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A North Sacramento man shot and killed an armed intruder early Tuesday as his pregnant wife and children awoke in terror from the attack. The man, whom police did not identify, told police that two men had tried to break into his home just after midnight in the 800 block of Carmelita Avenue off Rio Linda Boulevard. The resident, who had no telephone, pleaded with neighbors to alert police after the shooting, neighbors said. A neighbor who provided refuge for the resident and his family after the attack recounted what the man told him. The resident heard scuffling and banging...

A liquor store clerk armed with a gun scared off a would-be robber with a warning shot into the ceiling Tuesday night, authorities said. A man walked in to Crown Empire Liquor at 2631 W. Orangethorpe Ave. about 9:30 p.m., pulled out a gun, and tried to hold up the clerk, said Fullerton police Lt. Doug Cave. But the clerk pulled out his gun and fired a single shot into the store's ceiling, Cave said. "That caused him to rethink what he was doing, and he left," Cave said.

Roger Gilchrist woke from a dead sleep when he heard his pregnant wife screaming for her life as she honked her car horn incessantly in their garage. He grabbed his gun. It wasn’t 20 seconds after his wife pulled in and saw a masked gunman standing near her vehicle that gunfire erupted at point-blank range, the couple said. “Under the circumstances, with him having a gun and standing next to my pregnant wife, I’m not going to wait and see what happens — I’m going to fire,” Gilchrist said. Officials said the crook shot first and Gilchrist returned fire. About...

A deadly shooting is being called self-defense, after a convenience store clerk in Yuba City took matters into her own hands during a robbery. "We heard a couple gunshots and saw a bunch of people running," said Matt Lewis, who witnessed the incident. In normally quiet Yuba City, hearing gunshots will send people running, and it did on Friday night at the Percy Avenue Market. About 8:15 p.m., a white man in his thirties wearing a dark jacket walked into the empty store. He demanded money at gunpoint. The female clerk, also one of the market's owners, gave him all...

A liquor store clerk shot and wounded a gunman during an attempted armed robbery on Saturday evening. Police were called to the Big Liquor store on North Redondo Drive near North River Road at 9:42 p.m. Police said they believe the clerk shot the robber after he entered the store and demanded money at gunpoint. The suspect, a 20-year-old Marine lance corporal, was found around a block from the crime scene, where he had collapsed as a result of his wounds. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening and he was transported by air ambulance to a local trauma...

Cop Holding Baby Kills Home Invader June 22, 2007 HAYWARD – An off-duty police officer was holding his infant son when he shot and killed a man who forced his way into his parents' home, authorities said. The rookie San Leandro officer was at his parents' house in Hayward when a man fleeing police knocked on the door Wednesday afternoon. The suspect, accompanied by a woman, stormed into the home and got into a fight with the officer. Holding his 7-month-old baby, the officer shot the man, who later was pronounced dead at a hospital. The baby suffered bruises. The...

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested a man shot by a woman late Wednesday after he allegedly entered her house in a botched home invasion, officials said. Authorities said Andrice Robinson, 21, of Fontana is being treated in custody after being shot several times in the abdomen. He and one or two accomplices allegedly walked into a home in the 400 block of Charro Court at about 9 p.m. looking for drugs. "The victims had never seen them before," sheriff's Sgt. Charles Jurcak said. "They probably picked the wrong house." Jurcak said the men "entered the location, confronted the husband...

A Woodland mini-mart clerk wrestled a gun away from a would-be robber Tuesday and chased him out the store, according to police. About 2:30 a.m., a masked man armed with an assault rifle entered the AM/PM store on the 300 block of West Main Street and demanded cash, Woodland police said in a prepared statement. As the gunman handed the clerk a bag for the money, the clerk grabbed the barrel of the rifle and yanked it from the robber's grip. The clerk then pointed the loaded rifle at the suspect who was last seen running eastbound on West Lincoln...

A man authorities said attempted to rob a Hoopa convenience store is recovering at a hospital after he was shot by the clerk of the store he was attempting to rob. The Humboldt County Sheriff's Department said David Lee Moon, 19, of Hoopa, walked into the store off State Route 96 around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, brandished a handgun at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk, who was not named, then took out his own firearm and shot Moon. Moon ran from the store and was found 100 yards away, in a trailer park. He was taken to a Eureka...

