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1	2012-02-17-'Now it's my turn': Greenbrae man, 90, testifies about shootout with suspect When a residential burglar fired a gun at Jay Leone last month, he was initially too angry to realize he had been shot in the head, he testified Friday. "To tell you the truth, I never felt a thing," said Leone, 90, of Greenbrae. "I said, 'F—- you, you son of a bitch, now it's my turn.'" Whereupon he shot five bullets at the suspect from his .38-caliber Smith & Wesson snubnose revolver, hitting the burglar three times in the abdomen. A scuffle ensued between the wounded men.	2
2	2011-12-21-2 shot in gunfire exchange at Coney Island on Detroit's west side Detroit— Two people were shot early Wednesday in an attempted robbery at a coney island on the city's west side. A gunman robbed and shot a patron at the Legends Coney Island in the 2550 block of West Davison, near Linwood, before the victim shot him back around 2:30 a.m. "He pulled a gun on the customer. The customer had a CCW and shot him back," restaurant owner Kujtim Preni said.	45
3	2011-12-19-Canton Family Survives Terrifying Home Invasion CANTON, Ohio— Joe Noel had taken his familiar place in front of his television, watching football Sunday night, when he says two men unexpectedly came through his front door. Before he realized what was happening, Noel says one of the men was pointing a gun at his head. "The guy comes straight through the door and pulled out a gun, and said, 'This ain't no joke, get down on the ground,' and asked me for my money," said Noel. Noel, a bricklayer, says he and a couple who was visiting at the time, complied. "I didn't know if I was going to come out of it. I didn't know if any of us was," Noel said.	147
4	2011-12-19-Philly-area authorities trying to determine whether shooting death was justifiable homicide PERKIOMENVILLE, Pa. — Authorities are investigating whether a shooting that left one man dead in the driveway of a suburban Philadelphia home and sent another to the hospital was justified under the state's expanded "castle doctrine" of self-defense. State police in Montgomery County were called to the Upper Frederick Township home at 8:16 p.m. Saturday, where they found 19-year-old Zachary Levin of Barto dead in the driveway. A 34-year-old man was wounded in the arm. District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and police said in a statement Monday that a preliminary investigation indicates that the resident fired after the two men attacked him with baseball bats outside his home. Authorities are investigating whether the shooting was a justifiable homicide. Ferman said authorities would look at whether the shooting was justified under the stand-your-ground provision of the castle doctrine, which was broadened last summer to allow the use of deadly force in self-defense in situations outside a person's home or business. Under previous law, deadly force was not justifiable if a person could safely retreat except when the threat was inside his or her home or business. District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and police say the resident fired after the two men attacked him with baseball bats outside his home. Ferman's statement said a woman called the men after she and the resident argued, and the two men showed up with bats. The resident saw the men poised to attack him and retreated to the rear of the property where his truck was parked and got a handgun from under the front seat, authorities said. Officials say the two men pursued him, threatened to kill him, confronted him outside the truck and started poking him with the bats, and the older one hit the truck at one point.	60
5	2011-12-18-Armed husband stops suspected car thief Santa Rosa -- A suspected car thief was arrested this morning after the victim's husband chased and confronted him at gunpoint, Santa Rosa police said. At 8:13 a.m., a woman called police to report her car had been stolen from the driveway of her home in the Coffey Park area of Santa Rosa when she had left it running to warm it up. The woman's husband jumped into another car to look for the stolen vehicle, found it near Coffey Park and chased it, police said. Outside the park, the husband blocked the stolen car's path and confronted the driver, police said. The suspect, Shawn Anthony Elder, a 34-year-old Santa Rosa transient, reportedly ran from the car and into the park as the husband chased him.	40
6	2011-12-18-Richmond Man Says He Shot Burglar in Self Defense A Richmond man told troopers he shot a burglar in self-defense. Police got a call around 8:30 Saturday morning about a break-in that was happening on Hager drive. Steven Womack later told investigators he was holding the burglar at gunpoint until troopers arrived when the suspect suddenly tried to get out a window. Womack also told troopers when the burglar went to reach for something in his pocket, he shot him three times. The man who was shot, 38-year old Steven Murphy, was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. No word yet on charges filed in the case.	143
7	2011-12-17-Family Speaks Out After Oldham County Slayings OLDHAM COUNTY, Ky. -- The family of two sisters shot to death in Oldham County is speaking out. Police said 57-year-old Ronnie Evridge, pulled the trigger on 24-year-old Sandy Allen and 21-year-old Heather Faulkerson on Sunday afternoon. "It's a dream. I just want to wake up," said Candy Geoghegan, a sister of both women. "Shot one in the face and shot one in the neck."	139
