The Sumter Police Department does not expect to charge a woman after fatally shooting a man who entered her home through an unlocked door. According to an initial investigation, Eugene Rhinehart III, 31, entered the unlocked home around 4 A.M. and confronted Samantha Funchess, 43, before beginning to assault her. The investigation also revealed an unnamed 28-year-old man was in…
A man shot his daughter’s boyfriend after the couple had an altercation that turned violent and could not be halted when the father tried intervening. Cory Merchant, 55, shot his daughter’s boyfriend, Justin Rachal, 26, in the abdomen. Deputies from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office rendered aid to Rachal until he was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. The woman…
The Covington County Sheriff’s Office arrested Timothy Ray Jordan, 40, after being forced out of the home of an armed 95-year-old homeowner. Jordan broke into the Alabama home by shattering the back door’s glass, which woke up the homeowner. The senior citizen armed himself and caught the suspect ransacking his kitchen. He then ordered him out of his home. The…
A resident at an apartment complex in Gahanna, Ohio, shot and killed a suspected intruder who tried forcing his way into the apartment while armed with a gun. The resident called 911 around 8:30 P.M. to report the shooting. He said initially that the suspect knocked on his door and when answering it, the suspect tried pushing his way in…
Baton Rouge police arrested a man who shot at and tried to rob a woman of her Xbox console, who responded by shooting him. The suspect was identified as Dane Johnson, 20. Police issued an arrest warrant the day after the shooting. The two met at the woman’s apartment after Johnson contacted the woman earlier that afternoon about her Xbox…
The Hollis Police Department and paramedics discovered Buddy Driver, 50, dead with multiple gunshot wounds as he tried forcing his way into a home. The homeowner shot Driver several times from inside his home, according to investigators. No charges are known as agents with the OSBI have joined in the investigation. What the homeowner was doing when the break-in was…
The Guam Police department is investigating a shooting of an intruder at a barbershop in Dededo by the owner who lives behind the shop. The owner, David Cadaviz, and his wife were sleeping until they were woken up around 4:30 A.M. by glass shattering. The light in front of the shop was also broken. “I heard this big boom, and…
A group of home invaders exchanged gunfire with a resident of a Victoria, TX apartment complex, resulting in one of them being killed by the resident. The resident, 25-year-old Keanu Sanchez, suffered non-life-threatening injuries as he shot at the home invaders, killing 19-year-old Jacob Escobedo. Police arrived at the scene and discovered Sanchez injured and Escobedo dead with multiple gunshot…
Detectives in Tranquility, CA, investigating a shooting of an intruder inside a travel trailer by the owner was out of self-defense. Mark Castro, 27, was discovered dead with gunshot wounds inside the trailer when deputies arrived on scene. The deputies learned Castro forced his way into the trailer and refused to leave after the owner inside told him to leave.…
A homeowner in the St. Louis area heard a knock on his front door at about 1:40 AM. He went to the door to ask, “Who’s there?” Hearing an unfamiliar voice while someone was trying the doorknob, he became concerned and grabbed his revolver. He returned to the door, opened it, and saw two men in masks. One of the…