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Man shot and killed after he broke into home of woman he’d been dating, Lexington police say

BY KARLA WARD
A 24-year-old man died after police said he was shot after breaking into a home in north Lexington late Friday night.

Lexington police said a woman called them to report that a man she had been dating had broken into her home on the 1900 block of Alice Drive and begun shooting.

“Another resident fired back, striking the intruder,” police said in a news release.

Police said they found the intruder, Jaymes Miller, dead inside the house. The Fayette County coroner’s office said he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:40 p.m.

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Read the rest here: Kentucky.com

Sheriff: Man accused of hitting woman, is stabbed and hit with a hammer in self-defense

by Joseph Erickson
PALATKA, Fla. (WGFL) — In Putnam County, Florida deputies with the Sheriff’s office responded to a home after a verbal argument turned physical.

On Monday, the victim told authorities that she got into an argument with 40-year-old James Pascoe.

The woman and witnesses told deputies that Pascoe had struck her several times in the face. During the argument, the woman then hit Pascoe in the head with a hammer.

However, Pascoe continued to strike the woman, Sheriff’s deputies say. One of the witnesses to the event stabbed Pascoe several times with a pair of scissors to try to help the victim.

Pascoe knocked the witness with the scissors into a dresser, deputies say. The victim was able to flee from the residence after someone blocked Pascoe’s path.

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Read the rest here: WGXA
Hat tip to 5th/77th FA, our own Gun Bunny for the link.

Police Identify Suspect and Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting After Home Invasion in La Plata

On April 26, 2020 at approximately 10:20 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 10000 block of Spring Oak Court in La Plata for the report of a home invasion in progress.

As officers were responding, 911 received additional calls advising the suspect – armed with a military-style long gun – had approached several homes in the neighborhood. He broke out a window to one house and then walked to the front yard of another home where he fired multiple rounds at the residence. When officers arrived, they heard numerous gunshots and observed the man firing at the house, which they learned was occupied by several people including children. One of the officers discharged his firearm, which struck and disabled the gunman. The officers approached the man, secured the weapon and initiated CPR until paramedics arrived. The man was transported to Charles Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

Detectives are working to establish a motive and his name will be released once his next of kin has been identified. The officer, a five-year veteran, will be placed on administrative leave in accordance with agency policy.

UPDATE: The gunman has been identified by detectives as De Quang Tran, 59, of La Plata.

The officer who fired and disabled the gunman is PFC Morrison, who is assigned to the Patrol Division.

Detectives are still working to establish a motive. The investigation is ongoing.

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Two down and one inconvenienced, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. Don’t miss the pic from the Palatka article, the lad looks like five miles of bad road.

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