A robber wearing all-black clothing and a mask styled after the one worn by the killer in the movie Scream burst into a laundromat in Camden, South Carolina.
In the wee hours of a Sunday morning, an argument at a Spartanburg, South Carolina nightclub grew heated. One of the men involved in the altercation pulled out a handgun and started firing into a crowd that had formed outside the club, striking several bystanders, at least one critically.
A man standing behind a convenience store in Riverview, Florida was startled by the approach of a bandana-wearing armed robber at high noon. The robber demanded money and, when the man told him he didn't have any, the robber forced him through a back entrance into the convenience store.
In the wee hours of a March Saturday morning, two people in Las Vegas, Nevada were surprised when an armed stranger forced his way into their apartment. One of the residents was armed and opened fire with his own handgun. In the exchange of shots that followed, one of the men in the apartment was wounded and the attacker was killed.
It was past midnight in the parking lot of a Dallas, Texas Whataburger restaurant when a man enjoying a quick bite to eat in his car found himself confronted by a pair of armed robbers. But the crooks had made what turned out to be a fatal error in the victim selection process, as their intended prey turned out to be armed himself.