1/26/16 WIST:
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
A 35-year-old New Jersey man has been identified
as the armed robbery suspect who was shot and killed in a shootout
during a botched robbery attempt at a Fort Jackson Boulevard barbershop.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says Adeyemi Herschelle Hannibal died due to multiple gunshots wounds.
Hannbal and a second, unidentified man attempted to rob the Next Up Barber and Beauty shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Several people, including children, were inside the business when two armed men wearing masks demanded and stole money from them.
Chauncy Harris witnessed it all unfold. It was a scene he will never forget.
"He smacked me in the back of my head, and I said, 'Okay, this is
probably when he's going to shoot me now and just sent an example and
walk on out the door with the money,'" Harris said. "But that's when my
man let loose. That's when everybody else had their stuff and was ready
to take care of business."
Two of the victims with valid concealed
weapons permits opened fire on both men. Hannibal was wounded in the
exchange, ran from the barbershop and collapsed outside. He was taken to
a local hospital where he was pronounced dead by medical staff a short
time later, according to police.
From
1/18/16 KDSK:
The hunt is on for a robber that started a gun battle in a St. Louis Grocery store.
Sone Maniphonh is one 63 year old you don't want to mess with.
When
her business, and her husband were threatened by a gunman, she sprang
into action to protect them and nearly paid with her life.
You don't stay in business for 25 years without protecting what's yours.
On Jan. 4, Maniphonh had to prove it, while staring down the barrel of a gun held by this man.
“He walked in, and he wanted a 20 cent candy. I put right here, and he
put gun on me. He point at me. After that he turn gun to my husband,”
said Maniphonh.
As Maniphonh watched her husband struggle with the robber she grabbed her own gun.She never fired at the robber, fearful she would hit her own husband.
“I stand right here. He shoot one, two, three, four over there. I run
follow him to go outside. I only try to protect myself, i don't know how
to [be] scared,” said Maniphonh.
Maniphonh says she's had that gun under her register for more than 20 years, but she's never had a reason to use it before.
“Sometimes I cry at home, I say, 'Why they have to do it with us. I
don't make too much money'. Business is slow,” said Maniphonh.
1/14/16 WVTM:
A metro Atlanta man says he’s thankful he had an old hunting rifle handy
when two armed men burst into his home Wednesday and began
pistol-whipping him and his mother.
Timo Hernandez, 28, recounted the attack the next day. He said his
mother happened to be visiting him from Nashville. She cooked some
chili for him at his home on Eastwood Drive. The two sat down at about 5
p.m. to eat. Moments later, someone knocked on the door.
"When I
opened the door, these two guys stormed in with guns and started
pistol-whipping me and took me to the ground," said Hernandez.
One of the intruders went after his mother, who was trying to escape.
"He started pistol whipping and kicking her in the side," he said.
The
son's attacker demanded money and forced him through the house at
gunpoint. He took him to a guest bedroom and threw him to the ground.
"He put a gun to my head,” Hernandez said, “and I just started fighting back."
Hernandez
said it just so happened that his father's old hunting rifle was
stashed away in that guest room. Hernandez had been thinking about
refinishing it. During the scuffle, Hernandez managed to grab the rifle,
and he started firing.
Bullets struck both men. Wounded, they
both fled the house. One collapsed dead in a neighbor's yard. The other
man hopped in a getaway car, but later collapsed in the parking lot of a
Zaxby's restaurant. He remained in critical condition until
passing Thursday from his wounds.
Police believe the men had been
trying to impersonate police officers. Police badges and zip ties were
found at the scene, police said.
1/13/16 WLS channel 7:
CHICAGO (WLS) --
Two robbery suspects were shot by an employee at a cell phone store
in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
The
T-Mobile store in the 2000-block of East 95th St. was left riddled with
bullet holes. If not for the employee carrying a weapon with a
concealed carry license, the manager of the store says he might be
telling a different story.
"I think concealed carry is a great
opportunity for managers, workers, employees to protect themselves in
these cases. And our employee did a great job to protect themselves and
the other employee," said Neil Tadros, store manager.
He says two men entered the store and acted like they were shopping for phones for a few minutes, then pulled out guns.
One
employee ran to the back to call for help while the other pulled out
his own gun and fired at the two suspects. He hit one of them in the
groin and the arm, and the other in the abdomen and the arm.
From
1/6/16 WMUR:
MANCHESTER, N.H. —A 65-year-old Manchester woman shot and injured a man Monday night when he tried to rob her, police said.
Manchester police said the woman, who did not want to be identified,
told them that she shot the man when he tried to grab her while she was
trying to get into her apartment building. She said the man had been in a
car that followed her into the parking lot of her apartment complex,
police said.
Police identified the man as Michael Bontaites, 23,
of Manchester. He was treated for a serious but not life-threatening
chest wound at Elliot Hospital....
After she left her car, she heard another vehicle door close and heard someone approaching her quickly from behind, police said.
"Something in my head said to take the gun out of my purse," the woman told News 9.
With
her hand on the gun now in her coat pocket, she told News 9 that she
headed toward her apartment. She said she looked behind and saw a man
following her.
The woman told police that a white man wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt ran past her and blocked her path.
"Ten
feet from the front stairs. That's when he caught up to me, and he came
around me and stood right in front of me. Right in my face," she said.
The woman told News 9 that the man yelled at her.
She
said he reached out and tried to grab her, but she pulled her handgun
from her pocket and shot him once in the chest at close range....
Investigators said the woman, described as 4 feet, 11 inches tall and
weighing 105 pounds, feared for her safety and has a valid concealed
carry permit. Bontaites is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall and
weighing 200 pounds.
Police said the man fell to the ground while the woman ran inside the building. The man called 911 while he was on the ground....
The woman told News 9 that she had a valid concealed permit through the Manchester Police Department for more than 10 years.
"Last night was the first time I ever shot that gun in all the time I've owned it," she said.
From
channel 7 Denver:
BOULDER, Colo. - Police say an intruder who was shot and killed
inside a home in Boulder tried to break into other homes in the
neighborhood just before the shooting.
The Boulder County Coroner's Office identified the suspected intruder as Roberto Zamora, 19, of Boulder.
Several
neighbors told police the man was yelling at residents and banging on
doors and windows as he tried to break in several homes on Pima Court.
When
the man got to a home in the cul-de-sac, and banged on the rear
windows, a man inside the home told police he told the female occupant
of the home to call police and he grabbed his gun.
"At this point,
the suspect had gone around to the front of the house and was banging
loudly on the glass screen door, which was locked, continuing his
attempt to break in," Boulder Police said. "The suspect shattered the
glass screen door and then burst in through the front door."
From
6/6/15 Talhahassee Democrat:
Sept. 11- Manuel Camereno
Camereno, 25, was shot at a West Pensacola Street apartment complex in the early morning hours.
The
State Attorney's Office in Tallahassee ruled the shooting a justifiable
homicide after after it was deemed in self defense and there was a lack
of evidence to prosecute Camereno's shooter.
