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The owner of a pizza parlor here shot at a would-be robber who came out of the bushes as the proprietor and an older relative were leaving the business, police said this morning. Manny Manolas, 41, told police that he and Clary Manolas, 63, were closing up Manny's Pizza at 487 S. Nova Road at about 11:40 p.m. Sunday when a man wearing a towel or a T-shirt over his head emerged from the bushes near Manolas' car, according to a report. The stranger brandished a gun and said, "Give me the bag and your money," according to the report....

Think twice before robbing the senior citizens of Shenandoah. Monday morning an 85-year-old grandfather shot a 20-something-year-old man he believed to be stealing a Honda Accord. ... The owner told the alleged car thief he was armed and ordered him out of the car. ''I don't car,'' responded the alleged thief. The two engaged in a ''vicious fight,'' Moreno said. During the confrontation, Jauregui -- father of the car owner -- aimed and fired one shot.

DEERFIELD BEACH -- Broward County authorities say a man is been charged with murder following a road rage confrontation that resulted in his passenger being fatally shot. Sheriff officials say 43-year-old Steven Lonzisero and another man approached a driver last week, accused him of driving poorly and shouted racial profanities. That driver, 49-year-old Hygens Labidou, fired several shots from his legally permitted handgun. He struck Lonzisero and his passenger 28-year-old Edward Borowsky.

Not long after Niceville resident Harold Crown fired a handgun at three would-be burglars, a teenager turned up at Twin Cities Hospital with a bullet wound to his torso. Coincidence? The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office thinks not. Crown, 64, told authorities someone knocked on his door at about 10 p.m., Tuesday and when he opened it two men wearing hooded sweatshirts and ski masks “rushed in and knocked him down,” a Sheriff’s Office news release said. The 23rd Street resident said a third man followed the first two into the house and began beating and kicking him. “Crown grabbed a...

For the second time in two days in South Florida, victims have opened fire on armed robbers. And both gunmen ended up dead. In the latest incident overnight, a man sitting in a car alongside a woman was confronted by a man dressed all in black, wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. He demanded money -- and to see the woman strip naked, Miami police said. The man in the car, a security guard from a nearby Food Giant, pulled his own gun and shot at the man in the mask. The robber ran, threw his gun down...

A robbery suspect was shot and killed by his would-be victim inside an Oakland Park clothing store Monday night. About 7:30 p.m., a silent hold-up alarm was detected at the Corner Urban Wear store at the Buglewood Plaza on Oakland Park Boulevard. Moments later, a 911 call was received indicating that a shooting had occurred at the same location. Broward Sheriff's Office deputies responded and found Hung Nguyen, 17, of Lauderhill, shot to death inside the store. The store clerk, who remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities, told deputies two men entered the store armed with guns and...

When a woman saw three men break into her bedroom window late Friday night, she took out a gun and fired several times. It didn't stop the men, though. They came in through the window of her South Fort Myers home, and after a struggle, they tied her hands then took off with money and jewelry. It all happened sometime before 11:40 p.m. Friday, and detectives were still looking for the suspects Saturday. The woman, who is in her 20s, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. She shares the home at 6770 Briarcliff Road with her boyfriend, but...

Orange County deputies responding to a report of a burglary found a man with a gunshot wound to his right arm just after midnight Saturday morning. Their investigation discovered that the shooting victim had been burglarizing a home on West Pine Street and had been shot by the homeowner, a 65 year old man. Fire rescue transported Harvey Lee Williams to Orlando Regional Medical Center, The wound to Williams was considered non life threatening. He was charged with burglary, and later booked into the Orange County Jail. The elderly homeowner was not charged.

Bullets flew in a bank parking lot in Miramar Thursday morning as an attempted carjacking turned into a shoot out. Miramar police say it happened just around 5:30 a.m. in front of the Wachovia bank branch on Miramar Parkway and 68th Avenue. Fifty-seven-year old Bruce Allen Williams had just pulled his truck up to an ATM at the bank when two men got out of a small brown car and demanded the keys to William's truck. As Williams got out of the truck and handed the would-be carjackers his keys, one of the robbery suspects fired on him. Williams, who...

Don't be a hero, Johnny Johnson's mom begged her 28-year-old son in a phone call Wednesday morning as gunfire exploded in the background. ... But armed with outrage and a 9mm Smith and Wesson, her 6-foot-5, 260-pound son didn't wait to see what the people who kicked in his family's front door wanted. "I was the first person to shoot. I guarantee that," Johnson told the Times-Union later. Surprising one of the intruders in a hallway, he squeezed the trigger as he tried to understand: "Why are these guys in my house" and "which one of these guys is shooting...

