{"id":89388,"date":"2019-07-30T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=89388"},"modified":"2019-07-29T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T23:32:11","slug":"suspect-dead-after-being-shot-during-attempted-home-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=89388","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Feel Good Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/colt-1903-hammerless-e1564442502899.jpg\" alt=\"colt hammerless\" \/><br \/>\nRead the box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suspect dead after being shot during attempted home invasion<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Author: WBIR Staff<br \/>\nMCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. \u2014 An Athens man is dead after victims claim he was attempting to invade a residence with several people inside and fired a shot at another person, according to the McMinn County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Joe Guy said McMinn County deputies were dispatched to a residence on County Road 114 around 1:30 a.m. Sunday to a report of shots fired. <\/p>\n<p>When deputies arrived, they found Sante Mack, 39, lying in the yard, severely injured from a gunshot wound, according to officials. Deputies helped Mack as detectives responded to the scene and began an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Guy said it appeared Mack had been at the residence earlier on Saturday evening and had a previous relationship with one of the females who were there. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said Mack had apparently returned to the residence after midnight and was attempting to enter the residence through a window. When the people inside confronted him, Mack assaulted one of the females with the gun, then fired a shot at them.<\/p>\n<p>A male in the residence, Jesse V. Applebee, 34, was also armed and fired a shot that struck Mack, as the three females in the residence retreated further inside. Mack fell outside and the people in the residence called 911, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>1 \/ 0 \/ 0<br \/>\nThe rest of the article may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbir.com\/article\/news\/crime\/suspect-dead-after-being-shot-during-attempted-home-invasion\/51-637bcb24-5cc5-434c-b0dc-d201789ab5c4\">WBIR 10 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Homeowner shoots, kills intruder<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By Beth Alston<br \/>\nAMERICUS \u2014 A husband, in attempt to protect his wife, shot and killed a man trying to enter their home early Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Sumter County Sheriff\u2019s Chief Deputy Co. Eric Bryant told the Times-Recorder the incident occurred at 6:38 p.m. Sunday at 250 Edgewood Drive, in the Dixie Hills subdivision. He said Ritch McCutchen, 78, of Cordele attempted to enter the residence of Bill and Vicki Brewer to \u201ctake Vicki away with him.\u201d Bryant said McCutchen was \u201cinfatuated\u201d with the woman. He had recently been released from Crisp County Jail on a charge of aggravated stalking.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant said Bill Brewer ordered McCutchen to leave and he would not. Brewer fired a shot but McCutchin kept coming. Brewer fired a second shot which killed McCutchen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>1 \/ 0 \/ 0<br \/>\nThe rest of the article may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americustimesrecorder.com\/2019\/07\/29\/homeowner-shoots-kills-intruder\/\">Americus Times Recorder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bodycam footage contradicts Sheriff&#8217;s Office&#8217;s initial account of how deputy shot homeowner<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Conor Hughes and Daniel J. Gross<\/p>\n<p>Video captured by a Greenville County deputy&#8217;s body camera when the deputy shot and injured a Simpsonville homeowner in June contradicts the agency&#8217;s original account of the events leading up to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The video, released Monday morning, shows the deputy shot the man through the window of his house. Initially, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office said the man was shot after he opened the door and pointed his gun at the deputy. In the video, the man never opened his door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s statement for weeks after the shooting was that my client opened his front door and aimed at a deputy and you can look at that body cam \u2013 that ends that version,\u201d attorney Beattie Ashmore told The Greenville News Monday after the Sheriff&#8217;s Office released the clips of footage. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to explain how something like this could have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashmore is representing the homeowner, Dick Tench, who he described as a \u201cfiercely-patriotic\u201d citizen and concealed weapons permit holder from Simpsonville.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear on the video whether the Tench pointed a gun at the deputy, but in an exchange with the officer that&#8217;s on video, the man acknowledges he did not know who the deputy was and that he was protecting his home.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff&#8217;s Office spokesman Lt. Jimmy Bolt declined to comment Monday on the video or on their account of the incident after it first occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Bolt also declined to comment on whether the deputy identified himself as law enforcement at any point before the audio starts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>0 \/ 1 \/ 0<br \/>\nThe entire article may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/2019\/07\/29\/bodycam-footage-shows-greenville-county-deputy-invloved-shooting-injured-homeowner\/1855233001\/\">Greenville On Line<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two morts, one inconvenienced, and none in the wind today, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. The fellow in the hospital may be the victim of a bad shoot, something we&#8217;ll keep an eye on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the box. 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