{"id":82064,"date":"2018-09-29T06:21:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T10:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82064"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:33:35","slug":"saturday-morning-feel-good-stories-182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82064","title":{"rendered":"Saturday morning feel good stories."},"content":{"rendered":"

From\u00a0FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

A Fayetteville landlord will not face charges for shooting an intruder.<\/p>\n

The shooting happened Thursday evening in the 5000 block of Birch Road. Darrell Ellison had just fed his dogs when his tenant knocked on the door.<\/p>\n

“A lady and her boyfriend that rent a trailer that I own in Hope Mills, she said they had a fight and she stopped by here to talk about it,” Ellison said.\u00a0 \u201cIf i didn\u2019t shoot him, he would\u2019ve killed her\u201d.<\/p>\n

“I had (the door) locked, and he kicked the lock out,” Ellison said. “He came in the house, grabbed a hold of her and started dragging her through the kitchen, knocking all of my stuff over.”\u00a0 Ellison, 74, usually keeps his gun at his side, but this time, it was out of reach.\u00a0\u00a0“I had left my gun in the truck, and I went out to the truck and I got my gun, and I come back in through the back door, and he had her right here — beating on her,” Ellison told ABC11<\/p>\n

Ellison said the boyfriend then came after him.
\n“I had my gun pointed right there and I told him, ‘John let me loose, (or) I’m (going to) shoot you, Ellison said.
\nHe paused and added: “Didn’t turn me loose. Boom. That’s it.”\u00a0\u00a0The boyfriend wouldn’t stop the attack so Ellison said he fired a single gunshot.<\/p>\n

Fayetteville Police said the suspect, now identified as John Morelli somehow made it a half mile to Fire Station 12 on Hope Mills Road. Firefighters called police, who later determined that Ellison was acting in self-defense.<\/p>\n

“Like I said, if I hadn’t been able to stop him, he would have killed her – and me probably, too,” Ellison said.<\/p>\n

The blood from the shooting is still visible on Ellison’s doorstep. He said this whole ordeal was a nightmare.<\/p>\n

“I’m just sad about the whole thing that happened, but if I had to do it over again, I would do the same thing. If someone’s life was in danger or mine was in danger, I would do it,” Ellison said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Gettysburg, PA<\/a><\/p>\n

A Gettysburg man who was shot by an employee as he tried to rob a pharmacy has been sentenced to nearly 6 1\/2 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n

That penalty was imposed on 26-year-old Zachary E. Kuhn by U.S. Middle District Senior Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.<\/p>\n

Kuhn pleaded guilty to trying to rob the Antietam Pharmacy in Waynesboro on June 26, 2016. The holdup came to an abrupt end when an employee drew a concealed pistol and shot Kuhn in the right hand and lower back.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Kuhn had a gun and was demanding oxycodone, an addictive pain-killer.<\/p>\n

Rambo ordered Kuhn to spend 3 years on probation after he finishes his 77-month prison term. She also imposed nearly $3,900 in fines and restitution.<\/p>\n

Assistant Federal Public Defender Monica Cliatt argued in a sentencing memorandum that Kuhn is no longer a danger to society because he is partly paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair because of his wounds.<\/p>\n

Drug addiction and mental health problems prompted Kuhn to commit the robbery, she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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