A homeowner in Eastvale shot someone who he said was breaking into his home Monday morning, hitting the intruder in the foot, Riverside County sheriff's officials said. About 45 minutes after the home invasion, a 17-year-old from Moreno Valley matching the suspect's description checked into Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley with a bullet wound, sheriff's Investigator Gerald Franchville said. The homeowner identified the teen and sheriff's deputies arrested him, Franchville said. Investigators are still uncertain whether others accompanied the suspect, whom they did not name. Sheriff's dispatchers first received a call at 11:36 a.m. The caller said...

Armed man intervenes in rape By Audrey Wong VACAVILLE - A Vacaville woman doing her laundry escaped rape Wednesday evening when a gun-toting bystander warded off her assailant. To Read Full Story requires paid subscription. This was read about in the print edition today.

<p>A Sonoma County man shot an intruder who smashed a window and entered his house early this morning in unincorporated Sonoma County near Cloverdale, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department reported today.</p> <p>The victims, 53-year-old Gerald Steckmyer and 48-year-old Carla Steckmyer, told deputies that they were awakened by a man jumping up and down on the hood of their car shortly before 3 a.m.</p>

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a second person wanted in connection with a fatal home invasion robbery that took place in Sacramento. Detectives said two armed assailants attempted a home invasion robbery at a residence on the 2300 block of 32nd Avenue at 1:40 p.m. on Nov. 14. During the robbery, one of the robbers severely beat the victim in the head with a gun. Police said the victim was able to break free from his attackers, obtain a gun and shoot at the intruders. One of the robbers, 36-year-old James Robinson, was shot...

SAN DIEGO -- A clerk at a City Heights-area liquor store foiled a would-be armed robber when he pulled his own gun out from behind the counter, authorities said Friday. The gunman entered T & M Liquor & Market in the 4200 block of El Cajon Boulevard shortly before 11:30 p.m. Thursday and pointed a pistol at the clerk, demanding cash, according to San Diego police. The clerk, behind a bulletproof-glass partition, responded by pulling out his own handgun and pointing it at the ceiling, prompting the man to run away, said San Diego police Sgt. Rich Nemetz.

A 40-year-old man was shot and killed at a vacant home in the 7800 block of Old Trail Road in the Mount Aukum area about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, investigators said Monday. Officials identified the man as James Stephen O'Neal of Mount Aukum. The shooting occurred after O'Neal allegedly attacked a 77-year-old caretaker at the house, striking the older man with a fire extinguisher. The caretaker had gone to the home to repair a door damaged in an earlier break-in. O'Neal may have been hiding in a bathroom, said Lt. Kevin House, El Dorado County Sheriff's spokesman. The caretaker pulled a...

A homeowner shot and wounded a drunken man early Wednesday because she thought he was trying to break into her house in southwest Lodi, police said. Benjamin Ortega, who turned 21 the same day, was hit twice in the 300 block of Finch Run Drive around 1:45 a.m. and hospitalized with what police said were not life-threatening injuries to the leg and abdomen. The resident, Noelle Fabrizio, 38, fired a total of four shots with her .380-caliber handgun, Officer Dale Eubanks said. Police found no damage to the home, but they did find a wet spot on the side fence...

A retired Superior Court judge who sometimes still substitutes in Humboldt County courtrooms was shot at and returned fire Sunday when he attempted to block two men from driving a suspected stolen vehicle from a sand bar on the Klamath River. The Humboldt County Sheriff's Department said a deputy was flagged down by a man around noon on State Route 96. The man said they were just near Big Bar on the Klamath when he spotted a vehicle he believed was stolen from him the night before. The man told the deputy he talked to a fisherman in the area...

A masked man abducted an Oakland Hills woman and her maid at gunpoint Friday before driving the pair to a Vallejo marsh, where authorities speculate he was about to kill them when a property caretaker interrupted the crime. The suspect had just forced one of the women to lie down in a ditch when the caretaker, armed with a shotgun for protection against thieves, arrived around 2 p.m., authorities said. The suspect and caretaker exchanged shots before the suspect sped away in the Oakland woman's Lexus sport-utility vehicle. No one was hit, and the women were not injured, though they...

CANYON COUNTRY - A woman shot a gang member Wednesday who had broken into her Canyon Country home while his mother waited outside in the getaway car, sheriff's deputies said. The 29-year-old suspect, whose wounds were not life-threatening, snapped the lock on the homeowner's screen door and barged in, as the woman retreated to the back yard, gun in hand, according to a sheriff's report. "To be honest it's fairly rare, but occasionally it does pay off to own a gun," sheriff's Lt. Tom Bryski said. When suspect Mike Lugo of Palmdale approached the woman about 10:45 a.m. through her...

