CA: Gangbanger shot with own gun: "A 15-year-old gang associate was in critical condition Friday after he was wounded twice by his own gun during a struggle with a 32-year-old he pointed the weapon at, police said. The man, who police said was a former paratrooper in the Honduras army, was not hurt and waited for police to respond to where the confrontation happened. He gave a statement to investigators before he was arrested on suspicion of assault while the district attorney's office determines whether he acted in self-defense. Police would not release the name of the teen or the adult pending the district attorney's review. The shooting happened just before 2 a.m. Friday in the 3700 block of Foothill Boulevard in the Fruitvale district. The area is a known hangout of certain gang members and police said the 15-year-old is associated with the gang. The man was on his cell phone when he was confronted by the teen, and possibly some other youths, said Officer Robert Trevino, who is investigating the case with Sgt. Drennon Lindsey. The teen pointed a pistol at the man, who had never seen him before, and used a street term to see if he was in another gang, police said. Police said the man is not a gang member and has only been in Oakland eight months, seeking work. When the teen was momentarily distracted by a passing car, the man grabbed the gun and the two began struggling over it, Trevino said. During the struggle the gun went off twice, hitting the teen in the neck and shoulder, police said. He was taken to a local hospital by friends where he underwent surgery. The man waited for police to come to the scene and gave them the pistol."


Mississippi: Burglary suspect dead, shot by business owner : "The suspect in a Tuesday break-in at a Corinth business has died from a gunshot wound inflicted by the business owner, police say. James Thomas Parson, 25, of North Parkway, Corinth, was pronounced dead at Magnolia Regional Health Center on Tuesday, said Corinth Police Chief David Lancaster. The police department received an emergency call about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday through 911 to go to the scene of a burglary in progress at The Jewelry Box, 706 S. Tate St., Corinth, the chief said. Responding officers found Parson lying on the floor inside the business with a gunshot wound to the stomach and called emergency services, which transported him to the hospital. Lancaster said the business owner reported he heard a noise at the front of the store and took his handgun when he went to check it out. When he saw a man coming through a window, he ordered the intruder to stop, but he did not. Instead, the suspect came inside the business, reached up and ripped down the video surveillance equipment. The owner said he again told the suspect to stay where he was or get out, but the suspect charged toward him and he fired one shot, which struck the intruder in the abdomen, Lancaster said. The case remains under investigation, but no charges have been filed."


North Carolina: Burglar no match for shotgun-toting couple: "A would-be burglar who'd been scared off from one house by a 70-year-old woman found himself a few minutes later staring down the wrong end of a shotgun at another, police say. Rutledge, 26, of Oakboro was reportedly climbing through a bathroom window of a woman's home on the 3500 block of N.C. 27 in Stanley at 4:30 a.m. Sunday when the woman, who'd had her 70th birthday the week before, spotted him and scared him away before he could get inside. He then apparently went to a house across the street off N.C. 27 on Watts Street, this time making it inside. But once inside he found himself staring at Richard Osborne and an old shotgun that his wife's grandfather had once used to slaughter hogs. Rutledge had pulled a bedspread down to cover him as he lay in the floor in a guest bedroom, Phyllis Osborne said. But the couple could see his knuckles poking out. "We told him, `If you don't come out we're going to blow your brains out,'" Phyllis Osborne said Monday. "We had to say it three times, but then he jumped up and said, `I'm in the wrong house. I'm in the wrong house.'" The Osbornes have been married 30-plus years. He has a little trouble hearing, she can hear a squirrel walking across the roof. When she heard something Sunday morning she knew someone had entered their home. Rutledge answered Mrs. Osborne with "Yes, mam," and "No, mam,'" she said. Mr. Osborne had to punch him once and hit him twice with the gun. As of Monday night, Rutledge remained in Gaston County Jail under $100,000 bond facing two charges of first-degree burglary.


GA: Black robber killed by restaurant security guard: "Richmond County's Sheriff says the investigator who shot a man to death during a robbery followed the proper procedure. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says just before 8 p.m. Monday night Joseph Gooden ran into Captain D's wearing a bandanna over his face carrying what looked to witness like a sawed off rifle or shotgun. What Gooden didn't see was investigator Timothy Tobias hunched over tying his shoe near the entrance. Witnesses told investigators Gooden chased an employee into the back office where he put his gun to the restaurant manager's head and took a tray of money. The witness says Gooden was about to escape when Tobias pulled his gun on him and told him two times to drop his weapon. They say Gooden kept advancing before Investigator Tobias shot him several times in the chest. "Witnesses said they heard on two different occasions the investigator order him to drop his weapon," said Richmond County Sheriff, Ronnie Strength. "Did the officer have to do that? Absolutely not because the suspect had put the officer's life and other folk's lives in danger," Strength said. GBI says the gun Gooden used was a "BB" gun. "It doesn't matter if it's a BB gun," said Sheriff Strength. You've seen these BB guns and BB pistols that look identical to real weapons. Every employee and customer in the restaurant also thought it was a rifle or shotgun." Captain D's has had officers to guard its restaurant for the past eight years because of security problems".