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Deputies: Hebron homeowner shoots at, collars burglar
David Whitford
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office says a man is behind bars the worse for wear after he tried to burglarize a home and was shot at and collared by the homeowner.

David Whitford, 29, of Hebron, is in the Boone County Detention Center, charged with second-degree burglary and nursing head and facial injuries, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

The release said deputies were dispatched to the 9200 block of River Road in Hebron about 2 p.m. today for a reported burglary in progress with shots fired.

Deputies arrive to find homeowner subduing suspect

Deputies arrived on scene to find the homeowner subduing Whitford.

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After an investigation, the release said, deputies determined that Whitford was attempting to force entry into a home on River Road when he was confronted by the homeowner, who was armed with a handgun.

“As Whitford fled the area on foot towards the riverbank the homeowner fired several warning shots. The homeowner searched for Whitford and located him on his property, bedded down in a wooded area,” the release said.

“The homeowner then fired several more warning shots in close proximity to Whitford, grabbed him and a physical struggle ensued between the two.”

Whitford’s injuries were treated St. Elizabeth Florence Hospital before he was jailed.

The homeowner refused medical treatment.

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Phoenix homeowner shoots, wounds accused car thief, police say
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) * Police say a Phoenix homeowner shot a car thief after the suspect tried to break into his home Thursday night.

It happened at about 10 p.m. in the area of 53rd Street and Indian School Road, but it started a few miles away at 51st and Van Buren streets. According to police, Ryan Johnson Davis, 32, stole a vehicle parked outside a house in that area. The car's owner tried to stop him but got hurt in the scuffle.

Police said Davis drove to the neighborhood of 53rd Street and Indian School Road, ditched the stolen vehicle and tried to break into a house. That*s when the homeowner shot him.

According to police, Davis* injury was not life-threatening. He was treated at the hospital and released, and then booked into the Maricopa County Jail on suspicion of robbery, vehicle theft, residential burglary and trespassing.

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https://www.11alive.com/article/news...f-ba4f068ff257


Homeowner shoots man after breaking into Milton home, police say
The man was identified as Corey Patton II from Charlotte, North Carolina.


MILTON, Ga. — One man is dead after police said a homeowner shot an alleged burglar breaking into his home in North Fulton County.

Milton Police received a call around 8:40 p.m. Saturday about a reported burglary at a home on New Providence Road.

Police say a man broke into a locked front door at the residence, where he was confronted by the homeowner.

The homeowner shot the suspect multiple times, according to police. They said the suspect was treated at the scene before being taken to WellStar North Fulton Hospital.

The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Corey Patton II, from Charlotte, N.C., later died at the hospital, police said. Investigators said they do not believe there were any other suspects in the case.

The Fulton County District Attorney's Office has been notified of the incident and will decide if any charges will be filed.

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Indy homeowner shoots and kills suspected intruder, police say
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INDIANAPOLIS * A homeowner opened fire on a man police say was trying to break into his home early Tuesday morning.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the home in the 800 block of Lawrence Street around 3 a.m. for a report of a person who had been shot.

Arriving officers located a man suffering from at least a single gunshot wound at the scene. That man was taken to the Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition where he later died.

The man was identified as 31-year-old Brandon Rednour, Marion County Chief Deputy Coroner Alfie McGinty said in an email.

Detectives at the scene say two people were inside the home when they heard someone trying to break in through the rear entrance. The homeowner opened fire, striking the suspected intruder at least once.

No other details have been released at this time. The incident remains under investigation.

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19-year-old shot and killed while trying to strangle two people in Rock Hill apartment
WCBD News 2Apr 25, 2021 / 09:06 AM EDT
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – A shooting investigation in Rock Hill is underway after a 19-year-old was killed by two gunshot wounds during a fight early Saturday morning, Rock Hill Police says.

Officers responded to a verbal altercation at an apartment in the 1500 block of Eagles Place around 4:26 a.m., where they found the 19-year-old man assaulting people inside an apartment and threatening to kill them.

