Meridian homeowner shoots burglary suspect
A Meridian Mississippi homeowner shot a man suspected of burglary Tuesday night, according to police.
MPD Capt. John Griffith said the shooting happened off Grand Avenue around 11:15 p.m.
According to Griffith, the homeowner said he heard someone in his poolhouse, fired a gun through the door and struck a man in the stomach.
Kolbie Wayne Sheffield, 22, of Grenada, is in police custody at a hospital and is expected to be charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling, Griffith said.
Store manager, two robbers exchange gunfire
Texas Avenue, Texas City, Texas. realllly.
Surprisingly there is no Texas County in Texas.
TEXAS CITY Texas
A store manager and a pair of would-be robbers exchanged gunfire Saturday at a store on Texas Avenue, police said.
No was injured in the gunfight and police Sunday still were searching for the two men involved in the aggravated robbery.
The robbery happened about 9:12 p.m. at Texas Avenue Food Store, 1130 Texas Ave., department spokesman Cpl. Allen Bjerke said.
Two men, at least one in his early 20s, tried to rob the store, Bjerke said. Bjerke did not have immediate information on the age of the second man.
The store manager fired a weapon at one of the men and the two men fired four shots, Bjerke said.
Both men were last seen running west on Texas Avenue, Bjerke said.