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2 injured in Northwest St. Johns County parking lot shooting


http://jacksonville.com/news/public-...g-lot-shooting
Two people were shot in a Friday morning confrontation in a bank parking lot on Race Track Road in Saint Johns after one driver fired multiple times at someone in another car and hit a passenger as well, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

That second vehicle fled the scene, ending up at Baptist Medical Center South where one victim was treated. A second victim was taken to UF Health Jacksonville with more serious injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The man with the gun didn’t get too far. He was stopped by Justin Louque, manager of the Tuffy auto services center next to the Atlantic Coast Bank at 2766 Race Track Road.

Louque told First Coast News that the man he held at gunpoint claimed the other car was “running them off the road.”


“He got out with a gun. I told him to put it on the ground. … He walked about 15 yards away from the gun and he dropped down and raised his hands,” Louque said.“I had an employee get a gun just in case, so I held him at gunpoint until police arrived.”

The two vehicles were on Race Track Road two miles east of Florida 13 at about 11 a.m. when some kind of issue developed between their drivers, Mulligan said.

The two cars pulled into the bank parking lot and people from both vehicles exited and began fighting, Sheriff’s Office Comm. Chuck Mulligan said.

“Then at 11:07 a.m., we get a call that gunfire has begun involving this altercation, from one of the subjects,” Mulligan said.

Two people in the other vehicle were hit by gunfire, while a third was not hit, Mulligan said. That vehicle fled through the parking lot of the Plantation Plaza shopping center next door, then out another exit.

“The car with the shooter inside began to drive behind that car, and citizens detained that person,” Mulligan said. “One of them had a firearm and held him at gunpoint until we got there, which was pretty quick.”

The vehicle with the gunshot victims inside continued to Baptist South on Old St. Augustine Road and Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Mulligan said. One of those victims was taken to UF Health Jacksonville’s emergency room for treatment.

Investigators say it is too early to say if road rage prompted the confrontation.

The incident, which occurred one mile west of Fruit Cove Middle School, did not affect the school or dismissal, school district officials said. But Mulligan said the potential for more injuries existed since the shooting occurred in a busy shopping center in a densely populated community.

“Whenever anyone starts shooting in a parking lot, it is not a good thing,” he said. “But where they were, there were buildings in between and all these rounds were focused in one area. But that’s always dangerous.”

The Sheriff’s Office’s Major Crimes division is investigating the shooting.

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3 today, a Pa example.

Ligonier Township burglary suspect held at gunpoint by neighbor

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/1...nt-by-neighbor
A Ligonier Township man held a burglar at gunpoint early Thursday after he heard the suspect trying to break into his brother's house next door, according to police.

Brian K. Will, 47, of Derry Township, allegedly was trying to break in the door of a Binkey Road home at about 5:45 a.m. when the occupant called police. According to an affidavit, the occupant's brother heard the commotion and found Will threatening to kill his brother, township police said.

Investigators found a wire camp saw in Will's pants pocket and a large machete in his car. Will had previously been told to stay off that property by police, according to the affidavit.

Will is charged with attempted burglary, attempted assault, possession of an instrument of crime, defiant trespass, terroristic threats, criminal mischief and possessing an offensive weapon.

He was being held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $100,000 bail. An Oct. 6 preliminary hearing is set.

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Four today. I think this is an armed citizen making a difference. It sounds like the criminals hit the one person with a car and the other person fired a gun chasing off the criminals.

Manhunt In North Springfield, 2 In Custody

http://www.ktts.com/news/local-news/...d-2-in-custody
There was an hour-long manhunt in north Springfield Friday after a man and woman ran from a stolen car at 2323 N. Douglas.

Greene County deputies and Springfield police officers were trying to locate a man and woman in a stolen Ford Focus with Arkansas plates. It was believed there could be a gun in the vehicle.

Sheriff Jim Arnott says this whole thing started on Farm Road 112, near I-44 and Kearney, just before noon.

