Friday morning feel good stories
Marine_7002 sends us our first feel story today and it comes from Michigan;
The incident occurred at about 4:47 a.m. in the 15000 block of Flanders, according to Chief Jeff Smith.
“The defendant entered the home through a window and had a firearm with him,” Smith said. “The house was occupied by a man and his wife. He had a legal firearm and confronted the intruder. He ended up shooting him and the defendant died at the scene.”
Police are still working to identify the invader and have declined to release the names of the homeowners.
Chief Tango sends us some more stories. The first comes from Texas and goes out to LTC Robert Bateman who wonders why people take weapons to restaurants.
The robbery happened around 8 p.m. Wednesday as a male suspect entered the Church’s on the East Freeway at Normandy.
As the suspect held employees at gunpoint, a retired Harris County deputy pulled out his weapon to try and stop the crime. That’s when the suspect opened fire and shot the deputy.
The deputy returned fire, but the suspect got away. Police said there was a trail of blood, so they believe the suspect was wounded.
The deputy was taken to the hospital in stable condition and was expected to be okay.
Police said the retired deputy was inside the restaurant eating at the time of the robbery and was not working security.
The next story comes from Florida;
When officers arrived they found Steven Ricker, 41, outside an apartment with a gunshot wound.
Ricker was transported via an ambulance to Leesburg Regional Medical Center where he died.
The Leesburg Police Department said investigators spoke with a man, identified as 28-year-old Jimmy Soto, who told them he heard knocking at both his apartment doors and repeatedly said “go away” to the person knocking.
Investigators said Soto told them that Ricker attempted to enter the doorway so he fired one shot hitting Ricker in the torso area
Police said Soto told them he was in fear for his fiancé, young daughter and son who were in the apartment with him.
The last story comes from Missouri;
Police said an adult man was getting ready to leave a home in the 3900 block of Lafayette Avenue around 8:45 Tuesday morning when he opened the garage and found a man with a gun. There was a struggle between the suspect and man, which ended when a woman inside the house got a handgun and began shooting at the suspect. The suspect and woman then exchanged gunfire.
After gunshots were exchanged, the suspect got into the victim’s car, which was warming up in the driveway, and drove away.
An 8-year-old boy suffered a gunshot graze wound to his leg and was taken to a hospital after arriving at the St. Louis Language Immersion School, located at 4011 Papin Street. The school is about a mile from the Lafayette Avenue shooting scene.
A female victim was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police later arrested the man who lives at the home because they said they found marijuana in a bathroom and in the basement.
Here’s another one that Fred sent us with the stupidest criminal in our history – you’d think he’d know better than to rob a Dunkin Donuts;
An unidentified would-be robber tried to hold up a Dunkin’ Donuts at gun-point in Philadelphia on Monday. Within seconds, two police officers, guns drawn, subdued him without incident. And, to top it off, the guy was brandishing a BB gun.
Yeah, who didn’t see that coming?
Category: Feel Good Stories
Too many woundings, and missed shots. Range time People, range time.
I have adjusted some things at my range, and do “tactical shooting”, instead of just static type shooting. Draw, turn, aim, fire. Shoot around obstacles, etc.
Yep
Memo to: Flanders Police Chief Jeff Smith
From: Me
Per your report about the incident, and I quote: ‘The defendant entered the home through a window’.
He’s not a defendant if he’s dead.
Memo to: Would-be robbers, thieves and burglars
From: Moi
Perhaps you should stay in school, get into one of those VocEd programs that teach you a trade. Then the police and citizens won’t shoot you when you’re trying to rob them, because you won’t be robbing them. Also, the police won’t be interested in you, because you won’t be compiling a rap sheet.
Trying to rob a police headquarters north (Dunkin’ Donuts). Just goes to show how dumb criminals really are! He’s lucky to be alive.
Sounds like a Darwin Award wannabe to me, robbing a Doughnut Shop near a PDHQ? Damn.
Yes it could indicat more range time is needed. Stats show that about 80% of people shot in the USA survive. (And no the USA is not a body part- Smile)
I’m still waiting for that “criminal with fake gun shot by citizen with real one” story . . . .
First story, directly from the website: “A home invasion ended in violence Thursday morning when a 74-year-old homeowner shot and killed an armed suspect who had broken into his home.”
“…ended in violence…?” “Oh contraire,” it ended in peace for all involved!
O.K.! I get that the male occupant of the home was pinched for having some POT in the house but, what about the perp that stole the car?
Me Thinks That there’s more to this story! JMHO!