NC: Quick Not guilty verdict: "Buckey Bolden’s first-degree murder trial lasted two weeks and ended Friday afternoon with two words: Not guilty. Bolden spent three and a half years in the Catawba County jail after a January 2008 shootout in the Randolph’s Billiards parking lot in Hickory left Ben Thompson dead, George Hill Jr., paralyzed and in a wheelchair and Elizabeth Brannon suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. During the trial, Bolden and his defense attorney never veered from their version of what happened the night on Jan. 11, 2008: Bolden acted in self-defense when he shot Thompson and Hill, but he never fired at Brannon. [The jury] may have been swayed by Myisha Hoyle’s testimony. She was standing beside Hill’s car with Bolden. She told the jury that she saw Hill flash a silver gun and fire warning shots at Bolden before Bolden pulled his own gun from his waistband and fired back. Hill testified that when Bolden saw Thompson sit up and reach toward the car’s console, Bolden shot and killed him."


TX: Robber run down by victim's car: "Harris County grand jury will decide if a business owner was in the right when he struck a would-be robber with his vehicle. Marcus Baturn, 29, was killed after robbing a 72-year-old man and his brother at gunpoint in the 7300 block of Northline, according to the Houston Police Department. After robbing both men, Baturn fled the scene on foot. The 72-year-old and his son got into their vehicles to track Baturn down. They managed to find Baturn at a parking lot in the 130 block of West Little York Road. Baturn pointed his gun at the victim and fired a single shot, investigators said. The victim drove into Baturn in response. The victim’s son also struck Baturn with his vehicle. Baturn was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was not injured in the incident."