Security Guard Shoots Man Who Pulled Gun When Asked To Pay For Snacks At West Englewood Gas Station
CHICAGO (CBS) — A shootout over snacks in a West Englewood gas station sent one man to the hospital early Saturday morning.
Chicago police say around midnight, a 40-year-old man went into a Clark station in the 6100 block of South Ashland Avenue and began eating things without paying.
When the 58-year-old security guard on duty told him to pay, that man pulled out a gun instead.
The security guard then drew his own gun and fired, hitting the man in the abdomen.
He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and also taken into police custody. No one else was hurt.
One dead in possible home invasion robbery
A suspect is dead after multiple shots were fired inside a home in what the Pharr Police Department called a possible home invasion robbery.
Officers with the Pharr Police Department arrived at the 700 block of Frieda Street Friday evening after two suspects entered a home by force, according to a news release from the Pharr Police Department.
“Multiple shots were fired inside the residence resulting in the death of one of the suspects, Hispanic male in his 20’s.” The news release stated. “A second suspect exited and fled the scene in an unknown type vehicle, possibly grey in color.”
One of the residents of the home was also struck by gunfire with non-life-threatening injuries, the release stated.
The Pharr Police Department said several people were being interviewed by the department and did not provide additional details.
Driver shoots man who forced him to stop, pulled him from vehicle
Police say a man fired on another driver after he was pulled out of his car and attacked Thursday night in northwest Atlanta.
Officers were called to the 900 block of Brady Avenue around 11 p.m. for a report of a shooting. The victim said he was driving in the area and was forced to stop by a man in another car, according to Atlanta police spokesman Officer Steve Avery.
The suspect then pulled the victim out of his car, leading to a “physical struggle” between the two, Avery said in a news release. At some point during the fight, the victim shot the suspect, who then fled the scene, Avery said.
It was not immediately clear if the two men knew each other.
The suspect was eventually located at Grady Memorial Hospital. After being treated, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping and simple battery and booked into the Fulton County Jail. Police declined to release his name.
Vicksburg woman comes home to find intruder, shoots him
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) – A Vicksburg woman shot a would-be burglar at her home Thursday, Vicksburg Daily News reports.
Police say the homeowner arrived at her home just after 11 a.m. to find a burglary in process. The woman told police she then fired a warning shot before yelling for the neighbors to call 911. She then went back into the home and fired another shot as the burglar ran off.
Police say the suspected burglar then showed up at River City Rescue Mission with a gunshot wound on his right arm. His wound was not life-threatening. Police charged him with burglary.
The suspect’s ID has not yet been revealed. Police say the homeowner will likely not face charges.
Suspected robber killed in shootout at west Birmingham auto repair shop
A shootout between an auto repair shop worker and a suspected robber left one of them dead Saturday morning.
Birmingham police Saturday afternoon identified the slain man as Josiah Bryant. He was 22 and lived in Birmingham.
The shooting happened at 7:45 a.m. at Hatcher’s Auto Transmission Center on Tuscaloosa Avenue.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald said a store associate was opening the shop for business when an armed man entered and tried to rob him. “They engaged in a shootout,’’ Fitzgerald said.
Bryant was shot. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene. Police recovered a handgun from near the deceased male.
The store associate remained on the scene and is fully cooperating with police, Fitzgerald said.
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Court records indicate Bryant pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery in 2018, and received a 20-year sentence with four years to serve.
He was brought up on probation revocation charges earlier this year. In April, a judge did not revoke his probation but extended it through 2024.
The deadly shooting is Birmingham’s 58th homicide in 2021. Of those, four have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.