8	2011-12-17-Reno police say resident shoots intruder twice and puts him in the hospital A Reno resident woke up Saturday morning to the sounds of someone inside his home and ended up shooting the intruder twice, the Reno Police Department said. The intruder fled from the Watt Street home, got into a vehicle and struck several parked cars before crashing into landscaping about a block away, Reno police said. Police said only that the suspect was admitted to the hospital but did not describe the seriousness of the injuries.	37
9	2011-12-16-Robbery: Two charged with manslaughter after victim shoots their accomplices, police say From Kyle Hopkins and Casey Grove in Anchorage -- An alleged robber and getaway driver are now charged with manslaughter after a homeowner killed their accomplices, police say. The trouble began Nov. 10, when three people entered a trailer on the 700 block of Muldoon Road, demanding money and drugs, according to police. The man inside shot and killed two of the 19-year-old robbers, police say. Now the alleged accomplices of the two men shot and killed face charges for both the robbery and the deaths.	96
10	2011-12-14-Woman attacked by multiple dogs saved by Good Samaritans SIERRA VISTA — A woman was transported to the hospital for injuries to her face and head after being attacked by several dogs just east of Sierra Vista on Wednesday. The Sierra Vista Police Department, assisting the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, and a witness to the incident confirm that the woman was walking her dog in the area of Risner Boulevard and East Central Avenue when she was attacked by no fewer than three dogs. Area resident James Corcoran said he was drinking coffee on his porch on Central Avenue when he heard a commotion down the street. “I hear ‘Get the dogs off her,’ so I run inside, get my gun and run down the street about 200 yards,” Corcoran said. Gathered around the woman and her dog were several people attempting to fight off a brown boxer and white pit bull, as well as another unidentified brown dog, he said. “There were like eight people there trying to get these dogs off her,” he said. “By the time I got there, (the dogs) were focused on the victim’s dog, which looked like a heeler.” Corcoran said he aimed his 45-caliber handgun at the brown dog and fired, hitting the dog, which ran off along with another dog. He then turned to the pit bull, and fired off one round into its shoulder.	52
11	2011-12-12-Merrimack woman with gun thwarts home invasion MERRIMACK — A would-be robber was confronted by a homeowner with a handgun on Monday morning during an attempted home invasion in the center of town. Police have released a composite sketch of the intruder, who quickly fled the residence following the confrontation. Around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, the male intruder kicked open a locked apartment door at 429 Daniel Webster Highway, Unit 3 of a multifamily home. A female resident was awakened and retrieved a handgun that was kept nearby, according to police. “In the seconds following the initial forced entry, the intruder made his way to the victim’s bedroom door and was confronted by the female who warned the intruder by pointing the weapon at him and demanding he leave immediately,” Det. Scott Park said in a release, adding the robber fled on foot.	84
12	2011-12-09-Man shot after he follows another man home SAN ANTONIO- An argument at a party south of Downtown led to a shooting at another home. It happened just after midnight on Friday morning, at a home off Yellowstone near Haines. Police say two men got into a argument, and one of them flashed a gun and made some threats. The other man left the party and headed home. The man with the gun followed him but ended up getting shot himself, when the man he followed grabbed his own gun from his home and opened fire.	142
13	2011-12-05-Pair Arrested: Homeowner Holds Suspect at Gunpoint Cherokee County, NC authorities have arrested a man and woman for Breaking and Entering. They arrested Joseph Bryan Hughes, 25, of Marble North Carolina, and Constance Richarson, 21, of Andrews, NC, on Sunday. Richarson was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Sheriff Keith Lovin said a call came in to 911 Dispatchers from a homeowner on Fairview Road asking for help. When officers got there, they found the homeowners holding Hughes at gunpoint. Officers also took Richarson into custody nearby. The sheriff said the same home had previously been robbed about a week earlier.	108
14	2011-12-04-Washington homeowner shoots intruder PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - No charges are expected to be filed against a Kitsap County homeowner who shot a man who broke into his house Saturday morning. It happened around 1 a.m. in Port Orchard near Melcher Street and Portland Avenue. The suspect was on the run from police when he forced his way into a home to try to hide from the officers. The homeowner was sleeping at the time, but woke up when he heard the suspect break down the door. Authorities say the homeowner shot the intruder in self defense. "In this situation, someone physically broke in his door, came into his residence he was unfamiliar with this person and he had a girlfriend there, he has a right to protect his property and his family,” said Det. Krista Hedstrom of the Washington State Patrol.	142