An investigation into the death of a shooting victim, 22, who staggered into a gas station determined the man was mortally wounded by a store clerk during an armed robbery attempt, police reported Thursday. Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, Lonnell Davison went to the U Save Variety Store in the 5100 block of South Western Avenue and posed as a customer. Davison picked up merchandise and took it to the counter, then allegedly pulled out a handgun and demanded money. After taking the cash from the clerk, he allegedly fired at the employee as...

A grocery store clerk fatally shot an attempted robber and critically wounded his alleged accomplice in East Los Angeles Saturday, police said. Two gunmen tried to rob Lorena's Market at 6725 S. Broadway at about 5:30 p.m., Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez said. A clerk took out a gun and shot them both. The two suspects were taken to a local hospital, where one was pronounced dead, Lopez said. The other suspect is in critical condition.

OAKLAND — A man who tried to rob a Dimond district liquor store at gunpoint but was foiled by a pistol-packing clerk is being sought by police. Robbery investigators Tuesday released surveillance pictures of the man and announced an award to help identify him. Police Sgt. Kevin Johnson said the man walked into a liquor store in the 2800 block of MacArthur Boulevard about 10:30 a.m. Aug. 18 and asked to purchase some liquor. He then pulled a gun and demanded money from the clerk, whose name was not released. Instead of money, the clerk produced his own gun and...

Police are searching for a would-be victim who fought back against three armed robbers with his own gun early this morning in the Tenderloin neighborhood, according to San Francisco police Lt. John Loftus. The three men, one armed with a shotgun, approached a man and a woman on the corner of Leavenworth and Turk streets around 4 a.m. and held them up. Instead of complying, however, the man pulled out a gun of his own and shot all three assailants. Loftus said the man was acting in self defense, and though he is currently being sought for questioning, police are...

Homeowner shoots mountain lion in Orange County back yard ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:44 p.m. January 17, 2006 RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – A homeowner shot a mountain lion in the back yard of a Trabuco Canyon home Tuesday and authorities then tracked down the wounded cougar and killed it. The mountain lion fled from the residence into a ravine near an elementary school where by sheriff's deputies and state Department of Fish and Game wardens had no choice but to shoot it, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino. "A wounded cat is an extremely dangerous cat," Amormino said. The incident...

On monday at 9:49 P.M. officers of the Bakersfield Police Department responded to the 9900 block of Kearney Hills Drive regarding a report of shots fired. While enroute, the call was updated to a call of an armed home invasion robbery in progress. Officers arrived on scene and learned that 3 suspects at least one of which was armed with a handgun attempted to rob an elderly husband and wife couple inside their residence. The male victim fired several rounds from a handgun at the suspects during the robbery striking two of the suspects. The male victim sustained moderate injuries...

CLEARLAKE, Calif.--Two Bay Area men are dead and a third in custody in what police say was a botched home invasion robbery in Clearlake. Authorities say 21-year-old Rashad Williams of Pittsburg and 22-year-old Christian Foster of San Francisco died of gunshot wounds after authorities say residents of the home mounted a counterattack. A third man who also allegedly participated in yesterday's early morning invasion, 21-year-old Renato Hughes Junior, was hospitalized with head injuries in the attack. Because two people died in the incident, Hughes has been arrested and booked for two counts of murder and other charges.

Suspect arrested at hospital after heist attempt on Telegraph Avenue By William Brand and Harry Harris, STAFF WRITERSInside Bay Area OAKLAND — The manager of a Telegraph Avenue cell phone store shot an armed gunman who attempted to rob his store, then identified the man when he showed up at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center for treatment. The manager, whom police did not identify, was in the store, Digicom Wireless, in the 5100 block of Telegraph Avenue about 6:15 p.m. Friday, when two robbers, each with a pistol, came into the store. The store owner said one robber jumped...

(CBS) PALM SPRINGS A shootout erupted between a resident and a suspected burglar early Saturday morning. Palm Springs Police officers were dispatched at 1:42 a.m. to the 700 block of San Lorenzo Road on a shots fired call. A resident interrupted a car burglary in progress. One of the alleged thieves pulled out a gun and fired at the resident. The resident pulled out a gun of his own, fired back at the suspects, who drove away in a black car. Several bullet holes were found in two vehicles near the scene. One bullet narrowly missed a man sleeping in...

