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Bringing a Baseball Bat to a Gunfight: Police say a man shot an intruder who was armed with a baseball bat Tuesday night. Mark Farrell, 24, of Beatty, entered Jim Westman's house armed with a wooden baseball bat, said Klamath Falls Sheriff Timothy Evinger in a news release. Farrell attempted to assault Westman with the bat and Westman fired one round from a .22-caliber rifle, which hit Farrell in the right forearm. Farrell continued to assault Westman after he was shot, Evinger said. Roxann Klobucar, Westman's mother, was able to wrestle the bat from Farrell. Klobucar hit Farrell several times in the head until he was subdued, Evinger said. Prior to entering the house, Farrell damaged Westman's vehicle with the bat, Evinger said. Evinger said the motive appears related to a theft from Farrell about a month ago… (While peripheral hits are often of limited value, this would seem to be even more true of peripheral hits with a .22.)
http://www.kptv.com/news/20816201/detail.html
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Oops, Wrong House, Florida Version: Two attempted armed robbery suspects were hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds after the man police said they tried to rob shot them. According to police, Christopher Young, 38, and William Bell, 31, went into the home of Dane Rollins, 34, early Sunday morning armed with handguns. Police said after the suspects stole cash, Rollins grabbed his shotgun and went after them. The two suspects fled, but police said they later found them with several gunshot wounds. The men were taken to Halifax Medical Center. Rollins was not hurt. Police said shocked neighbors witnessed the entire gunfight. "'Boom, boom, boom!' Then I came outside and hear a neighbor yelling to get out of the house," said neighbor Jonathan Smith… (I have to wonder with what sort of load the burglars were shot and where they were hit. While buckshot and slugs do not guarantee incapacitation, birdshot is not a good choice for self- or home defense, contrary to the advice of many chairborne rangers.)
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/9/14/homeowner_fires_back_at_armed_robbery_suspects.html?refresh=1
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Oops, Wrong House, Georgia Version: A burglar who broke into a Lithonia home was shot in the buttocks by the homeowner, police said. The burglary happened at about 11:30 a.m. at the home on Gadwell Circle. The intruder was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, police said. The intruder's name was not released. Investigators said no charges are expected to be filed against the homeowner, who was not identified by police. (The historical basis for my advocacy of shots to the pelvis stems from the NYPD Stakeout Unit, which sought advice from the medical examiner on how to keep armed robbers from taking gunfights out of the businesses they were robbing, onto crowded sidewalks. Jim Cirillo assured me that every felon shot in the pelvic area by members of the SOU fell to the ground. I note that no mention is made of the police having arrested the burglar anywhere other than the home where he was shot.)
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/20836107/detail.html
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Oops, Wrong House, Wisconsin Version: The Dane County Coroner's Office has identified the man killed Wednesday afternoon in an apparent home invasion in Fitchburg as Roberto Vega-Gil, 42, of Madison. Preliminary autopsy results indicate Vega-Gil died of a single gunshot wound, said interim Coroner Kurt Karbusicky. Police said they believe Vega-Gil was trying to break into a home at 2969 Osmundsen Road when he was shot and killed by one of the home's residents, Jamie Chen, 41, shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday. Vega-Gil is not believed to have been armed at the time he was shot, police said. According to police, Vega-Gil was wearing gloves, and there was evidence of forced entry to the residence… No charges are pending against Chen, who is the son of the home's owners, Peter and Mei Chen, police said.
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_b4185a76-a2fd-11de-8aa7-001cc4c002e0.html
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Oops, Wrong Businessman: Starkville [MS] Police Department detectives say they are tracking several leads in the early Saturday morning robbery attempt that saw the victim fire gunshots at the suspect who tried to hold him up. Around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, the owner of Starkville Ready Cash on Highway 12 West was arriving at the business to prepare to open for the day when a black male approached him, pointing a handgun at him. The owner, whose name SPD detectives would not release amid concerns for his safety, then pulled out a handgun of his own and fired multiple shots at the suspect, but none struck him, said Sgt. Chadd Garnett. The owner had begun carrying the gun after previous break-ins and robbery attempts at the business, Garnett said. The suspect then ran behind the building and fled north toward a neighboring residential area, Garnett said. Nothing was stolen in the robbery attempt, and no one was injured, Garnett said… (All's well that ends well but those rounds that missed the robber all ended up somewhere. It sounds as though some more training may be in order.)
http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/content/view/170131/60/
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