Girl Grabs Gun as Man Tries to Break in; 80-Year-Old Scares Off Masked Robber

August 2016 17-year-old girl grabs gun when man tries to break into home By Kendall Downing, Fox 59 (Indianapolis, IN) A 17-year-old girl in Franklin Township is safe after a scary brush with a burglar at her family’s home on Knapp Road Wednesday. Faith Shilkett was home alone around 2 p.m., when her dog Duke started barking. She walked out of her room and saw a man knocking on the front door… WATCH THIS 80-Year-Old Scares Off Robber Who Wore Scream Mask WLTX 19 (Camden, SC) Camden police say the 80-year-old owner of a laundromat was able to scare off a robber wearing a Halloween mask by firing his gun. The great-grandfather says he was sitting in his store Wednesday afternoon when the suspect entered the store wearing a mask from the movie "Scream" and all black… WATCH THIS Teen shoots burglar in leg with shotgun KCBY-TV 11 CBS (Coos Bay, OR) A teenager used a shotgun to shoot a burglar in his home. Police received a report of an attempted burglary at 8:21 a.m. Officials say the burglar entered the house while a 15-year-old was home. The burglar began looking for property to steal while the teen found a shotgun inside the residence… READ THIS Armed citizen holds would-be truck thief at gun point By Matt Howerton, KOAT-TV 7 ABC (Albuquerque, NM) An Albuquerque woman is facing a number of charges after she destroyed a man's yard while trying to steal his truck, authorities said. Eloi Saucedo, 61, found Shantelle Vierra trying to drive away in his Ford F-250 early Saturday. That's when Saucedo went inside and got his gun… WATCH THIS Man shot while reportedly robbing armed woman By Fox 10 Staff, KSAZ-TV FOX 10 (Phoenix, AZ) Police say 23-year-old Carol Miracle fatally shot 27-year-old Frank Taylor near a convenience store. According to police, Miracle and other witnesses said Taylor had pointed a gun at Miracle's head during the attempted robbery and that she then drew her own handgun from a hip holster and shot him once… WATCH THIS Michigan: Victim fights back during attempted armed robbery, shooting one suspect By Kasey Chronis, WNDU-TV 16 NBC (South Bend, IN) An armed robbery, turned shooting took an interesting turn Wednesday when the victim pulled his own weapon on the perpetrators. It happened around 4 p.m. on the west side of Harbor Towers, a residential building in the 200block of East Wall Street… WATCH THIS

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