"We received a 911 call at 3152 W. Farm Road 112 in reference to a stealing in progress. The homeowner came out of her residence, noticed someone was trying to steal something out there and confronted two suspects in this silver Ford Focus. A female homeowner's friend came out of the residence, also, to check on her. When she did, the vehicle ran into the homeowner and then the other female fired a shot in the air as the suspects took off in the vehicle," said Arnott.

The man and woman who left the scene in the stolen Ford bailed out of it at 2323 N. Douglas.

The sheriff says witnesses reported it rolling down the street and ending up in a ditch.

Witnesses told officers they saw a man and woman grab a rifle from the car and take off running from the scene.

Springfield police and Greene County deputies, using a K-9, set up a perimeter working to track down the two suspects.

The woman suspect was caught rather quickly after the manhunt began.

Authorities say the man was caught an hour after the ordeal started around Kearney and Broadway. Sheriff Arnott says the police canine tracked down the male suspect, who was hiding under a shed trying to cover his body with the shed's door.

The homeowner was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Gun beats knife in Lebanon altercation

http://democratherald.com/news/local...e037bee6d.html
A man who pulled a knife on a driver in Lebanon Thursday evening found himself staring at a gun when a bystander with a concealed carry permit intervened, according to Lebanon police officials.

Michael Ryan VanGelder, 30, is alleged to have brandished a large, fixed-blade knife at Elizah Bullock, 39, after a verbal dispute at about 7 p.m. near 809 S. Main St.

Witnessing the altercation, Mica Smith, a U.S. Army veteran who served 10 years with the 10th Mountain Division, leapt from the patio at Conversion Brewing and drew his Glock 42 .380 on VanGelder, who then tried to run from the scene. Both Bullock and Smith chased and tackled VanGelder, who is alleged to have assaulted Bullock in the scuffle.

VanGelder was arrested by the Lebanon Police Department. On Friday afternoon, he was arraigned in Linn County Circuit Court on charges of unlawful use of a weapon, menacing, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct.

"There were threats made with a knife," said prosecutor Ani Yardumian, who asked for $20,000 bail in the case. Judge Rick McCormick set security at that amount.

Yardumian added that Bullock was unable to attend the brief court hearing because he needed to get medical treatment.

Bullock and VanGelder live in the same apartment complex in Lebanon. McCormick ordered that VanGelder could not come within 100 yards of Bullock.

Tim Felling was appointed VanGelder's attorney, and the next hearing in the case was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 6.

Aimee Crumley, VanGelder's sister, was present at the court hearing, and said her brother suffers from mental illness and has days when his behavior is difficult. She said she helps her family take care of VanGelder.

She added that Smith also knows VanGelder.

Lorra Crumley, VanGelder's mother, said in a telephone interview that she felt horrible about the actions of her son.

"I would have never expected it in a million years," she added.

She said that society doesn't have a lot of help for mentally ill people who still appear, at first glance, to function at a high level.

"If I wasn’t involved in his life, he would be on the streets," Lorra Crumley said.

VanGelder pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault in 2015 in Lincoln County as part of a negotiated settlement in a criminal case. He was sentenced to a year in jail, and ordered to undergo an alcohol and drug evaluation and a mental health assessment and counseling or treatment, if necessary.

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Two today.

Bridgeport man shot attempting home invasion still hospitalized

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/...n-12241848.php
BRIDGEPORT — Police are waiting to process and charge a city man with home invasion and several gun offenses after an incident last week that ended in him being shot by the victim of the home invasion.
Juny Oscar “OC” Abraham, 43, of Bridgeport, will be charged with home invasion, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree criminal attempt at assault, two counts of risk of injury and reckless endangerment, police said.

