GA: Armed robbery suspect in critical condition after gun battle at store: "A suspected armed robber is in critical condition after a gun battle erupted when the gunman started shooting at a Macon store clerk Monday night. Rashan Lateel Jordan, 29, is undergoing treatment for a chest wound at The Medical Center of Central Georgia, according to hospital sources. The gunman started shooting at a female employee at Expert Wireless at 3795 Mercer University Drive, according to a news release from the Macon Police Department. The 26-year-old worker fired back and wounded Jordan, who ran out of the store and tried to flee in a 2000 black Infiniti Q45. Jordan hit a curb and was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries, the release stated."


TN: Robbers pick wrong target: "Two would-be robbers forgot to ask their victim a key question: Do you have a gun and know how to use it? The 21-year-old Bartlett man’s answer might have prevented the two 16-year-olds from being shot. Instead, an exchange of gunfire between the Bartlett man and the robbers Wednesday night left one teenager dead and the other wounded. … The shootout occurred about 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Edgewater Apartments east of Sycamore View and south of Raleigh-LaGrange. According to Moore, one of the suspects fired at the man during an attempted robbery. The victim, who was within 3 feet of one robber and about 10 from the other, fired five shots, four of them striking the would-be robbers.”


SC: Clerk grabs gun and shoots suspected robbers, one dead: "One man is dead and another injured after an attempted robbery in Walterboro. Deputies in Colleton County say two men entered the Kangaroo Gas station on Sniders Highway around 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Major Ken Dasen with Walterboro Public Safety says in an email to News 2 that the men pointed a gun at the clerk demanding money and a fight broke out. The clerk was able to grab the gun and fired at the two men who then fled the station.
Nigel Amir Holmes, 19, of Smoaks called 911 shortly after reporting that he was shot and in the woods. Officers found him and medics flew him to MUSC. Officers followed a trail of blood from the gas station and found the second suspect, Octavio Tavish Cochran, 22, of Round O. The Colleton County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene."


GA: Suspect killed, victim wounded in shootout: "One man is dead and another wounded after an overnight shootout at an apartment complex in south DeKalb County. The shooting, which might have stemmed from a drug-related robbery attempt, happened about 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Pine Village East apartments on Panthersville Road. DeKalb police spokesman Jason Gagnon told WSB Radio that the victim "was coming home from work when the suspect approached him in the parking lot and forced him into his own apartment at gunpoint." Once inside the apartment, the victim was able to get his hands on a gun and began firing shots at the suspect. "The suspect was shot several times as he fled the scene, but managed to fire his weapon back at the victim, striking him in the leg," Gagnon told WSB. Responding officers found the suspect dead in an adjacent apartment complex"