced by meds or feds, and one in the wind.&nbsp; The young mother did well to spook the intruder, but should sign up for some classes and range time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police: Man dies of gunshot wounds after Sioux City home invasion BRET HAYWORTH SIOUX CITY &#8212; &hellip; <a title=\"Thursday Feel Good Stories\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86186\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday Feel Good Stories<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86186","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\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}