Friday morning feel good story

UpNorth sends us our feel good story for this fine morning. It’s from Kansas City where a woman heard a knock at her door. the man at her door asked for someone who didn’t live there, and when she told him he had the wrong address, he forced his way into the house;

He forced the woman into a bedroom, where he reportedly assaulted her. Afterward, he walked into the kitchen.

The woman fetched her revolver and walked out of her bedroom, police said. When the man came at her again, she shot him once. He collapsed.

A neighbor heard the gunshot and saw the woman walk out of her home and ask for help.

Police released the woman from custody Thursday afternoon.

The dead criminal, Paul J. Williams, was 24 years old and he just got out of prison last year for a home invasion he committed in 2006 with a tire iron.

Chief Tango sends us two more article, the first from Columbus, Ohio where police found the two perps outside the home where they were shot.

According to Columbus police, officers were called to the 1300 block of Cascade Court at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday on a report of a shooting stemming from a robbery.

Responding officers found one man with a gunshot wound in the front of the home where the alleged robbery took place, according to police. He was transported to Mt. Carmel West Hospital in critical condition.

Officers located a second man with a gunshot wound a short distance away on Abbots Cove Blvd. The man was transported to Mt. Carmel West Hospital in critical condition. He was later upgraded to stable condition, according to police.

According to police, the two men injured in the shooting may be suspects in a home invasion. Detectives say the homeowner shot the two men.

The third story today comes from Chicago where two other enterprising youths are recovering from their .380 caliber lessons;

Police said two men, ages 19 and 23, broke into a home in the 5500 block of South Laflin Street about 2:25 p.m. Wednesday.

The men rang the doorbell twice to check if anyone was home, and by the time the 53-year-old reached the front door, the men were gone, his fiancee said.

Shortly afterward, they broke into the back door of the home, cops said. The 53-year-old man, who was home alone at the time, grabbed a .380-caliber handgun from under a pillow and fired at the intruders, according to police sources.

Police said the 19-year-old man was shot in the buttocks. The 23-year-old man fled and broke his femur as he jumped the back fence of the home, she said.

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