PA: Man catches would-be thieves: "A Sharon man turned the table on two would-be burglars when he came home in the middle of their attempt to steal several items from his home, police said. Police said Joseph R. Emerich, 22, of 3009 Hahn Hill Road, Hermitage, and Brett D. Sumner, 28, of 3045 Main St., West Middlesex, were burglarizing 24 Smith Ave. in Sharon when Charles Carlo returned home at 9:35 p.m. Sunday to find them at the top of his stairs. They had taken a computer, a videogame player, a mint set of coins and an air conditioner from Carlo's home to a nearby apartment and were attempting to take more, police said. Carlo told them to stop, retrieved his 9 mm pistol and fired one shot after he noticed that one of the men had something in his hands, but did not hit either man, police said. After Carlo fired, Sumner jumped out a second-story window and ran; Carlo held Emerich at gunpoint until police arrived, they said."


New Zealand machete-wielder shot in gun shop : "A man who took a machete into a South Auckland gun shop today is in hospital, after he was shot in the stomach. The man was thought to have been shot by someone in the shop about 10am. Police spokeswoman, Noreen Hegarty said details of the shooting were still vague and she could not say what "the precursor to him being shot was. "It would be reasonable to question why he went into the shop with a machete." It was not known if the man threatened staff in the shop, in Great South Road, in the suburb of Penrose.... The shooting was at Small Arms International, considered to be one of the leading gun shops in the country.... She said going into a gunshop with a machete was not the smartest thing for anyone to do."