Sunday morning feel good stories
From Jackson County, West Virginia;
Officials say [Billy] McFarland drove up to Ravenswood to pick up a woman with whom he had a previous relationship. We’re told he held that woman against her will in his vehicle with a gun he had purchased several hours before the shootout.
Officials tell WSAZ police originally responded to a call that McFarland was driving erratically and tried pulling him over. They say officers knew something was wrong when that woman jumped out of the vehicle.
They tell WSAZ once she jumped out, McFarland stopped and began shooting her while she was on the ground, trying to get behind the police vehicle. At that point, we’re told McFarland saw officers and began firing at them. That’s when police shot back, hitting him multiple times.
McFarland is listed in critical condition and is still alive.
From New Philadelphia, Ohio;
Police had received a report at 5:55 p.m. Thursday about a shooting incident in the 400 block of North Broadway involving a man with a gunshot wound in the lower leg. He was transported to a hospital and then flown by helicopter to Akron City Hospital, where he was treated and released.
With consent, police searched the apartment and found and confiscated a semi-automatic handgun.Earlier Thursday, police had received a report of a residential burglary on North Broadway. Nelson said that a safe was stolen, which contained cash and the .40-caliber handgun.
“The shot went through his leg, but he’s lucky it wasn’t a hollow-point bullet or the damage would have been much more severe,” Nelson said.
The safe had been cut open in the apartment, where five other people were present, he said. Instead of arresting the suspects now, officers expect to seek charges against them through the Tuscarawas County grand jury because the five were there when the safe was opened, or shared its contents.
“Everybody in the apartment admitted to being addicted to crystal meth,” he said.
The apartment manager served them with an eviction notice Thursday night, he added.
Category: Feel Good Stories
Sister Mary Grace is off contemplating Father’s Day, so I’m stepping in somewhat.
Item #1 – Ladies, this dorkwad shooting a woman who was not interested in him and who came hunting for her is the reason you take self defense classes and learn to use whatever household objects you have on hand, including wasp spray, as self defense if you do not have a gun of your very own.
The 2nd report is – well, full of strange people doing strange things. Kind of the Twilight Zone of holdup people. If only there had been an exploding muskrat in that safe… could have saved so much money for a cash-strapped LEO branch, if their budget was impaired somehow.