Thursday morning feel good stories

Our first inspiring story about people who are turning their lives around comes from Texas;

According to the Houston Police Department, it all started around 9:20 p.m. outside of a residence in the 2200 block of Roy near Larkin. At that time, two male suspects approached a family which had just arrived at their home.

Investigators said one suspect struck a family member in the face with a handgun while the second suspect forced the family inside the residence.

A friend of the family managed to retrieve his gun from his vehicle and fired at least once at one suspect, who fled the scene on foot. Police said the family friend then confronted the second suspect and fatally shot him.

Police found the second suspect, who was armed, hiding inside a near-by Wendy’s restaurant.

Travelling a bit north, we get to Oklahoma;

Jimmie Dale Lee, 54, was shot after allegedly forcing a man to hand over his $15,000 watch, police said. When Lee told the victim to go into the bedroom of a recreational vehicle, the victim grabbed a gun behind the mattress. The victim then shot Lee, police said.

Police reported that Lee used to work for the victim but was fired.

I guess Jimmie wasn’t interested in getting his job back. That’s OK, he doesn’t need it now, anyway.

A little to the east from there, we come to Tennessee;

Metro police told News 2 that the suspect entered the store while the clerk was counting money at the register.

When the employee felt threatened by the man, he shot him in the stomach. Police say the clerk acted in self-defense.

The suspect then ran to his car and fled the scene. The suspect was found a short time later in his car after he crashed into a fire hydrant.

Traveling a bit further north, we go to Wisconsin;

The injured man, interviewed after being taken to a hospital, told police that he awoke at about 2:30 a.m. to see a man standing over him pointing a knife. The victim began kicking and scuffled with the suspect, even after receiving a cut to his neck. The wound stretched from the victim’s ear and curved down to within a quarter of an inch from his Adam’s apple, the complaint states.

The victim’s girlfriend, who awoke during the fight, picked up a gun, spurring the burglar to flee from the scene and evade a shot from the gun while doing so.

Responding police found a trail of blood in a hallway, two discarded gloves, serrated “’Rambo’ style knife” left behind and an open window believed to be the entry point.

So this rocket surgeon slipped out through the window and went straight home…through the snow, leaving a trail for the police to follow. When he was arrested, he told the police that his father and grandfather were murderers and he wanted to see if he could do it. Apparently, he couldn’t. His victim is still alive, so that’s something else that he failed at. I’ll bet that he makes a good prison girlfriend, though.

Category: Feel Good Stories