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Federal agents this morning are searching the Judiciary Square office of Washington, D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer. The search is part of "an ongoing investigation," said a spokeswoman for the FBI's D.C. Field Office, Lindsay Gotwin, said. She declined to comment further. The outgoing Chief Technology Officer, Vivek Kundra, was appointed last week Chief Information Officer by the Obama administration. His last day at the city government office was February 4, a spokeswoman for D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Leslie Kershaw, said.

The woman who fought back during a carjacking believes her safety may still be at risk. This weekend the Copiah County woman shot and killed the man she said was trying to steal her car and possibly kill her. It happened around 11:30pm Saturday outside a pool hall on Highway 51 in Copiah County. Kennya Johnson is still shaken up. Saturday night she was leaving the pool hall in Copiah County when a man approached her, asked for directions, then pulled out a gun. "I reached over to shut my door from my left, and he had a gun in...

SEGUIN — As most families were sleeping soundly early Labor Day morning, a local homeowner shot and killed a man who smashed through the back door of his home. “The homeowners, who were asleep, awoke to a living nightmare,” said Seguin Police Department public information officer Aaron Seidenberger. “A person had broken into their home, and now they were violently struggling to get the suspect to leave.” After breaking into the home at 798 Renee St. at 5:20 a.m., the man made his way down the hallway to the homeowners’ bedroom, where the husband and wife awoke. The male homeowner...

A burglar breaking into a home in the 1700 block of Fulton Street this morning was shot to death by the occupant of the home, Aurora police said. the prowler pulled an air conditioner from its slot in a window and climbed into the modest, one-story bungalow about 8:25 a.m. Friel said the occupant of the home shot the burglar with a 12-guage shotgun and then called 911 to report it... Friel said there had been other break-ins at the home, which has boarded-up windows in back. He said it will be up to the Adams County district attorney to...

NEWPORT NEWS -- A Williamsburg man being robbed by three people shot and killed one of his attackers and injured another, police said Friday. Morris L. Brown, 22, had just dropped off a friend at Heritage Trace apartments about 1:30 a.m. Friday when two people approached him and asked for drugs, said Lou Thurston, a spokesman for the Newport News Police Department. When Brown responded that he didn't have any drugs, the two said they were robbing him. A third person then approached him from behind, Thurston said. The two men in front of Brown started beating him, while the...

A remote Cape Cod farmhouse became the scene of a bloodbath early yesterday after two masked gunmen burst into a West Barnstable home and pistol-whipped its occupant, only to have the victim's son beat one intruder to death with a baseball bat, sources said. Barnstable police responded to 56 Boxwood Drive after a panicked 911 call saying the suspects had forced their way into the home and began to beat Pete Somers with the butt of a handgun and attempted to tie him up, sources said. Somers' son, Joel, who was upstairs, grabbed a baseball bat and rushed downstairs to...

Violent Pirate Attack On Two Yachts Off Yemen Created by doina. Last modified on 2005-03-31 13:54:54 Contributors: Topic: Piracy Countries: Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Oman, Yemen Here is a firsthand account of a pirate attack on two yachts. It took place only 30 miles off the coast of Yemen at 13°28' North 48°07' East on 8 March 5pm local. This report has been filed with the relevant authorities: the Yemen Coast Guard, Yemen Navy, Aden Port Control, US Coalition 5th Fleet, US Embassy and State Department. Richard Donaldson-Alves, Controller, Mobile Maritime Net, South East Asian Waters (14,323 MHz 0025 Z daily...

Word of the death plunged Niagara Falls High School, where Sheard was a sophomore, into mourning. By noon Thursday, his locker had turned into a makeshift memorial. Students brought cards with messages for their friend and his family. "We still don't know a whole lot other than the specifics of what happened," building administrator Phil Mohr said Thursday morning. "Our primary goal was to determine what was true and how to handle students arriving who were very, very upset." School officials assembled a crisis intervention team that included administrators, counselors, safety officers and a nurse. The team came up with...

