Saturday morning feel good stories

From BAKERSFIELD, CA

A security guard shot a robber Thursday night at a Metro PCS store on Chester Avenue, police said.  Police said the robbers entered the store shortly before 6 p.m., pointing a gun at employees and shoppers.

An armed security guard stepped in to stop the robbery and shot one of the suspects. The other robbers took off, police said.  A shopper was also injured, but police didn’t say how that person was hurt.

From Kissimmee, FL

An armed robbery suspect was shot by the victim on Tuesday after the man threatened to rob him during a cellphone transaction.  At about 5:12 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a Walgreens drug store at 2050 E. Osceola Parkway in Kissimmee to investigate a report of a shooting.

According to a Sheriff’s Office report, a robbery occurred, which led the victim to shoot at the suspect, Alexander Diaz. The victim told deputies he made arrangements through Craigslist to purchase cellphones from Diaz. They met at the Walgreens to conduct the transaction. Diaz then demanded more money from the victim and made verbal threats, insinuating he had a weapon and he was going to rob the victim, the report stated. The victim feared he was going to be robbed after the suspect walked to his car and placed an object in his waistband. Diaz approached the victim again in an aggressive manner, demanded additional money and postured himself as if he was removing a gun from his waistband, Sheriff’s Office officials said. The victim stated he feared for his life and fired several rounds at Diaz. The suspect retreated to his vehicle and fled the area at a high rate of speed.

Detectives were able to locate Diaz and discovered that he had suffered a gunshot wound. Diaz was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening wounds and was later booked into the Orange County Jail for armed robbery.

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