PLANTATION -- One gunman is dead and another is in critical condition after they tried to rob a sandwich store and were shot by an armed customer Wednesday night, authorities said. Two armed, masked men entered a Subway restaurant at 1949 N. Pine Island Rd. and demanded money at about 11:17 p.m., said Detective Robert Rettig, a police spokesman. They then attempted to rob the lone customer by forcing him into the restroom but the customer, who was legally armed, pulled his gun and fired. One of the suspects was struck in the chest and the other was struck in...

The victims of a violent home invasion overnight turned the table on their attackers, killing one of the suspects, authorities said. Three armed men stormed their way into the home at 2672 Muscatello St. in the Peppermill subdivision near Hunter's Creek at about midnight. As the suspects were ransacking the home, one of the gunmen fired into the hallway, scattering the five men and one woman who live in the house, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jeff Williamson. One of the men in the house ran into a closet and returned with a weapon of his own, Williamson said. He...

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One of three men who forced their way into a home early this morning was shot in the arm during a struggle with an armed man inside the house, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. About 2:30 a.m., the three men went to a residence in the 8000 block of 43rd Avenue West, where a former girlfriend of one of the men and her boyfriend were staying. The woman spoke with the men at the front door and told them to wait while she put on some clothes. The men entered the home and began yelling and banging on...

A man having his morning cup of coffee on the back porch pulled a handgun and shot an intruder Friday, Miami police said. The incident happened at 8:48 a.m. in the 1100 block of Northwest 37th Street. John James was relaxing when, he told police, a man broke into the fenced yard and threatened to assault him and break into the home. James grabbed the .22 Magnum and opened fire, striking the intruder multiple times. ''I guess he was trying to get what he wanted to get,'' said the shooter's brother, John Lee James. ``And he got more than that....

LAKELAND - Cora Canale was in bed with her oxygen going when someone showed up in her bedroom. "He stood over me and said, 'Come on, come on, you gotta give me the money,' and I wasn't even awake," the 85-year-old recalled. What Canale thought was a dream at first became a real life nightmare. The intruder forced her into the living room and pushed her onto the floor next to the sofa. "I thought at one time he was going to choke me because he stuck a pillow or something across my face. I couldn't breath and he finally...

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SARASOTA - Sarasota Police detectives have made an arrest in connection with an early morning home invasion where two people were wounded and one killed. The incident happened around 4:30 Saturday morning. Investigators say two men, wearing black ski masks, burst into a home at 2819 Dixie Avenue in Sarasota. Shortly after the intruders broke in, a gunfight took place. One of the invaders was killed. He is identified as 18-year-old Travis Earl. The other intruder was identified as 18-year-old Tyrell L. Leverett. Deputies say he was wounded in the hip. The resident inside the home, 45-year-old Hugh Smith, was...

Two men tried to rob a 50-year-old man Feb. 24 in the 4400 block of Putnam Avenue, but the victim pulled out a weapon of his own. One of the two would-be robbers may have been shot, police said. It was the first of three reported armed robberies or attempts on the Southside last weekend, another of which ended with a victim shot. But police said the incidents did not appear to be connected. The first incident started at 8:30 p.m. as the victim was walking down Putnam Avenue and two men, one with a gun, walked up demanding money,...

MIAMI - Scott Hidnert was driving out of his office parking lot at 720 NW 102nd St. on Thursday evening when he claims a would-be robber pulled the trigger of his weapon, but the gun jammed. No words were exchanged. Hidnert snapped open his glove compartment, grabbed his handgun, opened the driver's side-door and fired ''several shots,'' according to Jonathan Bennett, office manager of the Traffic Ticket Office, founded by Hidnert. Another robber, lurking beyond the gate of the parking lot, disappeared into the night. ''I'm lucky to be alive,'' the lawyer said. Hidnert has been called the ''granddaddy'' of...

Police said a man shot and killed a would-be robber Thursday night in north Miami-Dade County. It happened at about 9:45 p.m. outside 752 N.W. 102nd St. Miami-Dade police said a man was approached by two other men who tried to rob him, but the intended victim instead pulled out a gun and fatally shot one of them. The other would-be robber got away. Police said it was unlikely the man who shot his alleged attacker would be charged, as it appeared to be an act of self-defense.

