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71-year-old kills intruder, sheriff saysFrom staff reports COLVILLE, Wash. -- A 71-year-old Stevens County woman shot a 32-year-old man to death Saturday when, she told authorities, he entered her home uninvited and assaulted her.Sheriff Craig Thayer said a preliminary investigation indicates the dead man, Brian F. Swiger, knew the woman's granddaughter. Thayer identified the shooter as Bethan Scutchfield, an invalid who has an around-the-clock caregiver in her home on Roitz Road, near Jump Off Joe Lake south of Chewelah.But the sheriff said his investigation indicates Swiger seemed to be intoxicated when he entered Scutchfield's home uninvited. Swiger reportedly struck Scutchfield in the face and pushed her to the floor, threatening to break her neck.Thayer said Scutchfield got a handgun and, when Swiger approached her again, she fired a single shot that struck him in the chest.Court records show Jennifer L. Scutchfield, 28, was granted a domestic-violence protection order against Swiger in September. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=030502&ID=s1110938
Followup to above story;Gun-totin' grandma would pull the trigger again Wednesday, March 06, 2002 SAN ANTONIO - An elderly woman who fatally shot an intruder over the weekend said Monday she will not hesitate to pull the trigger again to protect herself.Sena Miller , 83, said a teenage boy tried to break into her East Side home early Sunday when she told him to leave. Miller said when the boy refused to go, she grabbed her gun and opened fire through her locked front door."I didn't aim, I just shoot," Miller said. "He hollered, 'I've been hit.'"The intruder, Ramon Albert Rodriguez, died at the scene."I know he wasn't paying me a social call, Miller added. "(I) don't know what he was going to do once he got in here."Miller, who is described by neighbors as a nice and kind lady, said she worries about retaliation but is willing to use her pistol again in an effort to save her life."I will always keep that gun ... close to me," she said. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Article.asp?ID=2644
Gunman Kills 3 in Tel Aviv Eatery (BUT IS STOPPED DEAD BY ARMED CITIZEN)By Yoav AppelAssociated Press WriterMonday, March 4, 2002; 9:34 PM TEL AVIV, Israel -- A gunman opened fire at a Tel Aviv restaurant early Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 25 before he was shot to death, officials said.A shoe salesman who was eating said he pulled his own gun and shot the attacker. It wasn't immediately clear if police also returned fire.The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack in telephone calls to local TV stations, Israel Radio reported. The callers identified the attacker as a Palestinian from the Jebalya refugee camp next to Gaza City.Police said the assault on the all-night restaurant was carried out by a lone gunman, but did not further describe him."A man fired with an M-16," Tel Aviv police commander Uri Bar-Lev told Israel Radio."He also apparently tried to throw a grenade, but it did not explode," said police commander Yossi Sedbon, also over Israel Radio. Sedbon said the attacker also stabbed people with a knife.Shoe salesman William Hazan told the station that amid the violence he saw a tall man fighting with someone else."I thought he was beating the terrorist. Then the tall man stabbed me in the back with a knife. Then I understood that he was the terrorist. Right away I started firing at him," said Hazan.The attack came during an especially violent period in the 17-month conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. In weekend attacks, Palestinians killed 22 Israelis, and in reprisals, Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians on Monday."We saw a terrorist firing toward the restaurant and then entering," said a witness, who gave his name as Effie and said he is the owner of the business, called "Seafood." "He was firing all the time." He said the attack lasted about five minutes."We were dancing and all of a sudden we heard gunshots. We all hid under the tables," said another witness, who declined to be identified.Yosef Cohen, the Tel Aviv area director of the Magen David Adom rescue services, said the wounded were all taken to local hospitals.The attacker was not immediately identified. Police were searching the area for accomplices and explosives, police said, and a helicopter was in the air over the area.Police asked other restaurant and night club owners in Tel Aviv to close and send their customers home.The attack took place at 2:15 a.m. at the restaurant on Petah Tikva Road, a main street in Tel Aviv. The restaurant is near the offices of the Maariv daily. c 2002 The Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38430-2002Mar4.html