Store Clerk, 64, Sorry She Had To Shoot Robber POSTED: 7:04 am EDT April 15, 2005 UPDATED: 11:31 am EDT April 15, 2005 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A hooded gunman may have thought the older, female clerk would be an easy mark as he entered a convenience store, weapon blazing and demanding money. But he wasn't counting on Janet Grammer, who was filling in for the regular clerk. The 64-year-old mother of 10 and former security guard pulled a gun from under the cash register and began shooting, hitting the would-be robber in the chest. "I think he thought I was...

State police say a fatal shooting in an Adair County residence will be turned over to a grand jury for investigation, but an indictment would appear unlikely. Someone broke into the residence of Ozie and Evelyn Toole, 14 miles west of Columbia at 3am Sunday. State police say Ozie Toole confronted the intruder and shot him. The Adair County coroner says 21-year-old Stephen Penn of Columbia died at the scene. A police report says entry was gained through a broken window. Investigators say the same residence had been entered earlier in the day when the Tooles were not home and that Penn...

HOUSTON -- An off-duty police officer and a manager at a southeast Houston pawnshop shot two gunmen during an attempted robbery, authorities told Local 2. The robbery and shooting took place at the Magnolia Pawn Shop, on Evergreen at Lawndale. The Brookside Village police officer was working an extra job at the Magnolia Pawn Shop on Evergreen at Lawndale when four armed men tried to rob the store shortly after 2 p.m., officials said. Gunfire was exchanged and two of the suspected robbers were hit. Investigators said one gunman died at the scene. Three others escaped, but one of them...

Joyride ends in fatal shooting Man claims he fired weapon in self-defense By MARY ZAHNmzahn@journalsentinel.com Posted: April 4, 2005 Four juveniles could face homicide charges after a joyride in a family van ended in the fatal shooting of their cousin in a Milwaukee gas station parking lot, according to a hearing in Milwaukee County Children's Court Monday. Kendell L. Moss, 20, of Racine died early Sunday, allegedly after trying to rob a 64-year-old man from Arkansas who had stopped at the gas station to ask directions, records show. After being punched and kicked, the man pulled a .44-caliber revolver from...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants in the northern city of Mosul targeted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Tuesday that killed four civilians, and Baghdad shopkeepers and residents traded gunfire with masked insurgents, killing three of them along a main thoroughfare. In the south, officials found the corpses of six Iraqi soldiers, their hands bound and their bodies riddled with bullets. The U.S. patrol was hit by a homemade bomb in a northwestern neighborhood of Mosul, damaging a Humvee as it crossed a bridge, hospital officials said, citing witnesses. Four civilians in a car near the blast were killed, the...

BAGHDAD -- Shopkeepers and residents on one of Baghdad's main streets pulled out their own guns Tuesday and killed three insurgents when hooded men began shooting at passers-by, giving a rare victory to civilians increasingly frustrated by the violence bleeding Iraq. The clash in the capital's southern Doura neighborhood erupted when militants in three cars sprayed bullets at shoppers. Three people — a man, a woman and a child — were wounded. The motive was unclear, but there have been previous attacks in the ethnically mixed neighborhood. Earlier in the day, gunmen in the same quarter killed a policeman as...

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 22 - Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents who terrorize their country. But just before noon today, a carpenter named Dhia saw a troop of masked gunmen with grenades coming towards his shop and decided he had had enough. As the gunmen emerged from their cars, Dhia and his young relatives shouldered their own AK-47's and opened fire, police and witnesses said. In the fierce gun battle that followed, three of the insurgents were killed, and the rest fled just after the police arrived. Two of Dhia's young nephews and a bystander were injured, the...

STOCKTON -- A dead suspect in clear site of dozens of curious onlookers on an East Charter sidewalk just a half block from the busy 24-hour Beacon mini-mart police say he attempted to hold up. Shattered glass and blood surrounding the Bronze Saab they believe he was driving. "He waited for patrons to clear and he pointed his gun at the clerk who was also the owner and demanded money," says Officer Sean Fenner. The owner pulled his own gun and the two exchanged gunfire. "At first I thought it was a flat tire," says Jose Rubalcaba who was washing...

