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Home invasion turns deadly for bandit
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Home invasion turns deadly for bandit
By BILL MONTGOMERY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
An armed intruder who forced his way into the apartment of a recently married Clayton County couple was killed when the husband picked up his own gun and shot the would-be robber twice, police said.
The 24-year-old intruder, armed with a pistol, forced his way into the apartment of John Christian Peoples, 21, and his wife Laura, 24, on Mt. Zion Road near Stockbridge, and ordered the couple to "give it up!" said Clayton County police Lt. J.E. Turner.
"The couple had answered a knock on the door, and the suspect forced them back into the living room. The husband was able to grab his own handgun from a table, and got off two rounds, hitting the assailant in the stomach," Turner said. The couple was not injured.
Police answering a "person shot" call at the Waterford Apartments, 3196 Mt. Zion Road, found the gunman, Gary Menard, 24, of Cecelia Ave., Jonesboro, lying dead on his side in the Peoples' living room, said Clayton Officer J. S. Blank.
Police have taken both handguns as evidence.
Menard was released on probation in January after serving four months at Baldwin State Prison in Milledgeville for a cocaine possession conviction in Clayton County, said state prisons spokeswoman Peggy Chapman.
His probation would have ended in January 2005, she added.
Seven years ago, Menard was released as a first offender to the state Department of Children and Youth Services on an aggravated assault charge, Chapman said.
The home invasion occurred about 9:45 p.m. Thursday.
The Peoples were expecting a friend to drop by after work Thursday night, according to a report by Blank. Hearing a knock on the door, John Peoples opened it.
Menard, brandishing a silver .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun, barged into the third-floor apartment, Blank reported. Peoples immediately began backing up through the entrance hallway towards the living room, where he kept his .40-caliber handgun on an end table.
"The offender repeatedly ordered Peoples to get on the ground or he would kill him," as John Peoples continued backing toward the table, Blank reported.
Peoples told the officer he grabbed his pistol and fired, hitting Menard in the stomach. The suspect, lying on the floor, raised his pistol at Peoples, and the husband fired a second time, again hitting Menard in the stomach, Blank reported.
Peoples took the pistol from the intruder's hand and he and his wife went to the apartment downstairs, where they called police.
Nobody answered the door at the Peoples' third-floor apartment shortly before noon today, but a neighbor left a hand-written note in the door.
"Hi y'all," the note said. "I'm so thankful that you are fine! I'm so sorry that this happened." The neighbor, who also was not home, offered assistance "if I can help you in any way."
Turner said detectives believe the couple had recently moved into the apartments and were random "targets of opportunity."
"The couple did not know the suspect, and we think he was waiting in the area for a possible victim to come home and watched them go into the apartment," Turner said. "The couple thought the assailant was demanding money."
"While we haven't had a problem with this particular apartment complex, in some parts of the county we have had a problem with random pedestrian robberies as people arrived home," Turner added.
"We don't know why the assailant wanted to get into the apartment, but he did and it turned out bad for him," he said.
The incident is being investigated, but it is unlikely any charges will be filed, Turner said.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0902/06invasion.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By BILL MONTGOMERY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
An armed intruder who forced his way into the apartment of a recently married Clayton County couple was killed when the husband picked up his own gun and shot the would-be robber twice, police said.
The 24-year-old intruder, armed with a pistol, forced his way into the apartment of John Christian Peoples, 21, and his wife Laura, 24, on Mt. Zion Road near Stockbridge, and ordered the couple to "give it up!" said Clayton County police Lt. J.E. Turner.
"The couple had answered a knock on the door, and the suspect forced them back into the living room. The husband was able to grab his own handgun from a table, and got off two rounds, hitting the assailant in the stomach," Turner said. The couple was not injured.
Police answering a "person shot" call at the Waterford Apartments, 3196 Mt. Zion Road, found the gunman, Gary Menard, 24, of Cecelia Ave., Jonesboro, lying dead on his side in the Peoples' living room, said Clayton Officer J. S. Blank.
Police have taken both handguns as evidence.
Menard was released on probation in January after serving four months at Baldwin State Prison in Milledgeville for a cocaine possession conviction in Clayton County, said state prisons spokeswoman Peggy Chapman.
His probation would have ended in January 2005, she added.
