Pistol-packing Ala. grandmother shoots intruder in bedroom(AL)
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DECATUR, Ala. - A pistol-packing grandmother in Decatur hopes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police say 69-year-old Ethel Jones shot 18-year-old Michael O'Neal Bynum in the abdomen when she said she found him inside her bedroom. Bynum lived less than 200 yards from Jones, but she said she didn't know him. "I hope this will make people have second thoughts before they break into a home in our neighborhood and stop some of the crime we've had around here," she told The Decatur Daily. Jones said she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
Robbery suspect killed in shooting; had been out of prison less than a week(OH)
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man turned the tables on four robbers late Thursday, grabbing one their guns and shooting one of the suspects dead. The Cuyahoga County Coroner's office identified the dead man as Terrance Manning, 20, of nearby Central Avenue. He died shortly after midnight Friday at MetroHealth Medical Center. Manning was released from prison on Aug. 21 after serving two years on robbery and weapons charges, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He had also had a 2007 robbery conviction for which he served a year in prison. Read an earlier version of this...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
One Dies In Shooting On Maffitt In North St. Louis(MO)
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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - An ongoing dispute between two men turned violent overnight. Police are trying to determine if the shooting is a case of self defense. It happened in the 4000 block of Maffitt around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. A woman called police and said a man was trying to get into the home. He reportedly had taken off a screen and broken a window. A male inside the home confronted the alleged burglar outside the house and was able to get a gun away from the man and shot him. The 30-year-old shooting victim ran across the street...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
No charges in shooting(AL)
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he Andalusia Police Department has interviewed the suspect in a shooting that occurred early Friday afternoon, but doesn’t plan to press charges. Thomas Ridgeway was airlifted from Andalusia Regional Hospital, where he was taken for treatment of gunshot wounds to the chest. Chief Wilbur Williams said the investigation revealed that Ridgeway went to a home on Murphree Stree in the West Haven apartment complex where he an Terrell Curry “had words.” Ridgeway allegedly went to his vehicle and returned to the apartment with a gun. Williams said it is believe the gun discharged in a tussle over it. Ridgeway drove...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
Taxidermist kills robbers(South Africa)
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Johannesburg - Two men were shot dead by the owner of a taxidermy business after they robbed him in Randfontein, Gauteng police said on Tuesday. "The 36-year-old male business owner that had been tied up along with workers this morning, managed to free himself and ran outside to where the men were leaving the house with money they had stolen," police spokesperson Captain Appel Ernst said. "Shots were fired and the owner killed two robbers with his own rifle." One of the men was on the list of the 10 most wanted criminals in the West Rand, for house robbery....
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
Successful home gun defense illustrates unfairness of Chicago gun laws
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"An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a man who broke into his South Side home Friday morning," Becky Schlikerman of The Chicago Tribune informs us. The suspect, we are told, was armed: "The officer...fired his service weapon several times, killing the intruder..." Neighbors are supportive: "They invaded his home, he did what he had to do..." A core issue behind the McDonald Supreme Court case was so if the neighbors' homes are invaded, they'll be able to do what they have to do. That the Daley administration continues to fight recognition of their right to do so every...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
Man Watches His Home Get Robbed Via iPhone ($4.99 iCam app)
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Man Watches His Home Get Robbed Via iPhoneA man from Dallas was alerted by an iPhone application that his house was being robbed. He watched it happen live while away on vacation. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek August 25, 2010 01:44 PM Webcams and home security systems have long been a part our culture. Dallas-area resident Vincent Hunter took advantage of both home security measures, and even connected the Webcams in his home to an iPhone application called iCam. iCam, which costs $4.99 and is available in the iPhone App Store, allows users to stream video and audio feeds from up...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 05:59:26 PM
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