STOCKTON -- The owner of a Beacon gas station on Charter Way exchanged gunfire with a robber early Monday, killing him in what police say appears to be a case of justifiable homicide. Investigators believe a second robber, whom the businessman also may have shot, remains at large, said Officer Sean Fenner, spokesman for the Stockton Police Department. Two trails of blood drops were discovered near the gas station and convenience store at 701 East Charter Way. One led to the place where officers found the victim of the 5:50 a.m. shootout. Another trail led in the opposite direction. The...

Police say it appears to be a straight forward case of self defense that ended with a robber fighting for his life. Investigators say around 8:30 Wednesday night two armed robbers busted into the side door of a home on Best Street in Buffalo's east side. The homeowner, a man in his 40s, was eating dinner at his kitchen table, according to relatives. Turns out he also had a gun and fired at the two men. Police say he struck at least one of them. The robbers ran out of the house, say police, and the man who was shot...

Raleigh resident won't face charges, police say Charges won't be filed against a Raleigh homeowner who shot and killed an intruder early Friday. Police said William J. Harmon, 42, whose last known address was in Millington, died at the scene after a single gunshot wound to the chest. Harmon had a lengthy criminal record, according to court records. "They (the attorney general's office) declined to prosecute because of the inference of self-defense," Memphis Police Insp. Matt McCann said Friday. "They're in their home. He kicks in the door. They don't know him. They are afraid for their lives. He did...

Store clerks fight back with guns Killing in robbery is 2nd in less than a week MELISSA MANWARE Staff Writer In January, the Gebrehiwot family buried a relative killed in a robbery at one of their three Charlotte convenience stores. Today, they are dealing with a different kind of tragedy. A family member shot and killed a man police said held up one of their stores late Wednesday night. "It's not good to take somebody's life," said Aron Gebrehiwot, whose brother killed the armed robber. "But you do what you have to do. "It would have been us or him,...

A convenience store clerk who shot and killed a robber Wednesday night had a relative who was shot and killed while working at a different store a few months ago. Around 11 p.m. Wednesday a clerk at Midtown Food Mart on Berryhill Road near the intersection of Freedom Drive shot and killed a suspected robber. According to police, Jamie Mareno, 26, had just robbed the store when the clerk shot him. Mareno died on the way to the hospital. Investigators say so far the clerk has not been charged. According to a police report, Mareno was armed with a handgun....

I've got a gun, don't come any farther," shouted Toluca, Dl., homeowner Brad Burns. But the warnings went unheeded and Burns fired, killing the intruder who was later identified as Douglas Sullivan. The incident began that night at 2 a.m., when Sullivan began shouting and swearing outside the home loudly enough to wake the neighbors. Sullivan then used a playground slide to smash a window and enter the house. Burns sent his wife and child into a closet while he retrieved his gun. He tried to scare off the intruder, but to no avail. Marshall County State Attorney Paul Bauer...

CHELSEA, Ala. - An armed, masked intruder was shot to death by a Chelsea man who managed to free himself after he was tied up and his wife held at gunpoint during a robbery in their home, Shelby County authorities said. Sheriff Chris Curry said a female accomplice was arrested while attempting to flee the scene. Sheriff's officers did not immediately release the name of the man who killed the intruder during the home invasion about 2 a.m. Sunday. The suspected burglar was identified as William Clint O'Shields, 25, of Chelsea. O'Shields' alleged accomplice, Rebecca Lynn Cockerham, 20, was charged...

A shoe-store clerk shot to death a man attempting to rob his store Friday, authorities said. One of the customers, Ramon Lopez, was shopping in the $29.99 Shoe Warehouse with his 4-year-old son just before 4 p.m. when three or four men wearing ski masks came in with guns and announced they were robbing the store. "It was mad, crazy," Lopez said. "One came to the back and started searching us. I said, `Please don't shoot my son.'" The robbers started shooting and then the clerk grabbed a gun and fired back, Lopez said. The name of the clerk was...

