Wednesday morning feel good stories

From Travelers Rest, South Carolina;

Deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Blue Ridge Drive near Shelton Road around 10 p.m. last night for a report of a shooting.

After an initial investigation, deputies allege that 30-year-old James Michael Smith, Jr. tried to enter the home through a window and was shot at least once after being verbally warned by the homeowner.

Smith was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital. His condition is unknown.

From Scott County, Kentucky;

One person has died in an officer-involved shooting in Georgetown.

Police say it began with a home invasion about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning on Echo Path.

We’re told a man broke into the home, armed with two guns.

Officers responded to the scene and the man raised his arm toward them. That’s when an officer opened fire.

From Helena, Arkansas;

Helena-West Helena Police Chief Patrick Smith said three men forced their way into a home in the 1100 block of Walnut Street about 8:30 p.m. A female resident had refused to let them in, Smith said.

Police said weapons were fired among the intruders, with shots hitting two of them: 22-year-old Darrin Heath and 19-year-old Oshea Henderson. It was not clear who fired the shots hitting the two men.

Heath suffered fatal injuries. Henderson was transported to Helena Regional Medical Center, then to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Smith said. He was said to be serious condition on Monday afternoon.

The third man involved, 21-year-old Anthony Gilmore, is in custody on an aggravated residential burglary charge, Smith said.

In Phoenix, Arizona;

Police said a homeowner confronted and shot an armed man who refused to leave his house in west Phoenix.

It happened near 59th Avenue and Thomas Road just before 7 p.m. on Monday.

Police said the homeowner confronted the suspect at his front door and the armed man was shot.

The man was taken to the hospital where he should survive, police said.

Officers said the man was armed with a machete and another type of knife.

From San Angelo, Texas;

Police have identified the 26-year-old man who allegedly intruded and was shot and killed Monday by a resident of a San Angelo apartment complex.

Killed was Jaime Mendoza, San Angelo police said in a news release Tuesday.

The attempted burglary allegedly occurred at a residence in the Village Apartments (200 block of South Fillmore Street).

Police, upon arrival, found Mendoza dead.

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