Businessman kills gunman during Pines robbery; 2nd suspect caughtsun-sentinel.com Posted March 4 2002, 4:18 PM EST PEMBROKE PINES -A man died of a gunshot wound early Monday after he got involved in a gunfight with the businessman he was trying to rob, police said. A second robbery suspect was arrested in the day and charged with murder in the case.Here's what Capt. Keith Palant, police spokesman, said happened shortly after midnight outside the Discount Auto Parts store on the 300 block of North University Drive. Corey Dacres, 23, exited the outlet and began locking up. He was confronted by two men who had been hiding on the north side of the building. One of those men produced a .380-caliber Walther semiautomatic pistol and pointed it at Dacres, who, in turn, pulled his own pistol, a .40 caliber Beretta semiautomatic, and began firing.Several shots were fired by each man with the robbery suspect struck at least one time in the right upper thigh. Dacres, who has a concealed weapons permit, sustained no injury.Dacres fled on foot south on University Drive and found police assistance at a nearby Red Lobster restaurant.The suspect, meanwhile, fled east behind the DAP store and into the Pembroke Village apartment complex. He was found there behind Building 1, at 7911 NW Third St., mortally wounded. He still had his gun.The suspect, identified 33-year-old Scott Williams of Opa-locka, was treated at the scene by Pembroke Pines Fire/Rescue. He died while being taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.Monday afternoon police announced they had arrested a second suspect in the robbery case after Peter Gardner, 23, also of Opa-locka, was treated at Parkway Regional Hospital in Miami-Dade County for a gunshot wound to his right calf. He was charged with murder in the death of his alleged accomplice even though he says he was unarmed at the time of the shooting. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-34ppgunfight.story
Sim's Bar-B-Que Owner Shoots Suspect During Attempted Robbery
Story by KARK Posted 3/3/2002 10:57:47 AM A Little Rock restaurant owner shot and killed a man who was trying to rob him Friday night. Police say the owner of Sim's Bar-B-Que in Little Rock was working the cash register when two armed gunmen stormed in demanding money. It happened around eight o-clock during the restauraunt's dinner rush. According to investigators, the owner pulled a gun out from behind the counter but one of the robbers shot at him first, hitting him in the hand. The owner then shot that man in the chest and the other suspect in the back. One man died at the scene, the other suspect was captured about ten minutes later. http://www.kark.com/karktv/news/story_tmp.asp?cmd=view&Storyid=2795
Followup to above story;Gun-totin' grandma would pull the trigger again Wednesday, March 06, 2002 SAN ANTONIO - An elderly woman who fatally shot an intruder over the weekend said Monday she will not hesitate to pull the trigger again to protect herself.Sena Miller , 83, said a teenage boy tried to break into her East Side home early Sunday when she told him to leave. Miller said when the boy refused to go, she grabbed her gun and opened fire through her locked front door."I didn't aim, I just shoot," Miller said. "He hollered, 'I've been hit.'"The intruder, Ramon Albert Rodriguez, died at the scene."I know he wasn't paying me a social call, Miller added. "(I) don't know what he was going to do once he got in here."Miller, who is described by neighbors as a nice and kind lady, said she worries about retaliation but is willing to use her pistol again in an effort to save her life."I will always keep that gun ... close to me," she said. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Article.asp?ID=2644
Gunman Kills 3 in Tel Aviv Eatery (BUT IS STOPPED DEAD BY ARMED CITIZEN)By Yoav AppelAssociated Press WriterMonday, March 4, 2002; 9:34 PM TEL AVIV, Israel -- A gunman opened fire at a Tel Aviv restaurant early Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 25 before he was shot to death, officials said.A shoe salesman who was eating said he pulled his own gun and shot the attacker. It wasn't immediately clear if police also returned fire.The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack in telephone calls to local TV stations, Israel Radio reported. The callers identified the attacker as a Palestinian from the Jebalya refugee camp next to Gaza City.Police said the assault on the all-night restaurant was carried out by a lone gunman, but did not