Saturday morning feel good story
Chief Tango sends us our feel good story this morning and this tie it’s from Virginia where a homeowner was forced to protect his home and family from an irate neighbor;
The incident began shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday in the 18000 block of Keeneland Drive, Abingdon. Police report a man who lives nearby confronted a homeowner, tried to gain entry and provoked an altercation.
When turned away, the man allegedly returned a few minutes later and knocked on the back door. The homeowner opened the door and the man reportedly tried to again to get inside the home. The homeowner fired shots and a bullet struck the intruder, according to police, inflicting non-life threatening injuries.
“From the preliminary investigation, it appears the homeowner acted properly in defending himself and his residence from forced entry by the intruder,” Sheriff Fred Newman said in the release.
Read more: Sheriff: Abingdon man ‘acted appropriately’ in shooting intruder | Kingsport Times-News http://www.timesnews.net/article/9078714/sheriff-abingdon-man-acted-appropriately-in-shooting-intruder#ixzz36XkUgxg7
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Category: Feel Good Stories
Score +1 for friendly neighborhood relationships!
Seriously though, was there a beef between these two neighbors? Or was the perp being a general asshole to everyone in the neighborhood?
I love it! A first for new law enforcement legalese lingo when utilizing deadly physical force, “acted appropriately.”
The only problem, “The homeowner fired shots and a bullet struck the intruder, according to police, inflicting non-life threatening injuries.”
Think of “The Burbs” but with Tom Hanks holding a gun! My kind of neighborhood. Gives “Good Neighbor Sam” a whole new meaning. I too like the term “acted appropriately”.