Police say two crime victims in metro Atlanta killed their attackers in separate incidents on Saturday.
Cobb County police say a Marietta resident, who was shot in his own garage Saturday night, grabbed the wound-be robber's gun and shot and killed the man.
Officials identified the would-be robber as 33-year-old John Harrison of Palmetto. Harrison shot and wounded 38-year-old homeowner, Richard Ellis, in the leg.
In Atlanta, police say a woman fatally stabbed a robbery suspect who broke into her apartment while her 11-year-old child slept.
The suspect was identified as 34-year-old Jerome Davis of Atlanta. The woman's name was not released.
No charges were filed in either case.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says over 120 thousand gun applications were submitted in 2008, an almost 80-percent jump from the roughly 68 thousand the year before.
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(AP)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
2 Crime Victims Kill Suspected Assailants
