CA: Store owner fatally shoots burglary suspect: "A suspected burglar was fatally shot early Wednesday after a confrontation with a Lancaster store owner, officials said. The suspected burglar, identified as Robert Summers, 28, of Lancaster, was mortally wounded about 3:30 a.m. by the unidentified owner of a store in the 200 block of East Avenue K-8, officials said. Another suspect with Summers managed to escape. "The owner fired a handgun at the suspects, hitting one and possibly wounding the second," the Sheriff's Department said in a statement."


MN: Innocent verdict for brandisher: "It was a long wait, but it had a good outcome for a Marshall man accused of assault and terroristic threat charges. After more than five hours of deliberation, a jury found Berlon Curry of Marshall innocent of charges of second degree assault-liability for crimes of another and second degree terroristic threats-liability for crimes of another. Curry was found guilty of possession of a handgun without a permit, a misdemeanor charge. Curry had pleaded innocent to all three of the charges, which came as the result of a shooting incident in the parking lot of a Marshall apartment complex in March 2009. During Friday's portion of the trial, Curry's defense had argued that Curry did show a gun to another person in an attempt to scare him, but in self-defense after being assaulted."


La.: Teen robber shot: "The man told detectives that he was attempting to buy marijuana when Robertson flagged him down, got into the car and pointed his gun. The driver grabbed the gun and in the struggle, he was shot in the calf and Robertson was hit in the calf and thigh, authorities said. Robertson exited the vehicle and fled. The driver left the scene and initially didn't seek treatment for his wound. Robertson was arrested Thursday and booked with attempted first degree murder and attempted armed robbery. He is being held in the Sherman Walker Correctional Center on a $350,000 bond."


MO: Crazy guy fatally shot at convenience store: "A man was fatally shot Friday night after he allegedly started a disturbance at a south Kansas City convenience store. It was the second incident of violence this week at the Shell station at 5501 Bannister Road. Officers found the victim, thought to be in his 20s, lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound, Graves said. His name was not released. Brennan Hudlemeyer said she had just stopped in the store to buy cigarettes and tea when the victim came in and started “acting crazy.” He said he was trying to get some change, started throwing things and demanded to know why he wasn’t allowed in the store, Hudlemeyer said."