The man then strangled another male and was shot by someone inside the apartment to stop the attack. The person shot then started strangling a female and was shot a second time before collapsing and dying.

Investigators consulted with the York County Solicitors Office and determined the shooting was in self-defense, therefore no charges would be brought.

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Putnam County Sheriff says 'these hoodlums make me sick' after homeowner shoots burlgar
Hunter Layne Harrison/Source: Putnam County Sheriff's office

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. -- Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says a homeowner on Thomas Dr. called 911 dispatch around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday about a man armed with a knife up a tree making a disturbance.

Deputies were dispatched to the home, but before they could arrive a second call came in from a next door neighbor alleging the suspect was attempting to break into their home.

The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Hunter Layne Harrison, had picked up a concrete landscaping border brick and threw it through the locked glass door which led to an enclosed porch, according to Sills.

After getting to the porch, Harrison beat on the french glass door to the home, screaming to be let in, but the homeowner shouted back that he was armed and that Harrison needed to leave.

Sills says Harrison picked up a dumbbell on the porch, threw it through the glass door, and made entrance to the home.

But the homeowner, armed with a .45 semi-automatic pistol, shot the suspect once in the arm. Harrison hit the kitchen floor and the owner held him their until deputies arrived.

Once law enforcement made it to the scene, were they sent the homeowner along with his wife and child to wait out the situation in one of the home's bedrooms.

The deputies then attempted to detain Harrison and place him in cuffs, but Sills says the suspect battled with the deputies, splattering blood across the kitchen, breaking free, cussing at the officers, and running towards a door that he believed was an exit.

But Sills says Harrison didn't realize the home was currently under construction and that the door no longer led to a back deck, causing Harrison to fall nine feet to the ground where deputies arrested him.

The officers had to use pepper spray to subdue Harrison and keep his feet in shackles to keep him from running.

While Harrison was en route to an ambulance that had arrived on scene, Sills says he continued to fight deputies. Once inside the ambulance, Harrison was sent to The Medical Center, Navicent Health to be treated for his injuries, including undergoing surgery to remove a bullet from his arm.

Harrison is still at Navicent Health once he is cleared for release he will be transported back to Putnam County for booking.

"These hoodlums make me sick. He's got a twenty-page raps heet and he’s over at the hospital, taking up a bed where someone more important, who might have coronavirus, might need it," Sills said Wednesday.

Sills says he currently has warrants on Harrison to charge him with:

Home invasion
Burglary in the first degree
Three counts of felony obstruction
One count of disorderly conduct
Sills added that at the time of the incident, Harrison was on probation for a 2014 burglary in Putnam County, damaging government property in Putnam County in 2016, and driving on a suspended license and giving a false name to law enforcement in Greene County in 2018.

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BILOXI, Miss. (WPMI) * Biloxi police said a homeowner shot and killed a suspected home invader early Sunday, July 19.

Police responded to the 2400 block of Old Bay Road around 1:10 a.m. after receiving a 911 call for a reported shooting. The caller told police a family member had shot an intruder.

When police arrived, they found a man in the back yard of the home who had died from an apparent gunshot wound.

BPD's initial investigation indicated that the suspect was breaking into the home when he was confronted by the homeowner. The man was shot during the confrontation and family members immediately called 911, according to police.

The suspect was not identified, no criminal charges have been filed and the investigation remains ongoing.

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https://www.shawlocal.com/2020/12/12...chief/ak2j2ax/

Homeowner shoots 17-year-old intruder during home invasion in Sycamore, police on lookout for second incident, says chief
By Kelsey Rettke

(Mark Busch)
SYCAMORE - Sycamore police are investigating two separate home invasions Saturday morning, during which a 17-year-old was shot by a homeowner, said Sycamore Police Chief Jim Winters, who believes the two break-ins are not related.

"We have no information that they're connected," Winters said about the two home invasions that occurred in the early morning hours Saturday. "We don't believe there was any theft involved."

