Friday Feel Good Stories
Deputies: Dad shoots man who stole car with boy, 6, inside
Associated Press
ATLANTA, Fla. – Sheriff’s investigators say a Florida father chased down and shot a man who stole his car with his 6-year-old son inside.Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials say 29-year-old Lamar Thurman remains in critical condition following the shooting early Saturday.
News outlets report the father left his 2012 Honda running while saying goodbye to friends around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. That’s when Thurman jumped in and took off.
The father and his friends called 911 and drove after the vehicle. Sheriff’s officials say the group followed Thurman for five miles, where he crashed the car. As they went to grab the boy from the car, Thurman drove away. The father pulled out a gun and started shooting. The boy wasn’t injured.
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Gas station clerk opens fire to foil robbery in Mount Clemens
By Mark Hicks
A man who police say attempted to rob a Mount Clemens gas station Wednesday had the tables turned on him when a worker opened fire.The alleged 27-year-old armed robber was shot six times and wounded, the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office said.
Investigators say the suspect entered the Mobil at 116 S. Main at about 5:10 p.m. wearing a mask and wielding a handgun.
The employee, who also was armed, shot the man multiple times in different parts of his body before deputies were called to the scene, sheriff’s officials said. No other injuries were reported.
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DeSoto County homeowner shoots intruder who was on parole, wearing ankle monitor
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. – A DeSoto County homeowner shot an intruder who was on parole for burglary.
The incident happened in the early morning hours of April 25 at a home on Center Hill Road. The homeowner called 911 to report that he had shot an intruder.
Emergency responders arrived at the home and found the suspect with gunshot wounds to his abdomen and leg. That man was identified as Richard Ray Bias, 32.
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The rest of the story may be viewed here: Fox 13 Memphis
Todays tallies, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, stands at no morts, three inconvenienced, and none in the wind. Shooting at a moving vehicle with a hostage on board is usually a very bad idea.
If we lower our standards, we lower the flag. — President Ronald Reagan
Category: Feel Good Stories
“Lamar Thurman remains in critical condition following the shooting early Saturday.”
Correction:
S/B “Lamar Thurman’s remains were found following the shooting early Saturday.”
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More range time people, more range time!
Just one question: why is a 5-year-old out with anyone at 2:30AM?
… or 6-year-old
That is what I was wondering, even if he was asleep….I guess it is better than leaving at home alone though.
Still a trifecta. Still a win for the good guys. Didn’t find an Atlanta FL on my Rand/McNally. Did find a LANTANA FL in Palm Beach Co. Just saying. Associated Press needs a visit from Sister Mary Grace.
May wait for tomorrow for the winnings. May be a better shot for others on the TAH Friday Weekend Open Thread. Real spread out on my self imposed honey do details. Y’all make me proud in the fight.
5th/77 FA Lantana is just above Boynton Beach and it sounds like another bad Florida shoot.
If the fathers’ friends had rescued the child from the car when the father shot, then it is a bad shoot.
If the child was still in the car, then the father is justified to shoot to prevent kidnapping.
Boynton has a very nice area along the intracoastal, but one block away, over the tracks, is a minority neighborhood with lots of police activity.
The new mayor is for gentrification and hopefully as development occurs, this will be pushed further west.
Those airweight revolvers are extremely unpleasant to shoot. They are too light and the recoil is awful! I would think they are only useful as a last chance back up gun.