Friday morning feel good stories

From Salt Lake City, Utah;

The homeowner who shot and killed a woman who broke into his home in West Jordan will not face criminal charges, according to Sim Gill, Salt Lake County District Attorney.

On June 8, Makayla Yeaman, 23, entered a home at 6845 W. 7605 South about 5:30 a.m. after obtaining a garage door opener from a truck parked outside the home, according to investigators.

Police said when she made it into the house, she was confronted and shot by the 26-year-old homeowner, whose name has not been released. He told police he heard the garage door opening and dogs barking, so he took a gun with him to investigate.

A knife was discovered near Yeaman’s body, according to police. Gill said Wednesday she had been pulling out the knife before the shooting occurred, making the threat to the homeowner more serious.

“The homeowner’s home had been invaded and the homeowner had a reasonable concern for his own safety, and therefore defended himself,” Gill said.

Smart criminals in Imperial, Missouri discover that they couldn’t kill their intended victim with a replica handgun;

On June 24, 18-year-old Casey Lynn Duncan contacted a friend, 19-year-old Jesse Noal Killian, and informed him of a plan to break into a home in the 5100 block of Autumn Ridge Drive and kill the homeowner because that man’s daughter had recently dumped him.

Killian traveled from his home in Cape Girardeau to Duncan’s residence in Fenton in the early morning hours of June 25. The two then traveled to the victim’s residence in Imperial.

Duncan brought with him a large knife, a replica Beretta handgun, and a loaded .22-caliber rifle. He gave Killian the rifle and kept the replica pistol.

Police said Duncan and Killian went to the back deck and contemplated breaking in through the rear door and shooting their intended victim. Instead, the two men gained access to the attached garage and got inside the residence through an unlocked door.

The suspects took alcoholic beverages from a fridge in the garage and placed them in the victim’s SUV.

Duncan and Killian searched the home and found the victim, his wife, and a young child asleep in the living room. The pair was unable to follow through with their plan, so they fled in the victim’s SUV and stole the garage remotes.

Authorities in Ste. Genevieve County tracked the vehicle’s GPS and located Duncan and Killian at an area hospital. Killian had sliced his leg while climbing into the garage and required stitches.

Police apprehended the two men at the hospital.

“So they looked beyond just the initial crime of stealing a motor vehicle and discovered that there was a much bigger plot here,” said Sgt. Matt Moore, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

From Houston, Texas;

Police said two men were kidnapped and taken back to their home where a shootout broke out between the victims’ family members and the kidnappers when they tried to break into the home.

Police said the kidnappers left the home and a deputy later spotted them driving erratically.

The suspects sped away from the officers, leading them on a chase, police said.

The chase ended at Irvington near Turner after the driver hit a curb. Police said at least two people ran from the vehicle and one woman stayed inside. She was arrested.

From Center Pointe, Alabama;

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said a man was fatally shot after trying to rob someone at The Pointe Apartments in Center Point Wednesday evening.

“Early Information from the scene is that the deceased attempted to rob the other injured party,” the sheriff’s office said. “There was an exchange of gunfire and both were struck.”

The condition of the victim is unknown at this time.

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