An intended target of an early morning home invasion in Palm Bay thwarted the robber's plans when he shot one of the men, according to police. A second potential home invader escaped. Two men identifying themselves as Palm Bay police tried to get into the Edgewood Drive home around 2:37 a.m. today by jiggling the front door, police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez told Local 6 News partner Florida Today. Two brothers and a 17-year-old woman were in the house. One of the brothers, Abraham Suarez, ran out of the back of the house to check on his car and confronted one...

DAYTONA BEACH -- Under the harsh glare of a flashlight, Walter Watson recognized the intruder who was trespassing on his property. But when the suspect threatened to kill the 70-year-old homeowner, police said Watson responded with at least two gunshots, leaving the much younger burglar bleeding on the sidewalk. The case could be the first in the area since a state law was passed in 2005 that allows property owners to use deadly force against intruders if the property owner feels threatened. It certainly is the first such case for Daytona Beach police and officials are not charging Watson with...

Liquor store owner Pedro Agudelo fights hard to protect his West Gables business. Outside, a handful of surveillance cameras are in plain sight. Inside, Agudelo keeps a loaded gun handy. He used it tonight, shooting dead a would-be robber. And it's not the first time he's shot someone trying to steal from his store. On a weekend afternoon in 2001, Agudelo opened fire on a gunman just outside LeJeune Liquors, 930 SW 42nd Ave. The would-be robber, who was never named by police, survived and Agudelo never faced any charges. Agudelo said at the time: ``I'm just a working guy,...

When two intruders forced their way into Robert Cason's home Sunday night and started shooting, he did not run, nor did he hide. He got his own pistol and fired back, police said. Cason, 35, shot Kyrin Stephfon Jones, 16, of Clearwater at least once in the abdomen, police said. "It was scary," Cason said Monday. "Imagine a guy pointing a gun close to your head." Cason declined to say anything else because his lawyer had advised him not to talk about the incident until he finishes speaking with detectives. The intruders came up behind Cason about 9:30 p.m., just...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The tables were turned on two men, who broke into a Daytona Beach apartment, when a neighbor with a shotgun came to the rescue. Two Daytona Beach burglars were surprised when residents of the apartment they were breaking into came home, and those residents weren't going to let the thieves get away. "We're from Tennessee. When we see someone we don't know, we get the shotgun," said eyewitness Miles Dellavecchia. Call it a little bit of southern justice. When Kyle Winkler came home to his Orange Avenue apartment.....

TAMPA -- An intruder shot by a Plant City homeowner has died of his injuries, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Noe Alvarez-Ramirez, 20, was shot Nov. 27 by John Kilgore, 57, deputies say. Alvarez-Ramirez died of his injuries Dec. 31 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Detectives have no plan to file charges against Kilgore. Alvarez-Ramirez broke into the Kilgore's home near Plant City, and Kilgore's wife, Cynthia, 43, found the intruder in the couple's bedroom, deputies say. Cynthia Kilgore took the couple's two sons, 14 and 16, into another bedroom, and her husband shot Alvarez-Ramirez. The ability to...

BRADENTON -- A man who was shot early Saturday during a botched home-invasion robbery in the Braden Crossing neighborhood was arrested Monday on an attempted murder charge. Authorities say Bradenton resident Clayton Nathaniel Dowling, 23, was one of four men who barged into a house in the 5500 block of 47th Court East while pretending to be police officers. The victim, Jerry Johnson, was hiding in a closet when Dowling confronted him, according to sheriff’s reports. Johnson punched Dowling and grabbed the pistol that was tucked in the man’s waistband. Johnson fired at Dowling, striking him four times, sheriff’s Detective...

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A robber used a lighter resembling a pistol to steal a man's wallet -- only to be shot by his victim, who was armed with a gun that was real. Another man was shot to death outside a Miami bar. A teenager who stole a 2007 Pontiac from a rental agency ran over the spikes at the exit -- then crashed head-on into another vehicle. A burglar stealing snacks from a gas station accelerated his van toward a police officer, who stopped him with a bullet. These four men had only this in common: They all died violently over the...

A Hillsborough County man shot and critically injured an intruder in his home early Monday morning. A couple who lives at 286 W. State Road 60 found the intruder at around 1 a.m. when they returned home after being out of town for a few a days, according to a report from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. As the woman was calling 911, the man fired a shot at the intruder. The intruder was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition. The names of those involved were not being released. November 27, 2006 in...

