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Armed Homeowner kills intruder
Oops, Wrong House: A resident shot a man last night when the would-be intruder tried to enter a home in Berkeley Heights, authorities said. The shooting in the secluded section of Watchung Reservation occurred around 9 p.m. on Cataract Hollow Road, Union County Police Chief Dan Vaniska said. He said the victim, whose name and [...]
NY: Off Duty Police Officer shoots/kills roober during attempted holdup in auto shop Date: May 15, 2009 8:25 AM Ya see why it’s good to have cops come into the shop? ———- An off-duty cop shot and killed an armed robber during a brazen stickup in a Brooklyn auto shop Saturday, police and witnesses said. [...]
Michigan: armed female uses firearm to scare off 3 home invaders Date: May 15, 2009 8:21 AM looks like their neighborhood watch worked – this is what it’s all about… ………………………………………………………………. A homeowner on the Detroit’s east side thwarted three robbers by firing out of her bedroom as the men made their way up the [...]
MO: Armed Woman stops home burlary
A woman whose house was being burglarized is believed to have shot one of the three men caught in her home early Thursday. The woman arrived at her home in northeast Columbia and found that her back door had been kicked open, according to a release from the Columbia Police Department. Inside, she found three [...]
Score: Marching band 2, thugs 0 Girl, 17, fends off mugging attempt This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press Wednesday, April 29, 2009. By DAISY RATZLAFF Valley Press Staff Writer ——————————————————————————– QUARTZ HILL – Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two would-be robbers who grabbed a teenage girl as she walked to school, but were [...]
TX: Armed Apt resident shoots and kills intruder
Student killed after forcing way into apartment FORT WORTH An 18-year-old Fort Worth man killed Tuesday afternoon inside a north Fort Worth apartment had apparently forced his way inside, armed with an aluminum bat, when he was shot by one of the apartments residents, investigators said. Derek Splawn, a student in the Keller school district, [...]
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/43648647.html STITES, Idaho – The FBI and Nez Perce Tribal Police are investigating a fatal shooting at that took place at a grocery store in Stites early Thursday morning. It happened during an apparent attempted break-in The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a 21-year-old Kamiah man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity [...]
MISS: Armed Man kills Intruder, saves Mom….
Sons 2nd shot kills intruder tool goes here PASCAGOULA A woman, awakened by the sound of someone removing the screen from her bedroom window, got out of her bed at 1 a.m. Friday, walked to her sons room and quietly woke him. She said, Snigg get up, the son said in an interview later Friday [...]
The Supreme Court says accidentally shooting
The Supreme Court says accidentally shooting a gun during the commission of a crime should bring the same penalties as intentionally using a firearm. This came as the high court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and sentence of Christopher Michael Dean, who was arrested for trying to rob a bank in Rome, Ga., in 2004. [...]
FLA: Property Owner shoots/kills robbery suspect
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/CountyByCounty/CountyStories/2009/4//28/robbery_suspect_dies_after_being_shot_by_property_owner.html Robbery Suspect Dies After Being Shot By Property Owner Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:58:07 PM POLK COUNTY (Bay News 9) — A Polk County man shot at two robbery suspects Tuesday morning when he thought they were going to run him down. One of the suspects was hit in the head and died, and [...]