Man shot breaking up robbery attempt in Cocoa

from floridatoday.com:

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A 41-year old Brevard County man was shot twice Sunday after jumping in the back of a pickup truck carrying two men that had just tried to break into his truck.

At about 4:30 p.m., staff working at Cara Mia restaurant on Riverside Drive saw two men trying to break into their co-workers truck, Cocoa Police said.

The truck's owner, Tim Raut, ran outside and confronted the two men. The suspects ran to their truck to get away.

Raut jumped into the back of the full-sized dark blue or black Dodge pickup truck, which headed south on Riverside Drive.

One of the suspects shot at Raut with a handgun, hitting him once in the arm and once in the hip.

Raut fell from the back of the truck, about 200 yards south of the restaurant, police said. He was conscious at the scene and was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cocoa Police Department or Crimeline at 1-800-423-tips.

“They said the injuries were not life-threatening,” Cocoa Police spokeswoman Barbara Matthews said."

Clerk is shot during robbery at Game Stop

from orlandosentinel.om

"A clerk was shot this morning during a robbery at a Game Stop in Orange County.

A man wearing a dark scarf that covered his face entered the store at 2781 N. Hiawassee Road at about 10:15 a.m., pulled out a handgun and demanded money and video games.

The clerk complied but was shot in the "lower body," according to a statement from the Orange County Sherrif's Office. The clerk was rushed to the hospital and sustained "non life-threatening injuries,'' the statement added.

The suspect was described as a black male between 35 and 40 years old, about 6 feet tall and weighing between 225 and 245 pounds."

Melbourne resident shoots neighbors pet cat

From floridatoday.com:

"Margaret Wetzel was leaving her house around sunset three weeks ago when she heard a loud metallic bang, "an ungodly cat scream" and five gunshots.It was the sound of her next-door neighbor, Bob Lester, a 77-year-old Vietnam War veteran, shooting her 20-plus-pound cat, Harry.Wetzel said she ran outside when she heard the shots and met up with a neighbor from across the street who confirmed that he, too, had heard gunfire. She called police.Why shoot a cat? Lester said he was shooting at a wild pig and feared for his wife's safety, Wetzel said. Reached by telephone, Lester refused to comment.