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A Crossville man was shot and killed by a homeowner last Thursday morning during an apparent burglary, The Expositor newspaper reported. According to White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe, Bryan Keith Cook, 32, of Crossville, was leaving from a home he had reportedly broken into when he came into contact with the homeowner, Keith Girdley, on the front porch. The shooting occurred around 9:59 a.m. May 15. "The guy was on the front porch coming out of the house with some stolen stuff, and Mr. Girdley was on the bottom step," said Shoupe. The sheriff said Cook asked Girdley, “Can I...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- There was a deadly gunfight at a liquor store in Inglewood Saturday night. An armed robbery suspect was gunned down, after trying to rob the place. But it wasn't a police officer who took action.None of the clerks in Sinkers Wine and Spirits had a gun to protect themselves, but they said they're thankful one of their customers did.Sinkers Wine and Spirits lost some of their merchandise on Saturday night, but Clifford Baxter is hardly upset. He's just happy to have survived the gunfight that took place in his store over the weekend when two armed men...

Associated Press BRIGHTON, Tenn. - Police say a man attempting to rape a girl and a woman was shot and killed after one escaped and alerted her nearby cousin. Investigators say 44-year-old David Fleming forcibly entered the home of two sisters, ages 22 and 12, in an apparent rape attempt in Tipton County. After being tied up, one of the girls escaped and ran to the home of her next-door neighbor and cousin, Keith Ingram. Police say Ingram shot and killed Fleming after he attempted to attack him. Fleming had a prior conviction for attempted rape and was a registered...

A grand jury will likely decide if the store clerk who shot and killed a shoplifter was justified in using deadly force. According to police, 22-year-old Richard Huddleston was stealing beer and hats at the Shell station on Haywood Lane Friday night. The store clerk confronted him and after a struggle the clerk shot and killed Huddleston, who was not armed. The clerk, Jefferson Bilbrey, does have a valid permit for the gun and no charges have been place at this time.

Police in Memphis say a gunman firing a pistol beside a busy city street was subdued by two passers-by who were also armed. No one was hurt during the incident that apparently began with a minor traffic accident, but one passing car was believed hit by a bullet. Brothers William Webber and Paul Webber told police they stopped their car and pulled their own pistols when they saw a man firing a handgun yesterday. The brothers said they ordered the man to drop his weapon and then held him at gunpoint until police arrived a few minutes later. Police say...

A Kingsport man fired two shots at men who invaded his home early today, but he was stabbed twice during the incident. The incident happened around 5:05 a.m. at 2333 1/2 Ashwood Street, according to a police detective. KPD Det. Greg Lane said Frank Johnson, 25, reported he heard noise outside his home and someone knocking on his door. “He went to the door with a pistol in his hand. As soon as he opened the door, an unknown black male rushed in and attacked him,” Lane said. A second unidentified black male entered the residence and stabbed Johnson in...

Susong Pharmacy in Greeneville usually welcomes the sound of a person entering the store, but not lately. The pharmacy has been robbed twice in the last few months and employees have had enough. "I hated it happened, but he asked for it in my opinion," a store employee who asked to remain anonymous said. Police say an armed man entered the store wearing a ski-mask this afternoon, went to the front, and demanded hydrocodone. An unnamed pharmacy technician says the man confronted her. "It was like deja vu, being that I was just robbed by what looked like the same...

Memphis police say an elderly Orange Mound man shot a man who broke into his home Friday afternoon, January 12, 2007. It happened in the 2300 hundred block of Zanone. According to the man's caregivers, a crook had broken in through a window and was in a back bedroom, when the elderly homeowner shot him two times. The would-be-robber is now in the hospital in critical condition. Neighbors tell Eyewitness News the elderly man told them before Christmas that he had a gun and would use it if anyone tried to break into his home. Friday afternoon police were questioning...

A would-be burglar got an unwelcome surprise today when a resident shot him as he tried to break in, authorities said. The shooting happened around 1:15 p.m. at 1910 Lonsdale Pike, Knoxville Police Department Lt. Mark Pressley said. No charges have been filed or names released yet. The man made it to the corner of Tennessee and Western avenues, where he asked someone to call an ambulance, Pressley said. Police arrived with the ambulance, which took him to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. His injuries weren't believed to be life-threatening, police said.

A would-be-robber got more than he bargained for from behind the counter of a local convenience store. At about 2:47 Wednesday morning, Kingsport Police responded to Central Chevron and Food Mart, 220 Carolina Pottery Drive. The clerk stated a white male entered the store with a knife and demanded all the money. But, according to police, at this point the clerk pulled a handgun from behind the counter. When he told the suspect to leave, he lunged towards the clerk. One shot was fired in to the air, spooking the robber, who then fled empty-handed. The clerk said he ran...

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An attempted robbery at a Donelson store left one suspect dead and another in critical condition. Police tell us the two men walked into the Smoke Depot on Stewarts Ferry Pike armed with guns. They began to pistol whip the store owner who was behind the counter. One of the suspects dropped the gun and the store owner was able to pick it up. The store owner and the other suspect exhanged gunfire. Both suspects where hit but the store owner was not. One of the suspects, Sheldon Hope, died from his injuries. The other suspect is at Vanderbilt Medical...