According to a news release sent by the Sycamore Police Department, police believe the incidents are isolated and don't believe there is danger to the public at this time.

Police are still on the lookout for one suspect connected to a home invasion in the 400 block of West High Street, though the other suspect, the 17-year-old who was reportedly shot in the 900 block of Arvle Court, was taken to Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital with unknown injuries. The teenager was later taken to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, and police are awaiting updates on his condition, Winters said.

About 1:20 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Arvle which has four-unit duplexes, Sycamore police received a call that someone had been shot.

"One of the residents was awoken by someone in the home," Winter said. "He confronted them, he said he was threatened by that intruder and he shot that intruder. It was a 17-year-old male. We believe that he randomly entered the home, and that home was not specifically targeted."

Winters said police are still investigating the incident so it's unknown at this time whether the teenager was armed.

Around three hours later, at 4:23 a.m., police received a report of another home invasion, believed to be unrelated to the one on Arvle, in the 400 block of West High Street.

During the incident, the report says an unknown intruder entered the home and began using a hand-held stun gun, an electric device about the size of a cell phone which is pressed against someone's body to stun them, Winters said, on the woman who lived inside. She was able to fend off the intruder who then fled eastbound from the 400 block of High Street, the report states.

Winters said the woman did not sustain any serious injuries.

A suspect in that incident is still wanted, and is described as a tall man wearing a full-face black ski mask and a puffy black coat. If anyone has any information, including video footage, or saw anything suspicious police ask them to call 815-895-2123.

Both cases remain under investigation by the Sycamore Police Department

"We have officers canvassing both neighborhoods to see if anybody has any additional information," Winters said.

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Police Say Homeowner Shoots 2 Suspects, Killing 1 In Elk City Home Invasion
The Elk City Police Department is investigating a deadly home invasion. Police said the victim told investigators two men broke into his bedroom.

That's when investigators said the homeowner then opened fire on both, killing one of the would-be thieves.

*I saw five or six police cars, they had all alleys blocked off,* said Tristian Wooten, Elk City resident. *Cones had the area shut off.*

People living nearby said they woke up and noticed police all over their neighborhood Saturday morning.

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*They blocked off all in front of the tennis courts there to the south and all the way at the north end of the block,* said Terry Jordan. *You couldn*t really tell what house everything happened at.*

Right now, Elk City Police said Samuel Castro and Isaiah Johnson got into a home near Watkins and C Street.

The man living inside said one of them pulled a gun and there was a struggle. Both were shot, with Castro dying in the man's bedroom. Police said Johnson ran off and ended up at the hospital.

The situation has some in Elk City concerned.

*Home invasion is kind of a whole different level,* said Jordan. *It really steps up and it*s something you think about as a homeowner and your families here trying to keep them safe.*

*Something like this happens, it does hit pretty close to home,* said Wooten. *It does make you want to step up your guard a little bit more.*

Johnson was treated and is now in jail.

Police said they*re still investigating this incident.

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Homeowner shoots would-be burglar in leg, Modesto Police say

MODESTO, Calif. — A suspected burglar was shot in the leg by the owner of a home he was allegedly trying to burglarize, Modesto Police said.

The incident happened at a home in the 2000 block of Gordon Avenue. Around 5 a.m., police said they received a call from the homeowner who told them he had detained a burglar who triggered his alarm.

When officers arrived, they learned that the homeowner had shot the suspected burglar in the leg causing a non-life-threatening injury. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Samuel White Jr., was taken to the hospital to be treated for the gunshot wound. He is expected to make a full recovery, police said.

After he is released from the hospital, police say White will be booked into jail on complaints of burglary and violation of probation. Police also said he had a warrant out for his arrest from Ripon Police for larceny.

According to their preliminary investigation, police believe the homeowner acted in self-defense in the shooting. The homeowner was not injured.

This case remains under investigation. If you have any information about this case, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 209-521-4636.