further describe him."A man fired with an M-16," Tel Aviv police commander Uri Bar-Lev told Israel Radio."He also apparently tried to throw a grenade, but it did not explode," said police commander Yossi Sedbon, also over Israel Radio. Sedbon said the attacker also stabbed people with a knife.Shoe salesman William Hazan told the station that amid the violence he saw a tall man fighting with someone else."I thought he was beating the terrorist. Then the tall man stabbed me in the back with a knife. Then I understood that he was the terrorist. Right away I started firing at him," said Hazan.The attack came during an especially violent period in the 17-month conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. In weekend attacks, Palestinians killed 22 Israelis, and in reprisals, Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians on Monday."We saw a terrorist firing toward the restaurant and then entering," said a witness, who gave his name as Effie and said he is the owner of the business, called "Seafood." "He was firing all the time." He said the attack lasted about five minutes."We were dancing and all of a sudden we heard gunshots. We all hid under the tables," said another witness, who declined to be identified.Yosef Cohen, the Tel Aviv area director of the Magen David Adom rescue services, said the wounded were all taken to local hospitals.The attacker was not immediately identified. Police were searching the area for accomplices and explosives, police said, and a helicopter was in the air over the area.Police asked other restaurant and night club owners in Tel Aviv to close and send their customers home.The attack took place at 2:15 a.m. at the restaurant on Petah Tikva Road, a main street in Tel Aviv. The restaurant is near the offices of the Maariv daily. c 2002 The Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38430-2002Mar4.html
Businessman kills gunman during Pines robbery; 2nd suspect caughtsun-sentinel.com Posted March 4 2002, 4:18 PM EST PEMBROKE PINES -A man died of a gunshot wound early Monday after he got involved in a gunfight with the businessman he was trying to rob, police said. A second robbery suspect was arrested in the day and charged with murder in the case.Here's what Capt. Keith Palant, police spokesman, said happened shortly after midnight outside the Discount Auto Parts store on the 300 block of North University Drive. Corey Dacres, 23, exited the outlet and began locking up. He was confronted by two men who had been hiding on the north side of the building. One of those men produced a .380-caliber Walther semiautomatic pistol and pointed it at Dacres, who, in turn, pulled his own pistol, a .40 caliber Beretta semiautomatic, and began firing.Several shots were fired by each man with the robbery suspect struck at least one time in the right upper thigh. Dacres, who has a concealed weapons permit, sustained no injury.Dacres fled on foot south on University Drive and found police assistance at a nearby Red Lobster restaurant.The suspect, meanwhile, fled east behind the DAP store and into the Pembroke Village apartment complex. He was found there behind Building 1, at 7911 NW Third St., mortally wounded. He still had his gun.The suspect, identified 33-year-old Scott Williams of Opa-locka, was treated at the scene by Pembroke Pines Fire/Rescue. He died while being taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.Monday afternoon police announced they had arrested a second suspect in the robbery case after Peter Gardner, 23, also of Opa-locka, was treated at Parkway Regional Hospital in Miami-Dade County for a gunshot wound to his right calf. He was charged with murder in the death of his alleged accomplice even though he says he was unarmed at the time of the shooting. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-34ppgunfight.story
Sim's Bar-B-Que Owner Shoots Suspect During Attempted Robbery
Story by KARK Posted 3/3/2002 10:57:47 AM A Little Rock restaurant owner shot and killed a man who was trying to rob him Friday night. Police say the owner of Sim's Bar-B-Que in Little Rock was working the cash register when two armed gunmen stormed in demanding money. It happened around eight o-clock during the restauraunt's dinner rush. According to investigators, the owner pulled a gun out from behind the counter but one of the robbers shot at him first, hitting him in the hand. The owner then shot that man in the chest and the other suspect in the back. One man died at the scene, the other suspect was captured about ten minutes later. http://www.kark.com/karktv/news/story_tmp.asp?cmd=view&Storyid=2795
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