Sunday morning feel good stories

| January 21, 2018

From West Memphis, Arkansas;

West Memphis PD says responded to a shooting call the Sunset Inn on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at around 6:10 a.m.

When they arrived, they found a man critically injured from a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead on the scene.

West Memphis PD says officers investigated the scene and interviewed the shooter. According to police, the deceased man robbed the shooter at gunpoint, and a struggled began between them. The robber was shot during the struggle.

From Dunwoody, Georgia;

Police said the shooting happened in a Walmart parking lot on Winter Chapel Road around 7:45 a.m after being told the suspect had pulled into the store’s lot.

The individual, who has not been identified at this time, was suspected of robbing a Kroger in Johns Creek with a handgun, police said. According to authorities, a witness followed the suspect to the parking Walmart parking lot.

During the confrontation, police say that the suspect left their vehicle and was not complying with their commands. It was at this time that an officer fired one shot into the suspect.

The suspect was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Not a traditional FGS story from Houston, Texas;

A pimp fatally collapsed after an altercation with a good Samaritan who was trying to help a woman he was assaulting early Saturday morning in northwest Houston, police say.

According to the Houston Police Department, police responded to what was initially thought to be a hit-and-run around 2:30 a.m. in the 14600 block of Hempstead near Gessner.

Upon arrival, police say they discovered a woman who was being sex trafficked from Wisconsin.

The woman told police she was being assaulted by her pimp at a nearby club when she attempted to flee. Hel allegedly continued to pursue and assault her.

Police say a good Samaritan driving by witnessed the assault and got out his vehicle to help which resulted in some sort of altercation between the two men. The woman told police the pimp threatened to shoot him.

Police say the good Samaritan fled the scene in fear of his life. Police say the woman tried to jump into the pickup truck, but the the pimp pulled her hair and grabbed her.

At some point, police say they both lost their grip and hit the ground.

“According to the reporting witness, the male pimp hits the ground, rises to his feet, stumbles across the roadway and collapses on the shoulder,” said Sergeant R. Klementich with the Houston Police Department.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Category: Feel Good Stories

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Doc Savage

Three up, three down.

Good game.

Deplorable B Woodman

And the world is a more peaceful place………now.

Hondo

With apologies to Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and the 5th Dimension:

Three less dipstick prancers
Three less dumbazz thugs . . . .

NR Pax

Upon arrival, police say they discovered a woman who was being sex trafficked from Wisconsin.

Welcome to the digital age where we can deploy hookers from the comfort of home. *sigh* Doesn’t anyone proofread anymore?

cc senor

Well, the Georgia item makes me wonder if journalism students even bother to take English 101 courses these days.

UpNorth

Ever look at the chyrons at the bottom of the screen on the national or local TV news? Nobody even pays attention to what auto-correct is trying to tell them.

1610desig

MLK jr drive….seems when I encounter these ubiquitously named streets, they’re located in third world shitholes

Wilted Willy

Oh how I love the smell of DRT’s in the morning!
Nice shooting folks!

Bill M

This half inning went to the good guys.