Friday Feel Good Stories
From Wilted Willy:
An armed 32-year-old Port Orange man was shot at by law enforcement Wednesday night at a 7-Eleven and died of a gunshot wound to the head, Volusia County sheriff’s deputies said in a Facebook post this morning.
The man, John Wurms, was taken by helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities said he had pointed the gun at police when he was shot.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.
“The good thing, thank God, is, number one, our victim in this case….is alive,” he said.
Chitwood said Wurms had committed several crimes since July and appeared to have “come off the rails.”
Wurms was sought by Port Orange police after he reportedly threatened the woman, identified as the victim in a pending aggravated stalking case for which the man had been charged, deputies said in their overnight social media post.
From AW1Ed:
A trucker was uninjured Tuesday morning after defending himself against an attacker at a gas station in Florida.
http://livetrucking.com/armed-trucker-able-to-defend-himself-against-gas-station-attacker/
Police say the trucker was outside of a 7-eleven when a man suddenly attacked him.
The incident happened at around 2:15 a.m. in Northeast Miami-Dade, Florida.
Miami-Dade Police say that the trucker was standing outside his rig speaking to someone at a 7-eleven at 1000 Northeast 215th Street when a man suddenly came up and attacked him. Luckily, the truck driver was armed and was able to pull out his gun, opening fire on the assailant, who promptly fled to the 7-eleven building to find help.
Excuse me, the assailant needed help? Glad the trucker’s okay.
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FALL RIVER — Bristol County DA Thomas M. Quinn III said his office has determined that a cab driver acted in self-defense when he shot and killed one of two men trying to rob him during a botched Aug. 10 holdup in New Bedford.
“After a thorough investigation, it is clear that the cab driver acted in lawful self-defense and the use of deadly force was justified under the circumstances,” Quinn said in a statement released to the media Wednesday at the Superior Court arraignment of 23-year-old New Bedford resident Kyle S. Dawson, the surviving robbery suspect.
The cab driver for the Yellow Cab Co. picked up Dawson and Christopher Dunton, 24, of New Bedford about 1 a.m. in the area of Cottage and Willis streets and drove them to Bentley Street in New Bedford’s near North End, four houses away from Dawson’s home, prosecutors said.
Dawson asked the cab driver if he had change for a $50 bill and then Dunton placed him in a chokehold, while Dawson held a knife to his side, prosecutors said. The cab driver freed himself and fired three rounds into the cab, killing Dunton, investigators said. Dawson ran out the passenger side and door and was arrested later that day by police.
“The victim was violently robbed by two men who threatened his life while choking him and putting a knife to his side,” Quinn said in the statement. “Fortunately, he was able to extricate himself and get out of the cab.
But you’ll be pleased to know that the robbery suspect faces heftier charges.
Kyle S. Dawson, 23, of 28 Bentley St., Apartment 1, the surviving suspect in the Aug. 10 robbery in New Bedford, will be arraigned Oct. 31 in Fall River Superior Court, according to Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III.
A Bristol County Grand Jury indicted Dawson on charges of armed assault with intent to rob, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and involuntary manslaughter, Miliote said.
The charge of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in state prison, is a new charge brought against Dawson by the grand jurors. Dawson is currently being held without bail at the Bristol County House of Correction, after a dangerousness hearing in New Bedford District Court.
As if Pittsburgh needed this now.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/01/police-medical-examiner-mount-oliver-home/
MOUNT OLIVER (KDKA) – Allegheny County Homicide Unit Detectives said a suspect is dead after an attempted home invasion in Mount Oliver.
Lt. Andrew Schurman said the man who resides in the home on Sherman Avenue shot and killed the intruder just after 5 a.m. Thursday.
Detectives said the intruder had a weapon “similar to an assault rifle” and they think he entered through a second-story window.
The homeowner, who was taken away for police questioning, said he believed the intruder had a weapon and shot him with his personal handgun.
No charges have been filed.
The identity of the deceased has not yet been released since investigators said he did not have any identification on him at his time of death.
“The homeowner was the one who called 911 and was very cooperative with investigators,” said Lt. Schurman. “The victim, the burglar, the actor, was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Category: Crime, Feel Good Stories
Damn! You’re up early!
I’m working. What’s your excuse?
I did my “homework” last night, MC, and got some extra sleep, thinking I could get a little extra shut-eye.
Then, when I started my tea kettle to heat up water for my morning brew, I looked at the box of teabags I had just opened and it said ‘Decaffeinated’.
DECAFF???? The horror! No wonder I slept past 5AM.
Good on the Cab driver. I wouldn’t go unarmed in New Bedford either. Glad the surviving idiot is getting more charges.
I once had occasion to spend a night at the inestimable Dartmouth Motor Inn while in possession of a Glock 17. The door locked and the toilet flushed. If only for a 50 watt light bulb to replace the installed 30 watt low lumen candles I might not have stayed the night.
“pointed the gun at police when he was shot”
That’s some pretty good reaction time by the cop. Not “before” he pointed the gun and not “after” he pointed the gun but “when” he pointed the gun.
“Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood”
Former Portland Maine Police Chief. Former Philly cop. Presently a dick in Florida.
Rabid anti second amendment. Refused to issue CC permits in Portland until the court ordered him to do so. Used to waste taxpayer money by following gays around and outing them.
Thinks of himself as Dirty Harry.
One of Bloombergs useful idiots.
Figures that he would end up in Florida.
Maybe Florida will get lucky and some of the alligators that waddle into town will find him and make a meal out of him.
He does sound like a rather dimwitted fellow. Referring to someone who was known to stalk a female target as a “victim” is not the kind of person I’d want as Sheriff.
Sheriff Chitwood has done a tremendous job here in Florida fighting crime and taking criminals off the streets. Crime statistics are way down.
“weapon similar to an assault rifle.” Was it black and scary? Did it have a flip up thingie in the back? Multiple high capacity “clips”? How about a chainsaw bayonet canon camera attachment? Sister Mary Grace, wooden ruler needed on post 3. Darwinian effect posting; dumbass takes knife to gun fight.