Levitttown, PA

11/16/16 Associated Press:

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A pizza shop customer armed with a gun shot and killed one robber and injured another as they tried to hold up the Pennsylvania restaurant, according to police.

The shooting happened late Tuesday night at Porfirio's Pizza and Pasta, located in a shopping plaza in Levittown, about 25 miles northeast of Philadelphia.

The customer took out a gun and shot both men after they allegedly pistol-whipped him, Middletown Police Chief Joe Bartorilla told reporters.

One suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The second suspect was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately available.

Remember this wisdom from the gun controllers: you will never draw a gun fast enough on someone whose gun is already out.

Coweta County, GA

11/17/16 WSB:

Just as Elaine Stiehl, 78, was about to take her nap, she heard a noise coming from the front of her home, Coweta County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Col. James Yarbrough told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Stiehl grabbed her pistol, loaded it and stepped into the hallway to find two men, who allegedly broke into her home, police said.

Yarbrough said the men, Thomas Allen Linder and John Michael O’Neal, saw the gun, ran out of the home and got into an SUV driven by Anne Renee Dearman. The trio sped off, but police later found them heading north on I-85, Yarbrough said. Two guns, one stolen from out of state, power tools and fur coats were found in the car.

Estero, FL

11/15/16 WINK:

ESTERO, Fla. — A passerby shot and killed a person who was fighting with a Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Interstate 75 Monday morning.

Deputy First Class Dean Bardes, a 12-year-veteran, was working a crash at mile marker 126 when the suspect came upon him, causing Bardes to pursue him at high speeds, according to multiple sources.

Bardes and the suspect exited their vehicles at the Corkscrew Road exit and a fight started, sources said. The suspect was armed, Bardes told his supervisors, according to sources.

The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and told the suspect he’d shoot him if he didn’t stop beating the deputy, sources said.
After noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times, sources said. The suspect later died.

Bevo, MO: Someone Didn't See Gran Torino

11/2/16 KSDK:

ST. LOUIS - Two men were killed in a double shooting in the Bevo neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, and police said the shooter was the homeowner.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police said the shooting happened on the 4100 block of Taft Avenue at around 4 p.m.

Police said the 73-year-old homeowner was in his garage when he was approached by two armed men. One of the men put his gun to the head of the homeowner and told the homeowner to back up. The homeowner then pulled out his gun taht he had in his pocket and shot the men. 

Police said the men wanted the homeowner's car, and one of the men had a stolen gun.
Both men were pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting. On Wednesday they were identified as 18-year-old Jonathan Warren of Florissant and 20-year-old Lonnie Middlebrook of Ferguson. 

Of Ferguson?

Barnwell, SC

10/25/16 WRDW/WAGT:

A Barnwell woman will not face charges for shooting her son after he allegedly threatened her and attacked the mother of his children.

According to Chief Reuben Black, Bettie Ann Newton shot Venson Jones outside her Turner Street home on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Chief Black said that Jones was attacking the mother of his 4 children, 37-year-old Wanda Badger.

According to the incident report, Newton told investigators that he did exactly what he said he was going to do. She told them that Jones threatened to assault her and burn her house down just the day before. She went to the store where Badger worked to let her know what he said. Newton claims that Jones asked for a hammer to bust open Badger's head and kill her, and then carry out his original plan to assault his mother and burn her house down.

Richmond, VA

10/15/16 Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Akeem Williams’ death — he was fatally shot Feb. 9 — has been ruled a “justifiable homicide.” 

Sheridan, WY

10/17/16 SheridanMedia.com:

The intruder that was shot and killed during a home invasion early Sunday morning at a residence on the 200 block of West 10th Street in Sheridan has been identified as 39-year-old Terry Tate Twomey of Sheridan.

According to a news release from the Sheridan Police Department, the occupants of the residence, an adult male and female, and two children, were unharmed and are completely cooperating with the police investigation. Police are attempting to determine any relationships between the deceased and the residents, or between the deceased and the house. It’s been determined that the intruder entered the residence through an unlocked door. The incident is isolated and there is no threat to the community.

The female resident, who made the 911 call, told dispatch that an unknown male intruder was in their home without permission. She reported that her boyfriend armed himself with a shotgun after his attempts to get the intruder to leave the home failed. Twomey was shot in the chest by the male resident of the home after refusing to leave the residence peacefully. He was transported to Sheridan Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.