Monday morning feel good stories
Bill sends us a link from Valparaiso, Indiana;
Police said Thomas Powell, 36, of Hebron, came into the store with a mask on, approached a cashier and demanded money. He inferred that he had a weapon on his pocket.
He got money from the cashier and was immediately restrained by a customer, police said. Additional customers helped and held Powell down until police arrived.
When officers arrived, they saw five or six men holding him down.
Powell was arrested and held on robbery charges.
From Chicago, Illinois;
At 10:54 p.m., the homeowner, a 60-year-old man, said a man used a crowbar to force his way into the 60-year-old’s house in the 4500 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, police said.
The homeowner shot at the man, police said. The man, 44, was hit multiple times throughout his body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
The 60-year-old has a valid FOID and concealed carry permit.
From Haltom City, Texas;
Five masked gunmen broke into an apartment at the Spanish Square Apartments in the 2000 block of Dayton Street and exchanged gunfire with at least one resident, police said.
Three suspects were wounded _ one was in critical condition Sunday at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, authorities said.
One resident also was wounded in the shooting, police said.
From Houston, Texas;
According to the Houston Police Department, officers responded to a shooting call around 10:30 p.m. at the McDonald’s located in the 9100 block of Cullen near Reed Road.
Upon arrival, police learned a customer had walked outside the restaurant when he was approached by the suspect.
Police say there was some sort of disturbance and fight before the man shot the customer in the stomach. At the same time, police say the security guard working at the restaurant returned fire on the suspect.
HPD says the suspect died en route to the hospital, and the victim is in stable condition.
From Baton Rouge, Louisiana;
Officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department say on Thursday, October 5 around 2:20 p.m., a man, later identified as Malcolm Williams, 29, approached the two victims in a parking lot and demanded the victims’ property while threatening them with a handgun. The victims, in fear for their lives, then gave their cell phones to Williams.
During the robbery, one of the victims pulled out their own handgun and shot Williams in the arm, the report says. Williams then reportedly fled the scene on foot.
During the course of the investigation, officials found a long blood trail following the same path Williams was last seen running. Along this route, a cell phone belonging to one of the victims was found. The cell phone also had blood on it.
Williams arrived at a local hospital a short time later and reportedly told staff members he’d been shot. The victim who reportedly shot Williams was able to identify him in a six-person photographic lineup. Williams is charged with armed robbery.
Category: Feel Good Stories
The thugs need to consider a career change to something legal and less likely to cause terminal lead poisoning.
“The victim who reportedly shot Williams was able to identify him in a six-person photographic lineup”
Yes, that’s him second from the left. The one with his arm in a sling. Yes, I’m quite sure that’s him.
“the one with his arm in a sling” – that is classic!!! Well done, 26Limabeans
It seems to me that holding people up is not a cost-effective way to be a successful entrepreneur.
Being shot, punched, knocked down and sat on, or even bleeding severely make for a hostile and injurious work environment.
Perhaps if the thieves were more polite, they’d suffer fewer on-the-job injuries.
P.S.: People in Chicago are no longer inhibited from employing weapons for self defense.
I wonder why rob e., the mayor of Chicago didn’t have that 60 year old home owner arrested for depriving that gent of making a living by breaking into homes. I can see a lawsuit by the perps family against the home owner coming up.
First up, his momma on TV, DFO(Done Fell Out). Then, her crying “ he be a goot boy, he dindu nuffin”.
I don’t think there’ll be any lawsuits. Rahmbo has gotten hammered with his anti-gun crap, especially when it’s the gangs stealing weapons out of freight cars on the South Side that are the sources of guns used in crimes, all of which has happened during HIS administration.
No one, in fact, has been charged with a crime for defending himself with a gun in Chicago for almost 2 years now.
Wait a minute. The Mc Donalds has an armed security guard? Must be a rough side of Houston.
Contrary to all the reports you normally see here, Houston actually has rough areas and in some of them real actual guns are discharged occasionally. It ain’t all sweetness and light as one would think reading Greybeard, myself, et al.
True story – a neighbor a few houses down was burglarized a week ago – a couple of yutes who knew his son were ID’ed and even seen wearing some of the property stolen from his son (shoes and some clothing were stolen.) When the neighbor tried talking to the mother of one of the kids, he was informed that the kid DESERVED what he stole… you know, racism etc. (no need to guess the relevant races of those concerned.) We’re wondering whether she will feel her little son will deserve the eventual bullet he is going to stop as well.
If anyone from TAH has ready access to Chesapeake, Va, there is a scheduled floor show for Dutch-Rudder-Danny at 10:00, tomorrow morning. Be sure to bring a house-helmet for him in case he goes full-hissy.
Bless his heart, he’s had eleven days to get cleaned up and regular… haha!