Seven years ago, Menard was released as a first offender to the state Department of Children and Youth Services on an aggravated assault charge, Chapman said.
The home invasion occurred about 9:45 p.m. Thursday.
The Peoples were expecting a friend to drop by after work Thursday night, according to a report by Blank. Hearing a knock on the door, John Peoples opened it.
Menard, brandishing a silver .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun, barged into the third-floor apartment, Blank reported. Peoples immediately began backing up through the entrance hallway towards the living room, where he kept his .40-caliber handgun on an end table.
"The offender repeatedly ordered Peoples to get on the ground or he would kill him," as John Peoples continued backing toward the table, Blank reported.
Peoples told the officer he grabbed his pistol and fired, hitting Menard in the stomach. The suspect, lying on the floor, raised his pistol at Peoples, and the husband fired a second time, again hitting Menard in the stomach, Blank reported.
Peoples took the pistol from the intruder's hand and he and his wife went to the apartment downstairs, where they called police.
Nobody answered the door at the Peoples' third-floor apartment shortly before noon today, but a neighbor left a hand-written note in the door.
"Hi y'all," the note said. "I'm so thankful that you are fine! I'm so sorry that this happened." The neighbor, who also was not home, offered assistance "if I can help you in any way."
Turner said detectives believe the couple had recently moved into the apartments and were random "targets of opportunity."
"The couple did not know the suspect, and we think he was waiting in the area for a possible victim to come home and watched them go into the apartment," Turner said. "The couple thought the assailant was demanding money."
"While we haven't had a problem with this particular apartment complex, in some parts of the county we have had a problem with random pedestrian robberies as people arrived home," Turner added.
"We don't know why the assailant wanted to get into the apartment, but he did and it turned out bad for him," he said.
The incident is being investigated, but it is unlikely any charges will be filed, Turner said.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0902/06invasion.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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By MIKE RUPERT / H-P Staff Writer
SODUS -- A manslaughter charge was dismissed Thursday against a migrant worker who prosecutors now say shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in self-defense.
Antonio Martinez, 35, Sydney, Fla., was cleared of voluntary manslaughter and felony possession of a fireman after prosecutors moved to dismiss charges before a scheduled preliminary hearing, said Berrien County Assistant Prosecutor Caryn Hebets.
Martinez shot David B. Ruiz once in the face Aug. 25 at the Grajauskis farm at 4243 River Road in Sodus Township after a group of men, including Ruiz, attacked him, Hebets said.
"There had been an argument (with Martinez) earlier in the day and those people involved went and more or less got reinforcements and came back yelling, saying they were going to kill everybody," Hebets said. "The group rammed the trailer Martinez was living with a vehicle and also assaulted two other men.
"We felt, under the circumstances, he had reasonable belief that he needed to use force and we couldn't disprove that.
"There was no evidence to say it wasn't self-defense."
Martinez, who had been in jail since the incident while police investigated the incident, was released and free to go, Hebets said.
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"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
T.G.
A Tucson man awoke early this morning to find someone had broken into his home.
Tonight, both the homeowner and the intruder are in the hospital.
This burglary attempt turned into a scene right out of an action movie.
Police say the intruder- who has not been identified- was armed with a long-bladed screwdriver.
The homeowner grabbed for his own gun. He ended up shooting the burglar- and himself.
Early this morning, before sunrise, a burglar decided he'd try his luck on a home here on Orchard Street near Grant & Columbus.
Tucson Police say just after 3am, he broke into this home through a window.
The homeowner, who was asleep at the time, heard something, then grabbed his gun. "He heard a noise in his kitchen area and he woke up obviously from the noise, he armed himself, he went into the kitchen where he confronted the intruder."
TPD Officer Kathy Wendling says the homeowner told the burglar to get out.
When the burglar refused, and instead started coming toward the homeowner, the homeowner backed up, and fell to the ground, accidentally setting off himself. "When he fell to the ground, he shot himself in the hand."
Despite his injured hand and being on the floor, Wendling says the homeowner shot the intruder several times before calling 911.
I'm told the homeowner, who is said to be in his 40's, had surgery on his hand and is recovering in the hospital.
The burglar, who police still have not identified, is in critical condition at another hospital. I'm told he is expected to survive.
http://www.kgun9.com/story.asp?TitleID=2704&ProgramOption=News
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878