Friday the 13th feel good stories

Our first story comes from Oklahoma;

Upon arrival [the police] found Kejuan Shields and Demario Harris dead inside an apartment. Police say the resident was the shooter.

Homicide detective Sgt. Dave Walker says Shields, Harris and a third suspect were involved in a disagreement outside the resident’s apartment. When the resident and a friend retreated into the apartment, Shields, Harris and the third suspect broke through the door and began assaulting the resident’s friend.

The resident told police one of the suspects had a handgun.

Walker says the resident, who is wheelchair bound, shot and killed Shields and Harris and the third suspect escaped through a bedroom window. That suspect is described as a black male, about 5 feet 7 and 150 pounds, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.

Next up is Michigan;

“There was a poker game occurring at one of the apartments, and we know at least one person, maybe two, had gone to the game to rob the participants,” [Chief of Police Don Pussehl Jr.] said. “That’s what started this whole thing.”

The double shooting happened at 11:47 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at Camelot Place Apartments, 122 Ivanhoe, Pussehl has said.

One of the poker players had a handgun, and gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and one of the players, Pussehl said.

The robbery suspect was fatally shot and another poker player at the apartment was injured, Pussehl said. The injured poker player was in stable condition at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw.

Our last stop today is Virginia;

The preliminary investigation indicates he broke a window and went inside the home, where she lives with her toddler daughter, said spokeswoman Holly McPherson.

The call initially came in as a burglary in progress and while officers were heading to the home, she called again to report the shooting, McPherson added.

They arrived and found a 25-year-old man who’d been shot.

He was taken to the hospital for treatment; the woman and child weren’t hurt.

Police say the woman and man don’t know each other.

Those stories came from Chief Tango. Here’s a bonus story from Florida where a homeowner teamed up with police to end a shootout with with burglars;

JSO Director Tom Hackey said two teenagers were in a home on West 30th Street about 2 p.m. when a couple of men somehow broke into the home. The teenagers called their father, who works nearby. Police responded to a burglary-in-progress call, arriving at the same time as the father arrived home.

Officer Matthew Kreuger saw one of the suspects climbing out the window, pulled his taser and ordered the person to surrender. About that time, shots were fired at the officer, who pulled his gun and fired back. The second suspect appeared and more gunfire was exchanged.

When the officers came around the front of the house, the homeowner was holding one suspect at gunpoint, and that suspect had a gunshot wound to his shoulder. That suspect was taken UF Health Jacksonville with non-life-threatening injuries.

Hackney said the homeowner had also fired his gun, so it wasn’t clear who shot the first suspect.

Personally, if the police were there, I’d choose to put my gun away and let them do their jobs. It would lessen the chance that I’d get misidentified as a bad guy. But, I’m glad this one worked out for the forces of good.

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