Florida Man Wounded In Gunfight At His Home: "A Thonotosassa man was shot twice early today during a home invasion, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. The gunman has not been caught. Shortly after 12:30 a.m., a man pushed open a sliding glass door at 3408 Cooper Road and fired a gun, Carter said. A resident, Grover Cochrane, 59, was shot twice in the arm and pulled out his own gun and fired at the intruder, who escaped, Carter said. Cochrane's girlfriend saw the shootout, and her name is being withheld by the sheriff's office as a witness. The victim has been "very uncooperative" with investigators and has not given a description of the attacker, Carter said." [Both crooks, apparently]


Texas man fights back against would-be robber: "A would-be robber was shot and killed by the person he was trying to rob in the parking lot of a grocery store in southeast Houston. Investigators told Eyewitness News the would-be robber had the tables turned on him when the person he was trying to rob pulled out his own gun and shot the man. It was just after 10pm last night when the victim told police he pulled into the parking lot at the H-E-B in the Gulfgate shopping center on Winkler near the Gulf Freeway. Tha'ts when a man walked up to his car and pointed a gun at him. What the robber didn't know is the man had a gun and he retaliated with gunfire. "He had just parked and as he was about to get out the car, the guy came up to his door," said Sgt. Robert Odom with the Houston Police Department. "Do you know if he was going to carjack him?" we asked. "I don't know. He told him to get back in. I don't know what he was planning to do at that point, if he was planning on taking the truck or if he was just going to rob him," said Sgt. Odom. The would-be robber was shot several times. He tried to get away by jumping into a car that was parked nearby. However, he fell out of the car and later died."


Texas store owner fatally shot suspected thief: "The owner of an office supply business shot and killed a would-be thief. It happened on Reveille and Bradford in southeast Houston. The owner heard someone trying to get into his business at midnight. He went outside with a gun and caught a man trying to steal a trailer parked behind his business. The would-be thief then tried to run over the business owner with his truck and the business owner fired back through the truck's rear window. Despite being shot, the suspect kept driving his truck for three blocks until he fell out of his truck and died on the road. Police officers also found tires in the back of that truck, which may have been stolen.