Australia: Tradesman shoots mad pitbull with nailgun: "A suburban tradesman saved the lives of two women being attacked by a pitbull - by shooting it between the eyes with a nail gun. The man, who did not wish to be named, said he acted on instinct when he killed the animal, which was attacking a 17-year-old girl and her 43-year-old female relative in the front yard of a home in Greystanes yesterday. The tradesman said he and his business partner were working in the area just after 2pm when they heard cries for help .... she started yelling for help and a woman from the street went down and I went up and we could see there was a dog attached to her leg and there was blood everywhere." The man said he and his partner had little choice but to intervene. "My partner grabbed a lump of timber and started hitting the dog and I grabbed a nail gun that we had, just as self-defence really, because the dog was going to attack anything that was near it," he said. Despite being cornered, the dog would not be subdued and continued to attack witnesses. "My partner and another woman pinned it up against a brick wall and it was still trying to eat anything and that's when I shot it in the head," the tradesman said. "It wasn't premeditated - it had finished having a go at her and it was trying to bite everyone." The victims were taken to Westmead Hospital with lower leg injuries. Both were in a stable condition."


Tennessee security guard takes down robber: "An armed security guard at the AutoZone Store at 1363 Getwell shot a man attempting to rob the store tonight, Memphis police said. The robbery suspect came into the store at 7:30 p.m., police said. He was taken in critical condition to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis."


WA: Drug thief shot. Accomplices share the blame: "Cops say they're responsible for their friend's death. And they're not the ones who pulled the trigger. The sheriff's office now says Marcus Bradford would still be alive if he and two others didn't go into the Terrace Heights home with guns last week. Investigators think the trio intended to steal drugs and money. It's not to say the guy living at the house, Luis Acevedo, is off the hook. But the sheriff's office believes he was just protecting his friend and baby last Thursday morning... When Bradford, Khiry Jackson and Lawrence Adams showed up at the door. Investigators say Acevedo admitted he used to deal drugs with the suspects, but swears that stopped 8 or 9 months ago. Jackson and Adams now have murder charges thrown on their drug and gun charges.... Campbell says it's possible another person's involved. Cops are looking into it--as well as Acevedo's past. But they say a pair of gloves found on the victim and in the getaway car indicate this was a burglary."