ELLENTON -- A would-be robber found out the hard way Friday afternoon that restaurant workers aren't easily parted from their tips. The unidentified man grabbed about $20 from the countertop tip jar at the Chinese restaurant Chung Shing without saying a word, employees said. "I said, 'Hey, that's my money,'" said restaurant manager Diane Lin. "He didn't care." He also didn't have a chance. Employees chased him outside into the parking lot of the strip mall on U.S. 301 and behind the stores. A passerby with a concealed weapons permit stopped and pulled his gun on the man, witnesses said....

A 69-year-old man whose restaurant was recently hit by burglars struggled with a young robber, then shot at the suspect as he bolted away, South Daytona police said Monday. Ralph Arruzza, owner of Long Doggers on Nova Road did not return a call Monday afternoon. But according to a police report, he tried to fight off his younger attacker -- likely in his early to mid-20s -- as the suspect pointed a gun at him Sunday afternoon. Arruzza was in the rear parking lot of his business at the 2400 block of south Nova when he noticed two men walking...

LEHIGH ACRES: Deputies say a teen was caught breaking into a house Wednesday, but he wasn't trying to take anything. Instead, deputies say he was breaking into the home to watch porn on TV. When the Brito family opened up their most recent DirecTV bill, their jaws dropped. What is usually a $60 invoice ended up being closer to $300 and said they had ordered films such as Girls Gone Wild and other pornography. So, the family asked their neighbors to watch the home when they were gone in an attempt to figure out what was happening. What they found...

Florida wildlife officials have decided not to press charges against a Carrabelle woman who earlier this month shot and killed a Florida black bear that repeatedly climbed on to the screened-in back porch of her home. Capt. Donald Duval, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said FWC Officer Charlie Wood determined the Oct. 1 shooting of a 332-pound male bear by Juanita Brown, of 1674 State Route 67, was justified. Brown is the wife of former Carrabelle mayor Jim Brown. FWC Lt. Steve Thomas later consulted with Jeremy Mutz, the assistant state attorney, who declined to prosecute the...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An elderly Orlando man was nearly the victim of a home invasion, but then took matters into his own hands. Four teens reportedly rang the doorbell of 73-year-old Harold Murphy’s home on Signal Hill road, Thursday night. When they tried to break in, he was waiting. “Having been in the military for 30-years and in situations where I was shot at, I’m no stranger to danger,” said Harold Murphy. Murphy served in the Navy fifty years ago and has a concealed weapons permit. So when someone started knocking on his door, he got ready. “I just picked...

Temple Terrace police say when two men robbed the Panda Express on North 56th Street Wednesday night, a worker shot and injured one of the men. Robert Lee, 25, is in serious condition at Tampa General Hospital. He is charged with attempted felony murder, armed robbery with a firearm, and possessing a firearm with the serial number removed. Police are still looking for the other robber, who fled the restaurant on foot. He is described as a black male, 18-20 years old, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, with a thin build, and was last seen wearing a dark-colored, long-sleeve shirt. If you...

HOLLYWOOD A Hollywood man turned the tables on two robbers outside his home early Saturday morning, leaving one attacker dead from his own gun and the other nursing a bullet hole in his leg and a bite on his arm, authorities said. Police say the two robbers were after new chrome rims on the homeowner's pickup truck. Police identified the robbery suspects as Jason Robert Melendez, 23, and Ronald Magano, 22, both men with lengthy criminal histories, according to state records. Magano died in the attack, and Hollywood police picked up a wounded Melendez a short time later. Melendez, who...

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A man shot and killed an intruder who was breaking into his parents' townhouse in Oakland Park today, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. The intruder, Jeremy Goldwire, 20, lived across the street from the gated community where the shooting happened. Richard McKinley, 26, was sleeping in his parents townhouse at 3259 NW 44th St. around 11:54 a.m. when he was awakened by a noise, according to the sheriff's office. McKinley came face-to-face with three intruders and pulled out a gun. There was a brief struggle and then McKinley shot Goldwire, a BSO spokeswoman said. Goldwire died at the scene....

Orlando -- A robbery suspect may have been wounded in a shootout with restaurant workers at an oyster bar late Sunday, according to Orlando police reports. [Snip] Having been robbed a week earlier while taking out the trash, both kitchen workers told police they armed with themselves with .40-caliber and 9 mm pistols before doing the chore Sunday night, reports show. The kitchen workers told police they stepped outside and were confronted by two men armed with a rifle and a pistol who ordered them to drop to their knees. Then one of the suspects fired a shot without striking...