Abraham remains in Bridgeport Hospital in critical but stable condition, Capt. Roderick Porter said. He is under 24-hour police supervision. He is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 2 at 10 a.m.
The incident that landed Abraham in the hospital took place in the 900 block of Kossuth Street on Sept. 21 around 5:20 p.m. Police responded to the area for a report of shots fired, but the situation was more complicated than that.
The victim was standing on his porch with a neighbor, police said, when a man — later identified as Abraham — walked up to them wearing a mask and pointed a gun at them. The neighbor told police he immediately jumped over the porch railing and fled to check on his family.

The resident told police he ran inside to his apartment on the second floor and closed his door behind him. He told police Abraham kicked in the door and entered the residence. The victim was in his apartment with his wife and two children at the time, police said. The victim’s sons told police that Abraham pointed his gun at them.

An altercation took place between Abraham and the victim, the incident report said. The victim led Abraham back outside.
The victim hid behind a minivan outside the residence parked near the sidewalk and told police Abraham began to shoot at him from the porch. The victim returned fire with his own firearm — which police said was verified to be registered and valid under a pistol permit — and shot Abraham once on the right side of his chest and once in his left knee.
Police said the victim told them Abraham fled the scene. The neighbor saw him leave the scene in a nearby car. The car was soon located by police when the driver called police and said the passenger in the car had been shot. The driver managed to flag down an ambulance in the area of Central Avenue.

Police followed the ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital and transported the driver to the Detective Bureau for questioning.
The driver told detectives a person he knew as “OC” approached him in the area of East Main Street and Shelton Street, yelling he had been shot.

The driver told police he got into the driver seat of the car and as he was driving “OC” to the hospital, Abraham told him he had been shot by a resident — who Abraham identified by a nickname the victim later told police he is known by — and that “they had a beef from a long time ago,” the incident report said.

The driver adamantly denied being on scene when the incident took place, police said. He also denied knowing “OC” was going to be involved in a shooting. Porter said there wasn’t enough probable cause to charge the driver.
The incident report said Abraham was a previously convicted felon and that he did not have a current gun permit. They said he had previous weapons offenses on his record.

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Suspect Shot by Armored Car Driver During Attempted Robbery

A person was shot by an armored car driver during an attempted robbery on Saturday morning in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, the FBI says.
According to the bureau, the incident occurred near a currency exchange in the 4300 block of West 26th Street at approximately 9:30 a.m.

When the driver, working for armored car service Garda, exited his vehicle, a man in a reflective vest attacked him with a sledgehammer in an attempt to rob him.

The driver then fired his service pistol at the man, wounding him. The suspect fled the scene, and he was taken into custody a short time later by Chicago police.

The driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening, but life-altering, wounds, according to the bureau. The suspect is currently in surgery at a local hospital.


Source: Suspect Shot by Armored Car Driver During Attempted Robbery - NBC Chicago http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...#ixzz4uDHH0CGC
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Would-be robber shot by armed victim near Tanger Outlets in Myrtle Beach


http://wbtw.com/2017/09/29/shooting-...n-to-hospital/
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The victim of a reported armed robbery in Myrtle Beach may just be alive because the would-be robber’s gun jammed as he attempted to shoot at the victim.

Horry County Police officers were called to Factory Stores Boulevard off of Highway 501 in the Myrtle Beach area around 11 p.m. for a shooting. The incident report notes that upon arrival, the officer was flagged down by a person on Waccamaw Pines Drive, who pointed the officer to a gun on the side of the road. The witness told police that the gun was possibly thrown by the alleged robber.

Another woman pointed the officer to where the would-be robber was lying on the ground where he had collapsed after being shot, the report states. A witness to the shooting, also an off-duty EMT, was helping the man who had been shot until medics arrived.

The victim of the robbery told police he was “conducting security” at Grand Strand Baptist Church, located at 350 Hospitality Lane, when a man approached him and asked for change for a $20 bill.

When the victim pulled out his wallet to offer change, the man waiting for change pulled out a gun, pointed it at the victim’s stomach, and demanded the wallet. The victim handed over his money, according to the police report, and as the robber began to walk away, the victim pulled his own weapon.