Authorities in Jefferson County are searching for a man and woman they say broke into a Dandridge home, attacked a couple, and tried to rob them. It all happened off Highway 25-70 just before 1:00 p.m. Monday. Jefferson County Sheriff David Davenport says the couple first stole a truck out of Newport, and then ended up at the home of Roy and Wanda Taylor in Dandridge. The couple reportedly went into the home, possibly wearing masks, and tried to rob the Taylors. They allegedly beat Wanda in the head and shot Roy in the shoulder. But Roy fought back. "The...

A Knox County commissioner known for his pro-gun stance says he aborted an armed robbery at his car dealership Saturday with the aid of his .380-caliber pistol. The man, identified as 19-year-old Kane Stackhouse, claimed to have $12,000 in his pocket and seemed intent on buying the car without any haggling or even a mechanical inspection, Lambert said. Later, as the paperwork was being drawn up, Stackhouse stepped outside to smoke a cigarette, Lambert said. When the commissioner went outside to tell him it was time to work on the title, Stackhouse is alleged to have pulled a .25-calber handgun...

A business owner who decided to stay at his establishment overnight had an unwelcome visitor early this morning. According to the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department, Kenneth Harville, owner of Kenny's Bait and Tackle on state Highway 75, was awakened by the sound of breaking glass about 3 a.m. He reached the front of his store as a white male was climbing through a broken window near the cash register. The burglar then started yelling to someone outside the business that someone was in the store. As the suspect crawled out the window, Harville fired one round towards him. According to...

A man was shot in an apparent attempt to rob a credit union in Frayser Friday. Two witnesses said a man selling fruit in the bank parking lot pulled a gun and shot the suspected robber. Memphis police confirmed that the fruit vendor approached the suspects and shot one in the neck at the entrance of American Savings Credit Union, 3048 Harvester Lane. Det. Monique Martin said two bank robbery suspects were arrested, but neither had been charged late Friday. Police responded to the call about the shooting at 2:30 p.m., according to Lt. Darren Goods of the police robbery...

A Frayser woman shot and killed an intruder who kicked in her apartment door and tried to rob her around midnight Sunday. Tameca Drummer, a resident at Carriage House apartments at 1115 Frayser Blvd., told police the man, along with two others, forced their way into her home demanding money. The people in her apartment, including her two children, were forced into the living room, while one of the intruders forced her into the bedroom looking for money, police spokesman Sgt. Vince Higgins said. When that man struck her on the head with his handgun, she wrestled the gun away...

LOCAL NEWS TENNESSEE NEWS KENTUCKY NEWS NATIONAL NEWS WORLD NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS Printer-friendly version E-Mail this page to a friend Victim Shoots Would-Be Robber In Metro Park Posted: 1/19/2006 9:19:00 PM Updated: 1/19/2006 10:03:40 PM A Metro Officer was patrolling near Rose Park Thursday evening when he heard gun shots and went to check into it. The police officer drove up and found a man being robbed by two other men. When one of the robbers pulled a gun and demanded money, the victim pulled out his own gun. Police say both fired shots and hit each other. The second...

A man who was being robbed at a motel on Airpark Drive got the gun away from the young robber and held it on him until police arrived early Friday morning. Police said the man who was being robbed was shot in the hand during the struggle. A 17-year-old black male was taken into custody. Members of the Chattanooga Police Department’s Burglary/Robbery Division are investigating the incident that occurred a little before 6 a.m. on the parking lot of the Extended Stay Motel at 6240 Airpark Dr. Police said the victim was loading his vehicle when he was approached by...

KINGSPORT - When Lowell Wilson realized his Brookside Drive house was being broken into late Thursday night - for the third time in less than a year - he was pretty fed up. So fed up that this time he shot the intruder. Sullivan County Sheriff's Department officials questioned the alleged robber after he showed up later at Indian Path Medical Center with a gunshot wound. Medical officials are obligated to notify law enforcement anytime someone comes to the emergency room with a gunshot wound. Donald Scott Bridges, 25, of 3814 Memorial Boulevard, Kingsport, told police that he had been...

NEWPORT-The 67-year-old female victim of an alleged attempted robbery and assault on Friday turned the tables on her would-be assailant, according to the Cocke County Sheriff's Department (CCSD). CCSD Sgt. Richard Caldwell told the Plain Talk on Saturday that Patsy Neal, 67, of Moore Ridge Road in the Bybee community, called E-911 a little after 10 p.m. on Friday to report that someone had attempted to assault her and steal money and her car. "Ms. Neal told us that Karl Daniel Forss, 32, 2682 Moore Ridge Road, showed up at her door-supposedly to use the telephone-late Friday night, and she...

Convenience store owner Karim Barakat feared for his life when an armed robber demanded money and cocked his handgun about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at J.D.'s Market in downtown Murfreesboro, a police spokesman said. Instead of giving up any money, Barakat reached for his own handgun and shot suspected robber Edward Christopher Evans, 24, in the arm, said Murfreesboro Police Lt. Alvin Baird. Evans, who is expected to be charged in connection with the robbery, was treated at Middle Tennessee Medical Center's emergency room. Barakat's wife and daughter were inside the Maney Avenue store at the corner of Vine Street during...

Charlie Lee says he stood face to face with a man who was taking cigarettes and money from his convenience store, the Main Street Market in East Nashville. "I started. What are you doing here in this hour? How you get in?” said Lee. It was 2:00 in the morning, and he had come down to turn off what seemed to be a false burglar alarm. The doors were locked. Everything was okay, until he walked behind the counter and saw the man and the hole in the ceiling. “There was hole in there, so I pulled out my gun....