When Edward Lucas Sr. checked to see why the neighbor's German shepherd was barking at Sunday at 5:40 a.m., he had no idea that minutes later an intruder would be lying dead on his living room rug. Lucas, 63, of the 3900 block of West Mallory Street, never wanted to have to use his .22 caliber rifle that way, but Tyrone Fyoungious Preyer, 29, would not stop breaking through the door, he said. "I yelled 'Get out of my house,' but he kept coming," said Lucas, a retired Sears employee who resided at that house for almost eight years. "I...

Earlier this year, Mark Kram revealed to his two teenage children a secret he had kept for two decades: He killed a man. That man was Carl Brown, who killed more people in one day than anyone else in Miami-Dade's history. On a Friday morning in August 1982, Brown, 51, fuming over a $20 repair bill, marched into a Miami machine shop and shotgunned 11 employees, killing eight. Within minutes, Brown -- a schoolteacher on psychiatric leave -- was the ninth person to die. Kram, at work in a nearby machine shop, and another man set out to stop Brown,...

INDIALANTIC, Fla. -- Investigators released the name Tuesday of a man shot while breaking into the home of a Brevard County woman over the weekend. They are praising the actions of the woman, who was able to find her gun in the dark and defend herself, WESH 2 News reported. Investigators said Jason Preston, 33, made so much noise breaking into the home, he not only woke up the owner, but also a next-door neighbor. Widow Judith Kuntz, 64, lives alone. She said she heard and saw the man holding a flashlight come to her bedroom door in the darkened...

Police Find Man Dead In DoorwayDAVIE, Fla. -- An 18-year-old was shot to death early Wednesday morning after apparently breaking into a home in western Davie. The shooting happened at about 1:45 a.m. in the Chelsea at Ivanhoe community on Southwest 51st Street. Davie police said a man and young woman -- possibly father and daughter, according to neighbors -- were sleeping inside the home when an intruder came in and startled them. The man took protective action and shot the intruder twice, striking him once in the face. When police arrived, they found the intruder dead in the front...

Gunfire loosed bullets inside and outside the Magic Mall Flea Market this morning when an armed shop owner foiled a smash-and-grab robbery. Miram Singh, the owner of Singh's Jewelry, suffered a gunshot wound in the lower right leg in the unusually violent and brazen crime, according to Orlando police. Police received a slight jump on the crime shortly after 10 a.m. when a bystander called 911 upon seeing four men wearing masks and bandanas get out of a car and enter the open market set up in an old department store on West Colonial Drive. "They walked in with their...

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says a cab driver shot and killed a man who tried to rob him Thursday night. The fatal shooting happened as the cab driver dropped off two people at the Lighthouse Apartments. The shooting, coupled with Wednesday's shooting at a gas station in the same area, has police officers worried. "The convenience store clerk was brutally murdered and our hearts go out to people who have to make a living and they put themselves in harms way everyday just to make a living," said Sgt. Scott McLeod. The cab driver is an employee...

Officers were called to family's house before SILVER SPRINGS SHORES - A 38-year-old man was shot and killed late Friday after his wife reportedly shot him to protect herself. Timothy Shane Roberts, 38, was shot once in the chest by his wife Paula Kathryn Roberts, 35, during a physical altercation, said Marion County Sheriff's Office officials. Paramedics were dispatched to the home, 22 Hemlock Terrace Drive, at 10:09 p.m. When deputies arrived, they found the man's wife kneeling next to him. "The argument pretty much started with the daughter," said Sue Livoti, sheriff's office public information officer. When the man's...

Janet Grammer decided in an instant: Thursday wasn't her day to die. So when a would-be robber burst into a Jacksonville convenience store shortly before 1 p.m. and fired two shots while demanding she clean out the cash register, the 64-year-old clerk and mother of 10 knew one thing. "I figured either I was going to have to pull the trigger or I'd be dead," said Grammer. So she did. Faking a moment's hesitation, Grammer reached under the counter for a .38 special and came up firing, her first shot hitting the man in the chest at point-blank range. The...

Judith Kuntz, 64, hunkered down in her darkened bedroom late Sunday evening, arming herself with a revolver. A burglar had just broken into her Indialantic home and, fearing for her life, she said she let her instincts take over. When the burglar, who had a flashlight, entered the room, Kuntz fired one round from her .38-caliber handgun. Hit squarely in the chest, the unidentified intruder ran outside, where he collapsed and died. On Monday, Kuntz was still shaken, but she briefly recalled her ordeal. "I'm doing fine under the circumstances," she said. "I don't take any joy in somebody being...