Wednesday morning feel good stories
From St Pauls, North Carolina;
The 68-year-old homeowner told investigators that when she arrived home she heard a noise coming from inside of her storage building, Thompson said. She walked out to the building, opened the door and found [James] Dority inside standing in a corner.
The homeowner told investigators that “he was lunging toward her” in an aggressive manner, which prompted her to open fire, shooting Dority five times, Thompson said. The name of the homeowner is not being released at this time.
Thompson did not say if charges had been filed against Dority or the homeowner.
From South Bend, Indiana;
Police arrested 20-year-old Robert Baker Monday.
They say Baker and another man broke into a home on North Illinois Street and started shooting.
One of the victims shot back and both of the suspects ran away.
Less than an hour later police say Baker walked into the hospital with a gun shot wound.
Right now, police are still looking for the second suspect.
From St Louis, Missouri;
St. Louis police say a burglary suspect is dead after being shot by a man in the home that was victimized.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting happened around 3 a.m. Monday. Four people told police they were inside the home when a man kicked in the bottom of a locked door and climbed through. Police say a 21-year-old man shot the intruder, identified as 43-year-old Maurice Pollard.
Pollard was pronounced dead at a hospital. None of the people inside the home were hurt.
From Ohio County, West Virginia;
After a man showed a gun to a clerk in Ohio County on Monday night, the clerk fought back.
Ohio county sheriff Tom Howard says it happened at the First and Last Shot Cantina on National Road in Triadelphia.
They say a man walked up to the door and showed the clerk a gun. The clerk then pulled out a weapon, and the robber then ran.
Sheriff’s deputies say K-9s tracked the suspect into a creek, and then police discovered he had parked at Wanda’s Bargain Barn just down the road.
They have surveillance video and are hoping to release more details later.
Category: Feel Good Stories
Dude is going to lose all street cred after being shot down by grandma.
Dority still alive after five rounds? That will put a limp in his gimp, and hopefully help him to choose a different life career.
Meanwhile, the taxpayer is stuck with the bill for his care and feeding. Too bad Ms Homeowner didn’t apply that One More Taxpayer Savings Shot. I’d have reimbursed her for the cost of the round.
A lot of old ladies use 22lr five shot revolvers. Easy on the recoil, light weight, inexpensive. They don’t always see the best or practice much and since shot placement is important with the .22 it is easy to get a survivor.
Still five hits of anything will get most bad guys out of the fight so good on her.
Who would have thought that robbing a place named “First and Last Shot Cantina” could go wrong?
I am going to complain again that the media never give us the caliber and type of bullet used in these incidents.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Surviving 5 shots of .45 cal hollow points would be newsworthy indeed!
Sister Mary Grace is back from her bout of mutual grumbling with The Penguin.
In re: the Indiana story: Police arrested 20-year-old Robert Baker Monday.
Note that in the next sentence, the reporter does not include ‘Monday’ after ‘Baker’. Either the intruder’s name is Baker Monday, or it isn’t, and frankly, since compound surnames are all the rage right now, I’d go with Baker-Monday, a rather charming compounded surname in itself if a hyphen is used.
Therefore, two thumps with Sister Mary Grace’s No. 15 yellow pencil for lack of consistency and a recommendation that the writer go back to 1st grade.
Wanda’s Bargain Barn (WV story) sounds interesting. Do they have flour sacking towels in their inventory?
You tell them, Sister Merry Grace-Penguin.
So the lady shot the perp five times. That’s all the news said. So the perp walked out, went to the deli and bought a bagel with a smear I would surmise since the news left out what happened to the perp.
“Dority was taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment of injuries that did not appear to be life threatening.”