Man shoots would-be robber in North Memphis, family says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Neighbors say an attempted robbery led to a shootout that sent two people to the hospital in a North Memphis neighborhood.
Memphis police are saying very little about the double shooting Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Stovall Avenue and Hyde Park Street.
A woman at the house on Stovall told WREG her nephew was shot by a would-be robber while sitting in his van in the driveway of his mother’s home.
“The guy got in the car and pulled the gun on him, and he jumped out of the car,” said the woman who did not want to be identified. “He was running from them. He was shooting at him. That’s how all this got shot up.”
The aunt showed us the bullet holes on the front of her sister’s house. She said her nephew was shot in the leg but was able to fire back, hitting and stopping the robber.
“My cousin up the street they heard the shooting, and she ran down here,” she said. “She was holding my nephew when I got here.”
Police said two people were transferred to the hospital, one in critical condition. The aunt said her nephew had to undergo surgery on his leg but is expected to be okay.
“It’s bad because he’s going to be out of work for a while,” she said. “He’s got a family to take care of.”
Police have not released any suspect information, but witnesses said another person with the shooter left in a dark gray Ford Fusion.
Man accused of breaking into neighbor’s home; deputies say resident fired shot at intruder
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) Kanawha County deputies said a man has been charged after he broke into the home of a neighbor, and the resident fired a shot at the alleged intruder.
Larry A. Sheets, 54, has been charged after an incident that was reported Thursday on Strawberry Road in St. Albans, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
Deputies said the man reported he awakened after hearing a loud noise and saw his neighbor, Sheets, inside his home. The resident had a pistol, and he said Sheets told him to shoot him.
Sgt. Ana Pile, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, said the resident fired one shot and missed.
According to the complaint, the resident said the front door of his home had been bashed in, and a sledgehammer was found near the door on the outside that didn’t belong to him.
Sheets has been charged with burglary and was being held on a $5,000 surety/cash bond at the South Central Regional Jail