Oklahoma: Pit Bull Shot After Attack: "Midwest City police said they wouldn't cite a man who shot a pit bull terrier that was attacking a meter reader. Jason Fish was reading a meter for Oklahoma Gas and Electric Friday when police said the dog attacked him. A neighbor heard Fish screaming and shot and killed the animal with a shotgun. Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said Fish was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. Clabes said the dog's owner -- Terry Almon -- was cited for harboring a vicious animal."


Oregon man, 71, wounds intruder: "A Northeast Portland homeowner who came face to face with an intruder in the early morning darkness Friday shot him once in the head, leaving him seriously injured, family members and authorities said. About 4:50 a.m., Leroy Hudson, 71, and his wife, Janice, 62, awakened to the sound of a break-in, said Walter Hudson, 49, the second of the couple's nine children. Walter Hudson relayed his parents' account of events: Leroy Hudson was asleep upstairs and Janice Hudson was asleep downstairs in their home near Northeast 107th Avenue and Glisan Street. When they heard suspicious noises from their enclosed back porch, they met in a hall and got out a gun. Janice Hudson called 9-1-1 to report an intruder. Leroy Hudson opened the back door of the house and found a man standing in front of him. He demanded to know what the man was doing, hoping to scare him off. But the man said nothing. Instead, he walked toward Leroy Hudson, and Hudson raised the gun and shot him. Police arrived soon after. Police have not released the intruder's identity but think he's about 26 years old, said Officer Brian Schmautz, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman. The man's gunshot wound was life-threatening and he had surgery at Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Schmautz said. No condition report was available. No charges have been pressed in the incident."


Florida business owner fires at robbers, hits bystander: "After two men shoved guns in an auto shop owner's face, taking $1,300 from his business, the owner grabbed his own gun, followed them outside and fired, police said. Police don't know if any of the shots hit either robber, but one did hit a bystander in the ankle. The bystander, who police would not identify Wednesday, was taken to an area hospital with an injury said to be not life-threatening. According to police, investigations into both the robbery and the shooting, which happened shortly after 1 p.m., are continuing. Richard Hydro, 54, owner of Motor Werkes, in the 4600 block of Dyer Avenue, was not held by police. A man answering the telephone at his home said the business owner had been advised not to discuss the shooting. Riviera Beach spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown, however, said, "The (robbery) victim, in fear of his life, followed the subjects and shot at them." She added that a second encounter outside the business preceded the shooting, but said she had no information on what took place. The robbers took cash and personal credit cards, police said. Hydro has a concealed weapons permit, according to state records. He has owned the property where the business is since 1993, records show."