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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An angry crowd descended on a crime scene in Northwest Jacksonville Sunday afternoon and attacked three suspects in police custody. A Channel 4 photographer who witnessed the incident said there were several tense minutes before officers could get what was described as a mob under control. It started after patrol officers and homicide detectives were called to Fairfax and West 11th Street just before 5 p.m., where a man was shot and killed. Investigators said a that what began as a fight over a woman ended with someone pulling a gun and shooting. But a few blocks...

Teenage armed robber bested by 71-year-old on bus By MELISSA SCOTT SINCLAIR, The Virginian-Pilot © September 6, 2003 Last updated: 9:41 PM CHESAPEAKE -- Never underestimate a man a few decades older than you. He may also be a few degrees bolder. That's what one young armed robber discovered recently when a 71-year-old man wrestled him down and tossed him off a bus. The attempted robbery occurred in Eddie's Mobile Grocery, a maroon, 1988 GMC school bus that sells groceries in several communities in South Norfolk. Eddie Brown, 68, is an affable, blue-eyed man who drives the bus five days...