Washington: Police investigate family shooting: "Seattle police detectives are investigating whether a Seattle man was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed his adult son this past weekend. The shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 4600 block of South Cooper Street. Spokeswoman Renee Witt said it appeared to be a domestic violence situation, and that the father, 84, had previously complained to other children that the 51-year-old son living with him had been beating him. "It was pretty sad," Witt said. There were few details available as to what led to Saturday's shooting, but afterward the father apparently called police himself. He walked outside when officers arrived. Witt said officers recovered a weapon, which they took as evidence. The son was found dead in the home. His wheelchair-bound mother, 76, also was in the house and not hurt in the incident. Police took the father in for questioning, but released him shortly afterward."


Mississippi: Man who shot at burglars arrested for gun possession: "A Jackson man who shot at two teenagers trying to break into his home has been arrested by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Fredrico Hamblin was not charged for defending his property, but instead was charged as a felon being in possession of a gun, Jackson Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jeffery Scott said. Jackson police did not aid in the arrest Friday. The details of Hamblin’s previous felony conviction was not known. During Friday’s execution of the arrest warrant, Scott said a large sum of money and narcotics were seized at the home at 1715 Riverwood Drive. Oji Khanyyan, 17, and Christopher Ross, 18, were arrested for attempted house burglary for trying to break into Hamblin’s home two weeks ago. Neither were injured."


Texas: Dry Cleaner Fatally Shoots Robber: "Police say a would-be thief was fatally shot after trying to rob a Dallas dry cleaner at gunpoint Monday morning. The owner of 'Joe's Cleaners', Joe Baggett, spent the afternoon talking with police about the death of the 42-year-old alleged robber. Baggett told CBS 11 News the man had been in his business earlier in the morning and that he had smelled liquor on his breath. Baggett says when the man came back with a gun he offered to give him money but he wouldn't take it. According to the owner, instead of taking cash the man kept pushing him back while putting a gun to his head. Detectives say Baggett was being forced into the back room when he and the armed man got into a struggle over the thief's gun. Seeing the commotion, the store owner's wife retrieved the couple's firearm and eventually handed it to her husband - who fired several shots. "The guy feared for his life, you know as any one of us would with a gun pointed to his head. His wife went to his aid by grabbing their gun," said Sgt. Gene Reyes, Dallas Police Department. After being stuck in the head the gunman collapsed and died in the parking lot just a few feet away from a daycare center."