MikeIsaj
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This guy's a good shot! One dead, 2 critical while under fire. They won't be robbing him again!
http://www.nbc10.com/news/5069424/detail.html
Police: Firefighter Shoots 3 Would-Be Robbers, Kills 1
POSTED: 8:03 am EDT October 7, 2005
UPDATED: 8:36 am EDT October 7, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- A shootout in Philadelphia's Nicetown-Tioga section left one man dead, and two others hospitalized.
Police said a firefighter shot at a group of suspected robbers in self-defense at his home on the 2800 block of North 18th Street.
It happened late Thursday night, but many police officers and homicide detectives were still on the scene in North Philadelphia investigating and collecting evidence Friday morning.
Neighbors told NBC 10 and police confirm that the home was targeted by robbers before. This time, the homeowner was ready for the robbers as he turned the tables on them.
"We were sitting on our steps, heard about 8 to 10 rounds," neighbor Theresa Wiggins-Seals said.
Police said what Wiggins-Seals heard around 11:50 p.m. was a bungled home invasion.
"They have been breaking in his house. This is the fourth time they broke in his house. He was upstairs at the time they broke in his house," Wiggins-Seals said.
Authorities said the homeowner, who is a Philadelphia firefighter, was at home when he heard noises.
He came downstairs, officials said, to find four robbers in his home. Police said they shot at the homeowner and missed. The homeowner shot three of them.
Neighbors said the homeowner is a good person who always helps his neighbors.
"This is a man who always helps anybody, a loving good neighbor does anything somebody asks him to do," Wiggins-Seals said.
One alleged robber was killed and two others were injured. The extent of the other two alleged robbers' injuries is unclear. They were hospitalized.
The fourth alleged robber ran away.
Copyright 2005 by NBC10.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/5069424/detail.html
Police: Firefighter Shoots 3 Would-Be Robbers, Kills 1
POSTED: 8:03 am EDT October 7, 2005
UPDATED: 8:36 am EDT October 7, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- A shootout in Philadelphia's Nicetown-Tioga section left one man dead, and two others hospitalized.
Police said a firefighter shot at a group of suspected robbers in self-defense at his home on the 2800 block of North 18th Street.
It happened late Thursday night, but many police officers and homicide detectives were still on the scene in North Philadelphia investigating and collecting evidence Friday morning.
Neighbors told NBC 10 and police confirm that the home was targeted by robbers before. This time, the homeowner was ready for the robbers as he turned the tables on them.
"We were sitting on our steps, heard about 8 to 10 rounds," neighbor Theresa Wiggins-Seals said.
Police said what Wiggins-Seals heard around 11:50 p.m. was a bungled home invasion.
"They have been breaking in his house. This is the fourth time they broke in his house. He was upstairs at the time they broke in his house," Wiggins-Seals said.
Authorities said the homeowner, who is a Philadelphia firefighter, was at home when he heard noises.
He came downstairs, officials said, to find four robbers in his home. Police said they shot at the homeowner and missed. The homeowner shot three of them.
Neighbors said the homeowner is a good person who always helps his neighbors.
"This is a man who always helps anybody, a loving good neighbor does anything somebody asks him to do," Wiggins-Seals said.
One alleged robber was killed and two others were injured. The extent of the other two alleged robbers' injuries is unclear. They were hospitalized.
The fourth alleged robber ran away.
Copyright 2005 by NBC10.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Deserved what they got. Good shooting by the fireman... makes me wonder how I would react after being shot at! 
