Grove, Oklahoma



From Tulsa’s KOTV.com of July 31, 2004

Shooting Near Grove Sends One Person To The Hospital



A Delaware County man is in the hospital after being shot by his ex-girlfriend. It happened early Friday morning near Grove.



Police say 44-year-old Dennis Jackson was shot several times while trying to crawl through the window of his ex-girlfriend's home. The woman told police she told Jackson not to come in and to leave, but he refused and kept saying he was going to kill her.



Police had been called to the residence earlier in the evening when the woman said Jackson refused to leave.

Parkman, Maine



From the Portland Press Herald of July 31, 2004

Parkman man shot armed neighbor



The attorney general's office has ruled that a Parkman man who shot and killed his neighbor in June was acting in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime.



David Tweedie, 40, shot William Glover, 33, when Glover allegedly approached Tweedie's Wellington Road home for the second time on June 19, armed with two shotguns and demanding beer.



Assistant Attorney General Andrew B. Benson said his office is satisfied that Tweedie was justified in using deadly force against Glover.



Tweedie told police that a man wearing camouflage clothing and carrying two shotguns came from the snowmobile trail behind his home to the back door at about 5:30 p.m., asking for beer. He would only find out later that the stranger was Glover, a neighbor from a couple of miles away whom he had never met.



Tweedie said when he told the man he did not have any beer, the man left and Tweedie called 911 to report the incident. Minutes later the man was back, he said, pointing the guns in his direction and toward his daughter.

Riverdale, Georgia



From Atlanta’s WXIA12.com of July 30, 2004

Suspect Shot in Attempted Robbery



Riverdale Police say an employee of an insurance company shot one of two men who tried to rob him.



The incident took place late Friday afternoon at the All Risk Insurance Company at 6380 Highway 85 in Riverdale.



Police say two people walked into the business with the intention of robbing it.



According to a Riverdale Police spokeswoman, an employee pulled out a gun and shot one of the suspects.



Emergency personnel have taken the wounded suspect to Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, where his condition is not known.



Police are searching for the other suspect.

Mecklenburg, North Carolina



From the Charlotte Observer of April 30, 2004

Man fatally shot after breaking in, police say

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Mecklenburg prosecutors will decide whether to charge anyone in the Thursday morning shooting death of a man who was killed after he broke into a former girlfriend's west Charlotte apartment, police said. Officers called to LaSalle Street about 4:45 a.m. found Anton Durant, 35, dead on the front porch of an apartment. Police said investigators later determined that Durant broke into the apartment to confront an ex-girlfriend and was then shot during a struggle with another man. Police have identified the shooter but did not release the person's name because prosecutors had not decided whether charges would be filed.

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Merrillville, Indiana



From the Munster nwtimes.com of July 29, 2004

Businessman shoots man he says tried to rob him with a sawed-off shotgun



James Shema stood behind the front counter of his store Wednesday afternoon and calmly looked up from his work to greet a potential customer.



It was business as usual for the 60-year-old owner of Shema's Outdoor Sports, despite an attempted robbery Tuesday night during which a man allegedly threatened him, his wife, Kathy, and three customers with a sawed-off shotgun.



Instead of becoming a victim, the gun store owner and marksman reportedly shot and seriously wounded his attacker.



Having operated the business since 1975, Shema said he has had break-ins at the store, 7119 Broadway, but this is the first time there's been an attempted armed robbery.



"This was the first time, and I hope it's the last," the Hebron man said.



The experience, during which he said he thought he and the others might be killed, left him counting his blessings that he was able to react like he did and not remain a victim.



"I just did what I had to do. When he came in here with a shotgun and no mask on his face I didn't think he planned to leave any survivors," Shema said.



Shema, who owns a gun permit and is licensed to sell guns, said he also is an experienced marksman who competes.



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Atlanta, Georgia



From the Atlanta’s CBSAtlanta.com of July 28, 2004

Home Invasion Suspect Dead



A suspect is dead and another man wounded after an apparent home invasion in downtown Atlanta early Wednesday morning.



Police answered a call around 12:30 a.m. to gated apartments across from the Atlanta Civic Center. A burglar entered the apartment and shot one of the men inside, police said. But the man's brother fired back at the suspect with a gun of his own. The suspect was dead at the scene, Police Sgt. Bob Creasy said. It appears the man who fired back was defending his brother, Creasy said.



The wounded man, who was shot in the chest and the leg, was brought to Grady Memorial Hospital for surgery. Police did not immediately release any names in the incident.

Bismarck, North Dakota



From the Bismarck Tribune of July 27, 2004

Soldier with 957th runs down alleged burglar



The sound of shattering glass, a woman's screams and the gentle nudging of his wife woke Chris Seil, a mechanic with the 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company, from a deep sleep at about 5 a.m.



About 15 minutes later an armed Seil had ran down the alleged culprit, David Bad Brave, 19, Bismarck, and turned him over to police. Bad Brave was charged Monday with breaking into an apartment, vandalizing vehicles and lying to police officers.



Immediately after the unexpected wake-up, the couple looked out their upstairs bedroom window and spotted a teenager standing next to the "wide open" front door. Seil said the door of their Boise Avenue residence was usually locked, but they left it open that night because they were expecting a late-night guest from Fargo.



"I yelled 'Hey you, stay right there,'" Seil said. The intruder ran away.



Seil said he had been trained to deal with alarms in the year he was stationed in Iraq. Ignoring the pleas of his wife to "just leave it," Seil grabbed a handgun from the night stand and ran out the door.



"I didn't even think, I just grabbed it," he said. "I think it was a military thing."



His wife, Trish Seil, watched from the bedroom window.



"I didn't know if this guy had a weapon, so that kinda freaked me out a little bit," Trish Seil said. "Chris just ran out, and I couldn't really see him for most of the time."



Barefoot and wearing only pajama bottoms, Seil jumped a fence and chased Bad Brave across apartment complex parking lots. When it looked like Bad Brave might escape, Seil said he cocked the handgun and told him to "stop or I'll shoot."



"I didn't know what he did in my house, if he hurt someone or stole something," Seil said.



Seil said Bad Brave stopped and attempted to punch him, but Seil kicked the intruder's legs out from under him and jumped on his back. Seil said he walked Bad Brave to a nearby police car holding on to the man's shirt and ponytail.