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MELBOURNE -- Police have released the 911 call from a distressed homeowner who had just shot one of two suspected intruders inside his Melbourne house. And we are hearing how many shots he fired at the home invaders. DISPATCHER: 911, what is the nature of your emergency? CALLER: Yes, somebody just break into my house. You can hear him breathing heavily as he calls for help, a man who lives on Pepper Avenue. Just before midnight, his house was being stormed by armed men. CALLER: They just came in my house and I unloaded my pistol at them. DISPATCHER: So...

A beauty queen has told how she shot and killed a burglar as he wrestled with her fiancé during a break-in in the middle of the night.

LAKELAND - A man shot in the head during a bakery robbery last week has died, police say. Michael Messer, 67, was in grave condition after the shooting that occurred at the Wonder Hostess bakery outlet on North Florida Avenue last Wednesday. According to officers, Messer and his girlfriend robbed the store and then Messer tried to break into a Corvette in the parking lot. The car alarm went off, and the vehicle's owner, who worked at the store, came outside with a gun. Toney Anthony Price tussled with Messer, trying to hold him until police arrived, but investigators say...

I am writing in response to Sami Hammad, the Delray Beach convenience store clerk who, in self-defense, shot and killed a ruthless armed robber, Tyrone Pinkney. Mr. Hammad says he's sorry it happened and understandably feels bad for Pinkney's family. He said he wishes he had bulletproof glass that would have prevented the shootout. I sincerely hope Mr. Hammad will not beat himself up too badly, though. I'm sure he will be dealing with a fair amount of post-traumatic stress over the incident, but he must console himself with the fact that he saved countless lives with his actions: his...

DELRAY BEACH (Florida)— A clerk armed with a gun fatally shot an armed robber at a Delray Beach convenience store Saturday evening, police said. Authorities have not yet identified the participants. According to Delray Beach police, the incident began just before 10 p.m. at the Community Food Market at 139 NW Fifth Avenue. Clerks told police that a man armed with a semiautomatic handgun entered the store and tried to rob them. One of the clerks hid behind the counter and the man fired at him. Another clerk took a weapon and shot back at the robber, police said. The...

A homeowner shot at an intruder Tuesday night in Cantonment, and deputies are still searching for the suspect. About 6:30, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department responded to the home in the 1800 block of Wareham Way. That’s where a homeowner says he shot at a man trying to get into his house. Deputies don’t believe the homeowner’s shotgun blast hit the intruder, but they were not completely certain. The intruder was not found. Warem Way is a small cul-de-sac located off Louis Street, just south of International Paper

SILVER SPRINGS SHORES, Fla. -- Officials with the Marion County Sheriff's Office said a Silver Springs Shores man shot and killed one of two masked men who tried to break into his home. Authorities said Gary Wrodlewski, 62, who is wheelchair-bound, answered his door at about 10 p.m. on Monday. A man outside the door asked for assistance in jumping his car, but investigators said Wrodlewski declined. That's when officials said a second armed and masked man came to the door. Investigators said Wrodlewski pulled out his own gun, which is a Colt .45-caliber, and opened fire. Deputies said one...

A Miami catering company turned into a crime scene Monday morning after police and paramedics rushed to help a man who had been shot. The man was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, according to Miami Fire Spokesman Ignatius Carroll. The shooting occurred sometime after 9 a.m. inside Yolene Catering on the 5900 block of Northwest Second Avenue. Yolene Francois, the owner, told CBS4's Tiffani Helberg that her husband shot a man in self defense. She said the man had worked for them briefly. He allegedly came in demanding money and picked up a chair as if to strike him. That's...

As Christoff loaded a handgun, he called out the name of the family member each bullet was meant for, Winter Haven police say. His wife was apparently the first target. Christoff pointed the gun at her, but Dawn Christoff had armed herself with a .9mm handgun to protect her family, police spokesman Sgt. Brad Coleman said. Dawn Christoff pulled the trigger first, striking her husband several times.