FAIRFIELD - Police say a father shot and killed an armed intruder in self-defense Tuesday night during a botched home invasion robbery. Ahmad Rashad Mahdee, 28, of San Francisco was airlifted to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he was pronounced dead from two gunshot wounds to the torso, police said Wednesday. Citing safety concerns, police are withholding victims' names. At about 10:30 p.m., Mahdee and three other men approached a home on the 1700 block of Indiana Street, where the father and a friend were standing in the front yard, police said. The four forced the father...

A clerk in a Mission Hills liquor store grabbed a pistol and chased two masked men out of his store last night after they shot another clerk with a Taser, San Diego police said. The masked men walked into Mission Hills Liquor on West Lewis Street about 8:50 p.m. and confronted one clerk, police said. The pair demanded money, and when the clerk refused, he was shot with the Taser, a stun gun. His co-worker pulled out a handgun and chased away the would-be robbers.

(CBS) LOS ANGELES Police say a man who was shot fatally in Paramount Monday evening was a would-be robber. The would-be robber entered a mini-mart on the 7000 block of Somerset Boulevard around 5:30 last night armed with a handgun and confronted the employee behind the cash register, said Los Angles County sheriff's Sgt. Don Manumaleuna. After demanding money, the man slowly backed away toward the door when another employee came from the back of the store, Manumaleuna said. As the man turned to look at the other employee, the one behind the register grabbed a gun and shot the...

SAN FRANCISCO - Three with attacker fled, two occupants of housing project also shot, police say A would-be armed attacker was shot dead Thursday after he entered an apartment in the Potrero Hill housing project, according to police. Melvin Brown III, 28, was killed by an occupant of the apartment in the 1000 block of Connecticut Street, after he entered carrying an assault weapon. He was with a group, but the rest of the people ran off, and Brown entered the apartment alone, police spokeswoman Officer Maria Oropeza said Friday. Several shots were fired after Brown entered the unit, Oropeza...

HEALDSBURG -- An armed man wearing a black, ninja-style mask was shot to death by a Healdsburg man this morning after he attacked the man's wife outside their home and chased her inside, police said. The shooting happened about 7:30 a.m. at the end of Sunset Drive, a semi-rural street on the east side of town. The woman was about to take the couple's two Wheaton terrier dogs for a walk when the masked man jumped her outside her garage, police said. The woman struggled, broke away and ran screaming into the house, with the attacker in pursuit. Her screams...

Police say resident opened fire after finding masked suspect attacking wife An armed man clad in black clothes and a ninja-style mask was shot dead in an upscale Healdsburg home Monday after he chased a woman into the house and was confronted by her husband, police said. See story below Lou Phillips, after being awakened by his wife's screams at about 7:30 a.m., rushed into the main hallway of their Sunset Drive home to find the intruder grasping the 64-year-old woman with one hand and holding a firearm in the other, police said. Phillips, 68, fired three rounds from a...

(CBS) DOWNEY, Calif. A robbery suspect was wounded in a shootout with the clerk and the owner of a Downey audio shop Thursday, police said. Gunshots at First Class Audio, 8856 Rosecrans Ave., were reported at about 11:30 a.m., Downey police Sgt. Jeff Calhoun said. When officers arrived at the store, they found Salvador Ramos with multiple gunshots wounds. Witnesses told police three men and a woman entered the business. Ramos, whose age and hometown were not immediately available, approached a sales clerk and brandished a handgun, Calhoun said. The clerk, in fear for his life, retrieved his own handgun...

An attempted robbery of a Sherman Oaks pharmacy went awry Friday, after a store employee shot the suspect several times, police said. The robbery attempt was made at Maxsons United Drugs, 14070 Ventura Blvd., at 5:25 p.m., Los Angeles police Officer Jason Lee said. The robber was was shot several times in the chest by the store's owner, Lee said. It's not immediately clear whether the robber was shot with his own gun or a different weapon. "It's not clear how the employee got hold of the handgun, but he fired several rounds, striking the suspect in the chest," Lee...

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Cambria man this weekend after he allegedly broke into a Creston home, threatened the owner and tried to take his car. Home owner Dale Stuve called authorities around 7 p.m. Sunday to report that a man had broken into the house at 4044 Highway 41 East, sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Hascall said. Jedidiah James Williams, 21, had allegedly used a rock to break a back door window and enter the laundry room, Hascall said. According to Hascall, these events followed: Armed with a rifle, Stuve tried to hold the laundry room door closed. But Williams pushed it...