15	2011-12-02-Homeowner Shoots Would-Be Robber Memphis, Tn - Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a call on Wednesday on the 7400 block of Locke Rd. The homeowner claims that upon returning to his home, he found a man in the process of robbing his residence. "As he walked in his home he saw that there was several of his items stacked against the door getting ready to be carted out," said Shelby County Sheriff's Spokesman Chip Washington. He says that when he confronted the robber, 38-year-old Jeffrey Butcher, he rushed at the homeowner, who then fired two shots at Butcher, striking him once.	107
16	2011-12-01-Video: Storeowner shoots would-be robber NEW HAVEN -- A would-be robber got more than he bargained for after an attempted stickup in New Haven. Every time the owner of Babe Market, 22-year-old Karar Jawad, walks in to work, he immediately puts his gun behind the counter. He never thought he'd have to use it, but he did on Tuesday night when two masked men walked in. Jawad said he shot one of the men in his chest. A surveillance video obtained by the New Haven Independent shows Jawad firing shots from behind the counter. The robbers are off camera in the video. "I'm glad he's going to survive," said Jawad. "I didn't want to shoot him, but my life was threatened." He said the life of his customer was also in danger. "They had a gun to the customer. When they had the gun they to the customer, they said to me, `Give me your money.' I had my gun over here, so I pulled it out slowly and he pointed the gun right here on my chest and I just let off shots, a couple. They took off," Jawad recalled.	73
17	2011-11-29-Police: Phoenix mom kills backyard intruder A 29-year-old man has died after a Phoenix mom shot him in her backyard in what police believe was a case of self-defense. The woman's 13-year-old daughter called 911 at around 3 p.m. Monday and alerted dispatchers to send officers to their home on 45th Street near Roeser, said Phoenix Police Officer James Holmes. "The first officer that gets there approaches the home, sees the mother and daughter in the front yard and secures their weapon," Holmes said. Police found the wounded man in the backyard and recovered a gun he reportedly had been carrying. He was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. His name has not yet been released.	53
18	2011-11-25-Deputies: Suspect shot dead in home invasion APOPKA -- It was a wild scene in Orange County as a woman shoots an intruder while her boyfriend is tied up and deputies say a neighbor busted in with a gun and also opened fire. The incident unfolded on 18th street in Apopka. Neighbors said the man and woman who live in the home have four children, the oldest is 14. They believe the children were inside the home when their mother shot an intruder. Deputies said two men broke into the home at about 12:30 a.m. Witnesses said they were tying up the man inside, when his wife pulled a gun. Deputies said she exchanged gunfire with one of the intruders, was shot in the arm, but kept firing. Then, a neighbor rushed over and shot at the suspect until he was killed. Police have identified the suspect as 28-year-old Samuel Jaymorris Preston.	102
19	2011-11-25-Retired Officer Fires Fatal Shot During Break-In DETROIT (WJBK) - A pair of would-be burglars pick the wrong house to rob on Detroit's West Side. Neighbors tell Fox 2 two men tried to break into a home on the 9000 block of Coyle Friday afternoon. As it turns out, that home belongs to a retired Detroit Police officer. Neighbors say when the suspects broke into the home, the man fired his gun, killing one of the suspects. The other suspect managed to run away and is still on the loose. Friends of the retired officer tell us he spent 27 years on the force. "We've been neighbors for a long time. He's a very friendly guy. He helps us watch our homes, it's just good to have a policeman in the neighborhood," John Lucas told Fox 2. People who live in the area say break-ins on the block have been common in recent weeks. They say they've called Detroit Police before, but officers never came to the neighborhood to follow up on those reports.	206
20	2011-11-25-Philadelphia homeowner in Frankford kills two intruders, injures two A Frankford rowhouse erupted in gunfire Wednesday night when four men broke into the same house they had allegedly robbed three weeks earlier, police said. This time, one of the residents was waiting with a shotgun. The occupant, whom police did not identify, killed two of the intruders and wounded the other two, who fled. Medics pronounced two of the men dead shortly after 10 p.m. Their identities were not released. The other two men turned up at hospitals later that night. One of them, 20, suffered shotgun wounds to a hand, a leg, and the buttocks and was reported in stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center. The other, 22, was shot in the abdomen and reported in critical condition at Frankford Hospital. At least two of the men had broken into the house on the 5200 block of Burton Street on Nov. 6. They were the men the resident recognized before opening fire Wednesday, police said. It could not be determined whether the intruders were armed. Police reported no other shots fired.	58
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