Sunday morning feel good stories

From Salisbury, North Carolina;

Police say the incident began about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, when officers were called about a suspected armed robbery, said a statement.

“Officers made contact with the suspect, who was armed with a handgun and attempted to negotiate his peaceful surrender. While negotiating with the suspect, he presented a clear threat to harm one of the hostages with the handgun,” said a statement.

That’s when one Salisbury officer fired a single shot, hitting the man, police said in a statement.

TV station WSOC is reporting the shooting happened after about 45 minutes of negotiations.

The hostages were then whisked out of the store as police performed first aid on the man, said a police press release.

He is in critical condition at N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, police said.

From Middletown, Ohio;

Officers were called to the 1300 block of Woodlawn Avenue on a report of a burglary. An investigation revealed a man entered the house and was lying in bed “with his pants down” and his genitals in his right hand and a hatchet in his left, according to the police report.

The woman called for her husband to get the man out of the house. The husband then attempted to wake up the man to get him out of his house.

During a preliminary hearing today in Middletown Municipal Court, the husband testified McClain was asleep on his wife’s side of the bed “propped up, covers pulled to one side and all my pillows behind him.”

The man’s wife, children and other family members had just returned home from watching fireworks, he said, noting he was at a residence just one minute away.

When the man bumped McClain and he awoke, that is when he saw the hatchet, he testified.

“He got up with the hatchet in his hand,” the man said. “I hit him on the head with my gun”

Then he and McClain fought and struggled through the house, according to the resident.

The man said he used some boxing skills to keep McClain at arm’s length. Eventually he was able to push McClain out the home’s back door. The man said he believes McClain came in that door, which may have been left unlocked.

When McClain made a move back toward the man, he said he fired a shot into the ground. He fired a second shot into the ground before McClain left his yard, he said.

During the incident the man said McClain was “swinging the hatchet.”

From Tucson, Arizona;

In the video, the crook can be seen standing behind a counter, armed with a knife and demanding money from employees. However, the workers were not amused and one of them decided to take action by throw a chair at the suspect. At least six employees then start attacking the man and subduing him until police arrive.

The crook did cut one of the employees with a box cutter which required 16 stitches.

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