Bladen man shoots at suspects who tried to rob him
BLADEN, Neb. (KSNB) Authorities say a Bladen man shot at multiple suspects who broke into his home late Tuesday night.
The suspects who beat and tried to rob the man are still at large.
The state patrol said the suspects broke into the man’s home just before midnight late Tuesday May 5. The suspects beat the man and stole multiple firearms and ammunition. The patrol said the victim fired multiple shots at the suspects as they were leaving the home, after which they dropped most of the stolen property. The stolen firearms were recovered and returned to the victim. The patrol said only some ammunition was still missing as of Thursday afternoon. A patrol spokesperson did not have information about the kind of gun used by the victim to shoot at the suspects.
The patrol said the victim suffered minor injuries during the incident. A spokesperson at Mary Lanning Hospital said the victim was treated and released.
Local4 will not release the victim’s name in order to protect his identity
It’s not clear what injuries were suffered by the suspects. A state patrol spokesperson did not have information about the number of suspects other than to say it was more than one.
The Webster County Sheriff’s office has turned the case over to the state patrol which is still investigating the case.
Neighbors rush to intervene, shoots attacker brutally beating of 86-year-old
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga – Neighbors were forced to intervene in an attack and shoot a man who was brutally beating an 86-year-old Bartow County man with a metal pipe.
Those neighbors, a father and his son, said they didn’t know the 86 year old, they just knew they had to help.
Pauline Gravely has lived next door to 86-year-old Calvin Lee on Floral Drive in Bartow County for almost six decades. She can’t say enough good things about him.
“Just a fantastic person. He and his wife, I just loved them both,” said Gravley.
Gravely said Wednesday evening, a man who lives in the area, knocked on Calvin Lee’s door.
“He pulled him out of his house and started beating him,” said Gravley.
hat’s when the neighbors heard Lee’s wife scream for help and came running.
“Grabbed his gun, came down, tried to intervene and stop the fight,” said Gravley.
Those neighbors say the attacker turned on them. He punched one in the jaw and tried to take the gun away from the other. That’s when they fired two shots, hitting the attacker.
“I think all this was so useless, so awful,” said Gravley.
Both Calvin Lee and the attacker were rushed to the hospital.
Newport homeowner shoots man who was trying to break in
NEWPORT, Maine (WABI) – Police say a Newport man was shot Thursday morning while trying to break into a home in that town.
Officers were called to Hill Avenue around 1:30 a.m.
The homeowner reported a man was trying to come through a bedroom window then started banging on the outside of the home with a hammer type tool.
Police say the 22-year-old man never got inside and was shot in the shoulder by the homeowner before police arrived.
They say the man then went to his own home.
He is not being identified yet.
Police say he’s being treated at a hospital.
Police tell us charges will likely be filed against the suspect but not against the homeowner.