Thursday morning feel good stories

From Wichita, Kansas;

A 31-year-old man was shot at least once in the upper chest at a house in the 5000 block of West Newell shortly after 9:30 p.m., a Sedgwick County emergency dispatch supervisor said. That’s just south of Central and a few blocks east of I-235.

The man who was shot was taken to a hospital in potentially critical condition, the supervisor said. He may have a second gunshot wound as well, the first responders transporting him told hospital staff.

Few details have been released about the shooting, but the supervisor said the man who was shot has also been identified as a suspect in the case.

From Tampa Bay, Florida;

The incident began about 12:15 a.m. in the area of 26th Avenue South and 13th Street South where Violent Crimes Task Force members noticed the suspect driving a black 2011 Honda Accord in a reckless manner, moving through residential neighborhoods at a high rate of speed, with the headlights off, and not stopping for stop signs or a traffic light.

VCTF members then attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the suspect’s vehicle in the area of 22nd Avenue South and 34th Street South, when the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed.

According to a media release from the sheriff’s office, VCTF members did not pursue the vehicle, but instead conducted surveillance. They “observed a bright flash and heard a sound similar to a gunshot from inside the vehicle,” the press release said. The VCTF members then saw the driver discard what appeared to be a handgun out of the vehicle.

VCTF members were able to perform a Precision Immobilization Technique (tire-deflation device) on the Honda at 22nd Avenue South and 22nd Street South. The driver, Brown, was taken into custody.

Deputies determined that while Brown was attempting to discard the handgun, he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh. VCTF members were able to recover the discarded handgun, which was previously reported stolen from a vehicle in the city of Largo. Largo Police Department was notified that the firearm had been recovered.

Brown was transported to Bayfront Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. After treatment, he was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.

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