The robber then fired a shot into the victim’s car door. The victim shot back at the robber, police report, and as the robber attempted to fire another shot, his gun jammed.

The police report says the victim “emptied his weapon” shooting at the robber. The police report does not state how many times the robber was hit. After being shot, the robber ran to the parking lot of Ruby Tuesday, just across from the Tanger Outlets, where he told a witness he had been shot and needed to go to the hospital.

The robber was treated by emergency crews on scene and then taken to a local hospital. His condition is not known at this time. The suspect’s name has not been released.

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This shooting occurred Tuesday. The video below says it was self defense.

http://www.kmov.com/clip/13773741/au...g-self-defense

The original story.

Investigation continues into shooting outside Phillips 66 in North City

http://www.kmov.com/story/36460732/p...-city-shooting

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Police said a clerk shot someone outside a Phillips 66 gas station.

A clerk at a Phillips 66 in St. Louis was taken into custody after a man was shot to death outside the gas station Tuesday night.

According to police, 34-year-old Christopher Simmons was found outside the store on 2800 North Florissant with a gunshot wound to the head.

Court documents state the victim and the clerk, a 39-year-old white male were arguing inside the store. The victim exited and the clerk followed him outside and the two resumed arguing. During the outside confrontation, the clerk reportedly shot the man.

The suspect was taken into custody and his firearm was recovered at the scene. He was later released.

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Lorain homeowner shoots burglar


http://www.cleveland19.com/story/365...shoots-burglar
LORAIN, OH (WOIO) -
Officers say a burglary suspect is in critical condition after being shot while trying to rob a home.

The suspect allegedly tried to break into a residence at 311 Colorado Avenue around 1:51 a.m. Sunday.

The 32-year-old resident tells police he heard the suspect trying to get into the house and fired his gun.

Lorain police say the 21-year-old male suspect was shot one time in the right thigh. When officers arrived at the scene, they provided first aid to the suspect who was bleeding heavily.

EMS took him to Mercy Hospital and he was then flown to MetroHealth Hospital.

No names are being released at this time and police say the incident remains under investigation.

The homeowner was not injured.

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Intruder shot to death with his own gun after barging into home, police say

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/cri...ry.htmlGilbert Stokes died trying to break into a home in Hollywood — shot with his own gun as he ran away, police said.

Stokes and another man barged into the home on Madison Street and pistol-whipped a man inside, but the victim snatched Stokes’ gun and fired, a police report said.

“It was terrifying. It was the scariest time of my life,” the victim said Monday, asking to remain anonymous because he fears retaliation. “All I could think about is trying to get out of the situation. I had a gun to my head.”

The encounter happened about 10 p.m. Feb. 20. Stokes, 40, of Belle Glade, and another man parked in the driveway and knocked on the door, according to a police report. Douglas Mackey, 53, of Loxahatchee, waited in the car, police said.

After a man opened the door to the home, Stokes and his companion burst in with a .38-caliber handgun, police said.

But the victim wrested the gun away and shot Stokes in the back before the intruders made it outside and took off, according to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s report.

Stokes bled to death in the car while Mackey drove to Lake Worth, police said. There, Mackey and another man put the body inside another car, where it sat for three days, according to the report.

The car then was moved to Australian Avenue, about 2 miles east of Interstate 95 and just north of 45th Street in Lake Park, the report said. A passerby discovered Stokes’ body inside and thought he was sleeping.

Investigators say they found a cellphone in the car that led them to Mackey. It helped show that Mackey was an associate of Stokes’, and investigators used cellphone records to track Mackey and Stokes from Lake Worth to Broward County and back around the time of the shooting, a report showed.

Mackey was arrested Saturday and is being held without bond at the Palm Beach County Jail, charged with second-degree murder in Stokes’ death and armed home invasion.

Under Florida law, an accomplice can be held responsible for a death if it occurs while committing a crime.