CLINTON — A Clinton woman shot and killed a man who broke into her house early Wednesday, an East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. Sheriff’s detective Don McKey said Arthur Sanford, 44, 11808 Clarence St., Clinton, died from a gunshot wound suffered during a struggle with the woman, who was beaten and apparently stabbed during the confrontation. The shooting occurred about 2:20 a.m. at the woman’s residence on Plank Road less than a mile south of Clinton’s corporate limits. McKey said Sanford broke into the home by crawling through a fireplace wood box that opens inside and outside the...

Woman shoots burglar after in-home attack 2/16/2005, 2:18 p.m. CT The Associated Press CLINTON, La. (AP) — A Clinton area woman shot and killed a man who beat and stabbed her after breaking into her house early Wednesday, an East Feliciana Parish Sheriffs Office spokesman said. Det. Don McKey said Arthur Sanford, 44, of Clinton, died from a gunshot wound suffered during a struggle with the woman around 2:20 a.m. It happened on Plank Road, south of Clinton, McKey said. Sanford had apparently crawled into the home through a fireplace wood box that opens inside and outside the house, McKey...

MISHAWAKA — A local man shot and killed an intruder in his East Third Street home early Wednesday. According to information on the Mishawaka Police Department’s daily crime log, officers were called to the home in the 700 block of East Third Street shortly after 1 a.m. in response to a report of a shooting. When they arrived, they found an the victim dead of a gunshot wound. The homeowner, who has lived in the location for more than 18 years, reportedly told police his home had been burgled in the past and that he shot the intruder while investigating...

Police said 26-year-old Sarah Brady acted in self-defense in killing Katherine Smith on Thursday. No charges were filed. Smith, 22, had been falsely telling neighbors for weeks that she was pregnant, and a search of her apartment after her death revealed a full baby nursery, investigators said. "She had everything in place that you'd expect to have in place with a newborn coming," said Steve Hensley, police chief in this Cincinnati suburb. Brady, 26, was treated for cuts at a hospital.

HOSTAGE KILLS ALLEGED ASSAILANT IN HOME BY ANDREA HAHN THE SOUTHERN LAKE OF EGYPT -- A stormy relationship between two Williamson County teenagers ended in bloodshed Thursday, when a member of the girl's family shot and killed the young man, whom they said had been holding them hostage at gunpoint. Jeffrey Scott Price, 19, of Marion, died at Saint Louis University Hospital Thursday morning after being shot in the head during the alleged home invasion. By order of Johnson County State's Attorney Tricia Turner-Shelton, police are releasing few details about the incident. In a written statement, police said Price broke...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass.— A man charged with murder after shooting and killing a suspected burglar last year was released after prosecutors did not request bail. Charles Chieppa, 57, pleaded innocent to second degree murder Friday in New Bedford Superior Court. Family members of the slain man, Frank Pereira Jr., 24, said Chieppa should not have been allowed to go free. "We have wanted to see him in jail since the day it happened," Pereira's sister, Missy Cimbron, told The Standard Times of New Bedford. "A life was taken. Regardless of the situation, you should be in jail." Cimbron said the...

Greg Collins kept watch in his garage Wednesday night, two loaded shotguns by his side. He was on guard for thieves who had burglarized his Modesto home on Hackberry Avenue six times in three weeks. Collins fell asleep but was awakened about 5:26 a.m. by a loud crash when someone opened the garage door and a large box he had laid against it scraped across the floor. The intruder turned on the lights and walked into the garage, toward a large piece of plywood that covered tools. Still groggy from sleep, Collins grabbed a shotgun and told the intruder to...

