Thursday morning feel good stories

From Lexington, Kentucky;

The Sheriff’s Office said that on Monday, authorities responded to N.C. Highway 150 in the Tyro community in reference to a domestic dispute.

Woodell’s wife of 42 years, who had fled to her mother’s residence, said that she had been assaulted by Woodell. Authorities said the wife informed deputies that Woodell would most likely be at his residence on Sink Farm Road.

Officers arrived at 1257 Sink Farm Road at approximately 11 p.m. Monday and found Woodell was holed up inside a barn. Grice said that when deputies made contact with Woodell, who was armed with a shotgun, he threatened law enforcement and said he would shoot before he would come out and surrender. Around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, deputies heard a gunshot inside the barn while they attempted to negotiate with the suspect over the telephone.

The Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team was called at 12:43 a.m. While the response team staged across the street, line officers staged themselves around the barn to keep Woodell inside.

Grice said that at 1:47 a.m., Woodell exited the building and shot at deputies. Officers fired back and struck Woodell. A response team medic administered CPR and then Woodell was transported to Wake Forest Baptist-Lexington Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.

From Memphis, Tennessee;

A suspected vehicle burglar ended up dodging bullets Monday night.

He allegedly tried to break into a man’s truck, but ended up running for his life.

It happened around 10 p.m. after Demaris Johnson and his cousin, Kevin Jamerson, parked their vehicles at Smackers, near Airways and Lamar.

Police say Johnson saw a man trying to break into Jamerson’s truck after his cousin went inside.

When he went to confront him, the suspect pulled a gun, which forced Johnson to pull his gun and start shooting.

He told police it was self-defense.

“He did what he thought best to do at that time,” one woman told us.

Police say the suspect drove off in a white car.

Investigators found 16 shell casings when they got to the scene.

Officers tried to find the suspect by checking hospitals for gun-shot victims, but they didn’t have any luck.

Also from Memphis;

John Lesure…says he was just getting in from church and had his sights set on settling in for the night when the plan changed.

“I opened the door for him, and he came in screaming ‘I think I’ve been shot,” he said.

Lesure says his son claimed someone pulled into the driveway on Whispering Elm and just started shooting, hitting him in the groin, chest and leg.

It turns out, that was a lie.

According to police, Edward Lesure was behind the whole plan to rob an unsuspecting victim who agreed to meet up after talking to a teenage girl he met online.

Police say, the girl who was working with Lesure to get the man to come to John Lesure’s home.

“Hopefully, if he can make it through this, he will have an eye opening experience. Hopefully it opens his eyes,” the suspect’s father said.

Police say the teenage girl and Lesure used that dating site to send her picture to entice and invite the victim over.

Once the victim came over, the teenager took $100 from him, and Lesure crept up from the back with a BB gun.

The victim then pulled a real gun and shot, hitting Lesure three times before getting away.

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