Wednesday feel good stories

It’s been a busy day for the forces of good fighting evil. The first story is from Tennessee;

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department investigators said three men went to the door of a home on March Mill Road Saturday night and told the homeowner to put his hands in the air. The homeowner pulled a handgun and was shot in the right arm, but he also returned fire, authorities said.
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A short time later, Madison County deputies responded to McDonald’s in Hazel Green for a gunshot victim. Madison and Lincoln investigators determined the shooting victim at McDonald’s, Dustin Elmer Hood was tied to the Lincoln County home invasion.

Eric Wesley Atchley, 26, was arrested and is in the Madison County Metro Jail. Dustin Elmer Hood, who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, will also be taken into custody after he is released, investigators said. Both will be charged with aggravated assault.

One of the miscreants is still on the loose, so keep an eye out, Tennessee.

Next is Missouri;

Upon arrival at the scene, deputies observed a male lying outside the residence. He was pronounced dead at the scene, as a result of gunshot wounds. The male later was identified by fingerprints as Ronald Lee Salmons Jr. age 45. Salmons resided at 13013 Dorsey Lane.

According to witnesses at the scene, Salmons was armed with a knife and he had made forced entry into the residence located at 12945 Dorsey Lane, threatening the occupants inside. Salmons was then reportedly shot with a small caliber weapon, and retreated outside the residence where he collapsed.

Now from New Mexico;

After the shooting, a woman called 911 to report that her husband shot someone who was trying to break in. When police arrived at the home, they found a body lying next to a 6-inch knife.

Police said the intruder was trying to gain access to the home and was shot after a brief struggle. They also said the intruder possibly caused a disturbance at a neighbor’s house down the street earlier in the evening.

Finally, we stop in Alabama;

Tim Foster said he noticed the burglary in progress on Monday morning and stepped into action.

“I was standing here watching him, and he busted the window outside the house and I called 911,” said Foster.

But Foster didn’t stop there. He was making sure this thief didn’t get away.

“I took my gun and told him I was going to hold him at gunpoint ’til they got here. But when he came out he jumped in the car and took off. I shot his back tires out and I shot the back window out,” said Foster.

Police were able to get the suspect before he even made it out of the neighborhood.

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