Thursday morning feel good stories

Chief Tango sends us our feel good stories this morning – the first comes from Indiana, like a lot of them have been lately;

Police rushed to the Cash America Pawn on the 2400 block of East 38th Street shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of an attempted robbery and person shot.

Once inside, police found the suspected robber dead on the scene. According to police, the suspect walked in the store with a hood over his head and pulled out a gun. Moments later, a customer pulled out a gun and shot and killed the suspect.

Police later identified the suspect as 25-year-old Tyerre Allen of Indianapolis. He was also identified by IMPD detectives as a suspect in other robberies in the Indianapolis area.

Early reports indicated the business owner was the one who shot Allen, but police later clarified it was a customer.

13 WTHR Indianapolis

Meanwhile somewhere else in Indianapolis;

Around 12:30 a.m., police say two men broke into a home near East 35th Street and North Shadeland Avenue. A man inside the home told police he heard the men kick in the front door. The man said he grabbed a gun and shot one of the suspects. The other suspect, he told police, ran out of the home.

The suspect who was shot was taken to Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital, where he died.

Police say the other suspect ran to a car where two people were waiting and drove off.

And, in Chicago;

The owner of Cal City Bakery, which opened for business in February, said he bought the weapon for protection but never thought he’d have to use it.

He said a pair of men came into the shop at about 3:30 p.m., took a couple of hundred dollars out of the safe, and then tried to force him and another employee to the back of the bakery. That’s when the shop owner fired the weapon, striking one of the robbers.

The other robber escaped, he said.

Also, on the West Coast in Washington State;

Police were called about 9:45 p.m. to a home in the 11000 block of Briar Road Southwest by the frantic couple, who reported that a trio of men knocked on their front door earlier in the night and forced their way inside.

One robber had a gun; another had a knife.

The suspects pistol whipped the man and cut the woman’s hand with a knife while tying them up, police spokesman Chris Lawler said.

While searching for valuables, the suspects at one point went outside and the man was able to free himself and his wife. The couple shut the door to the room they were in just as the robbers returned and one of the suspects fired a warning shot through the door.

The man, who had retrieved a handgun, fired twice at the suspects before he and his wife escaped to a back bedroom.

Police believe one of the bullets struck one of the robbers. The suspects fled.

And the fellow who struck, had his body dumped unceremoniously while the geniuses called the police and told them that they heard a shot.

Meanwhile in California;

Deputies responded to the property and found the two men standing on the front porch of the residence.

Sprague told deputies he was shot by the home’s occupant, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities said it appears Sprague forced his way into the residence, where a confrontation occurred, and the altercation led to Sprague getting shot.

Sprague was flown to Enloe Medical Center.

The man, who was not identified in the press release, told dispatchers he was receiving threats from Sprague and asked for extra patrol since he feared for his safety.

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