Robbers shot dead Athens teens killed in 'self-defense' HUTCHINS - Two Athens teens engaged a pair of Oglethorpe County store owners in a shootout during a botched robbery Monday afternoon and lost, both paying with their lives. Bobby Doster and Gloria Turner said they opened fire on the robbers after one of them complained Turner was too slow in handing over money from the cash register. He turned and fired at Doster, missing the 62-year-old owner of Shoat's Grocery and Package Store at the corner of Georgia Highway 77 and Hutchins-Wolfskin Road. When the gunman's pistol jammed while squeezing the...

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- \When two men walked into a popular country store outside Atlanta, announced a holdup and fired a shot, owners Bobby and Gloria Doster never hesitated. The pair pulled out their own pistols and opened fire. The armed suspect and his partner were killed. The Dosters won't be charged, according to local officials, because they were acting in self-defense. "I just started shooting," said Gloria Doster, 56. "I was trying to blow his brains out is what I was trying to do." Shoats Grocery & Package near Crawford, 70 miles east of Atlanta, is a well-known spot...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police have arrested three teenagers after they said a robbery turned deadly when the victim pulled a gun and shot at the suspects Saturday morning. Neighbors heard gunfire at the Paradise Island apartment complex near the Avenues Mall about 5:30 a.m. When police arrived, they found a 16-year-old dead. Investigators said that boy and three others tried to rob a man at gunpoint in the parking lot, but he pulled his own gun and began firing. Aaron Muhammad, 17, was wounded in the shooting. He, along with Oren Louder, 18, and a 15-year-old WJXT is not naming...

AMSTERDAM — Police in the east of Amsterdam detained a 43-year-old female motorist on Monday night after she killed a thief who stole her bag. The 19-year-old victim was riding on a moped with a friend when they stopped beside the woman's car and opened the door to steal her bag. The thieves then tried to escape, but the woman reversed her car to cut them off, colliding with the scooter. After the collision, the car continued moving due to an "unknown" cause and the 19-year-old was wedged in between the car and a tree. He died at the scene....

Man fatally shoots suspected burglar in East Side apartment Friday, January 14, 2005 Evan Goodenow THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Stephanie Spence worried about her brother owning a pistol, but it might have saved him from being killed by an intruder whom he fatally shot in his East Side home early yesterday morning. "He just wanted to feel protected," Spence said of her brother, Jameson Spence. "I said, ‘I just wish you didn’t have to have that on you.’ But he was telling me times have changed, and I guess (so), with people breaking in your house." The dead man was identified...

Don't Mess with "Hardware Hank" One person who is happy with the state's "permit to carry" law is the owner of a small hardware store in Minneapolis. A man with a gun tried to rob the manager of Camden Hardware in the 48-hundred block of Lyndale Avenue North just after 9 last night. The manager decided to fight back, and it’s not the first time. At this hardware store in north Minneapolis, owner Andy Lange helps his customers with repairs and home improvement projects. But when it comes to bagging bad guys, Lange and his employees are more do-it-yourself. "I...

January 5, 2005 — A man who was killed while attempting to rob a store last week was the man who raped three women in Camden over the last two months of 2004, authorities said Wednesday. Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi said the state police DNA lab confirmed that Antonio Diaz Reyes, 32, was the rapist. Three women were raped in the relatively safe downtown Camden area in November and December. Authorities said they were unable to figure out who had committed the brazen daylight attacks. Reyes' death was captured on a store surveillance video. Authorities said he entered...

A 79-year-old homeowner shot and killed a man who broke into his Aldine area home early today, Houston police said. The intruder, Robert Hinojosa, 19, of the 200 block of Gulf Bank, was shot one time in the abdomen and died later at Ben Taub Hospital, investigators said. Hinojosa was burglarizing the residence in the 500 block of Turney near the North Freeway when the homeowner woke up around 1:30 a.m., police reports show. The elderly man repeatedly told Hinojosa to leave, but Hinojosa would not. The elderly man then shot Hinojosa once while both were still inside the house,...

<p>Announced on ABC Radio News, Dan Rather leaving CBS News. No details.</p> <p>" NEW YORK (AP) -- Dan Rather has announced he will step down as "CBS Evening News" anchor next March."</p>