1 dead, one injured in Miami Burger King shooting By ROBERT SAMUELS AND JENNIFER LEBOVICH jlebovich@MiamiHerald.com One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a shootout inside a Miami Burger King on Tuesday, officials said. Police said a man wearing a ski mask walked into the store at Biscayne Boulevard and 54th Street and demanded money from a clerk. A customer, who has a concealed weapons permit, pulled a gun, said Officer Jeff Giordano, a Miami police spokesman. The customer and robber exchanged fire. The robber was shot dead at the scene. The customer, who had several gunshot wounds,...

One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a shootout inside a Miami Burger King on Tuesday, officials said. Police said a man wearing a ski mask walked into the store at Biscayne Boulevard and 54th Street and demanded money from a clerk. A customer, who has a concealed weapons permit, pulled a gun, said Officer Jeff Giordano, a Miami police spokesman. The customer and robber exchanged fire. The robber was shot dead at the scene. The customer, who had several gunshot wounds, was taken to Ryder Trauma Center in serious but stable condition, said Lt. Ignatius Carroll, a...

A Tampa man faces felony armed burglary charges after a home invasion in Lake Wales this morning. Police said two children, ages 3 and 3 months, were inside the home at 1261 Grove Ave. about 10:30 a.m. when a burglar pried open a rear sliding glass door with a crowbar. The startled homeowner fired off seven rounds from a .380 handgun. "It's a disturbing scene especially with children inside. I know the homeowner is shaken up right now," said Lake Wales Assistant Police Chief Christopher Velasquez. The bullets hit the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Collins, in the head and arm, police...

A deadly shooting in an Orange County neighborhood was determined to be self-defense, according to information released this morning. Investigators say the shooter, 35-year-old Willie Busby, was cooperative during the investigation and was acting in self-defense when he shot a man on his mother's property Thursday afternoon. After the shooting, Busby ran into a patch of woods near the home at 1372 Claracona Road near Apopka. Deputies responded to the shooting around 2:57 p.m. and found 22-year-old Robert Howard dead. An arrest warrant had recently been issued for Howard's arrest in connection to an armed burglary case. Howard is alleged...

Suspect Airlifted To Hospital POSTED: 6:38 am EDT August 28, 2008 UPDATED: 1:52 pm EDT August 28, 2008 MIAMI LAKES, Fla. -- Miami-Dade police said a woman opened fire on three men who were trying to break into a car in Miami Lakes early Thursday.The three men were trying to break into a car outside a home near Northwest 57th Avenue north of the Palmetto Expressway at about 1:30 a.m., police said. Miami-Dade police said they think the men were trying to steal the car's stereo. Related Content: Images A man and a woman who were inside the home came...

Tampa, Florida - A Hillsborough County middle school teacher shot and killed a burglar who burst into her home Friday morning. Sheriff's deputies say 62-year-old Juanita Enzor was in her bedroom around 5 a.m. when a man kicked in the front door. Detectives say when the man confronted Enzor, she grabbed her gun and fired, shooting the man in the chest. The bleeding, injured suspect then started attacking Enzor, but she managed to escape and run from her home. Deputies arrived at the scene on Kirkland Drive and found the suspect dead inside. Enzor was slightly injured in the attack....

No charges will likely be filed against the manager of a Pensacola bingo hall who took the law into his own hands. Escambia County Sheriff's deputies say Chad England shot and killed an armed robber who stormed into Beachside Bingo on Jackson Street in Pensacola. Investigators say Alton Prewitt, 20, entered the bingo hall around 10pm Wednesday. According to witnesses, Prewitt demanded money and fired at least one shot in the ceiling before England grabbed his own gun and fired back. Prewitt was pronounced dead on the scene. No one else in the bingo hall was hurt. "It looks like...

ORLANDO -- Two people remain on the loose after an attempted mugging at Fashion Square Mall Tuesday night. Police said a woman got off a bus at a stop near the Bank of America at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The woman was walking across the mall parking lot, when three men, including one armed with a handgun, tried to rob her. A bystander saw what was happening, pulled out his own gun and exchanged gunfire with one of the muggers. The suspects ran, but one was later caught. That suspect was wounded, but did not realize it until police caught...

OCOEE, Fla. -- A man shot and killed a suspected robber during an attack on a clerk at a convenience store late Monday night. The man said he saw the armed robber beating the clerk with what he believed was a gun and when the robber turned toward him he opened fire.

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.