California guard wounds teen after 3 shot at bar: "An armed security guard at a Hayward restaurant and karaoke bar shot a teenager early Sunday after the teen shot three people in the parking lot outside the bar, police said. Oakland resident Adrian Dantoc, 18, and two other teenage suspects - John Catolos, 19, and Julian Logan, 19, both of Oakland - fled the scene but were caught by police and arrested on four counts of attempted murder, Hayward police said. All three are in custody at the Santa Rita Jail. The incident happened at about 1:29 a.m. Sunday, when Dantoc and the two other teenagers allegedly confronted the three shooting victims, who were riding bikes through the parking lot of Manila Garden Restaurant on Hesperian Boulevard, police said. When a fight started, Dantoc allegedly grabbed a gun from a nearby car and shot the three victims multiple times, police said. A security guard who works in the restaurant on weekends went outside when he heard gunshots and allegedly saw Dantoc firing the gun, police said. The guard told Dantoc to drop the gun and Dantoc allegedly fired at him; the guard then shot him in the leg, police said. Dantoc and the two other suspects then drove to a home on Lester Avenue in Oakland, allegedly throwing away the gun along the way, police said. Residents at the home called 911 to get medical help for Dantoc's injury, and the three suspects were arrested when police arrived. Dantoc was treated at a local hospital. The victims - ages 41, 23 and 17 - are all expected to survive. An investigation found that the security guard, a 45-year-old Hayward man who police did not identify, was justified in shooting Dantoc to protect his own life, police said."


Mississippi: Clerk Shoots Man Trying To Steal Beer: "Police said a Jackson store employee shot a man trying to steal beer Saturday afternoon. According to witnesses, the man was inside S and R Food Mart on Terry Road attempting to steal. Police identified the man shot as Kenneth Riddle. The store employee reportedly approached him and the two men began to fight. That's when the clerk shot Riddle, witnesses said. Riddle was taken to University Medical Center and the store employee was detained for questioning. Riddle was listed in serious condition Sunday afternoon."Mississippi: Clerk Shoots Man Trying To Steal Beer: "Police said a Jackson store employee shot a man trying to steal beer Saturday afternoon. According to witnesses, the man was inside S and R Food Mart on Terry Road attempting to steal. Police identified the man shot as Kenneth Riddle. The store employee reportedly approached him and the two men began to fight. That's when the clerk shot Riddle, witnesses said. Riddle was taken to University Medical Center and the store employee was detained for questioning. Riddle was listed in serious condition Sunday afternoon."


Detroit man shoots pit bull attacking grandson; bullet passes through dog, wounding boy, 9: "A grandfather has shot and wounded his 9-year-old grandson in Detroit after firing at a pit bull that was attacking the boy. Police say the bullet passed through the dog's body, ricocheted off the sidewalk and hit the boy in the thigh Wednesday. The boy was taken to a hospital for treatment of what authorities called non-life-threatening injuries. Animal control officers seized the dog. It survived."


Colorado: Man walking with wife shoots mountain lion: "A man shot and killed a mountain lion north of New Castle Tuesday night after the animal came too close to him and his wife, according to the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Randy Hampton, a spokesman for the DOW, said the agency received a call about the shooting a little after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The man and his wife were out for a walk in the area when the mountain lion came out of the brush and was in a "crouch position," Hampton said. The couple's names were not immediately available late Wednesday. "(The mountain lion) began to approach them," he said. "The husband was carrying a firearm, and he shot and killed the lion as it got really close." The animal was about 6 feet away from the couple when the man shot it, Hampton said. He added that the couple tried to scare the mountain lion away by screaming at it, but that the animal continued to approach. The man said he had no other choice but to shoot the animal, Hampton said."