From South Carolina

ANDERSON — An employee of Anderson’s Rent-A-Center told Anderson City Police officers that his attempt to repossess furniture left him looking down the barrel of a pistol.

The incident was reported at 11 a.m. Thursday on Sears Street.

John Engberg, 23, told police that he had given a woman until 3 p.m. to pay. She offered to pay by 5 p.m.

Words were exchanged and then the woman pulled a gun, “cocked it and put it in his face,” according to Mr. Engberg’s version of the incident, the officer’s report states.

The woman denied pulling a gun.

An arrest is pending an investigation.

Toledo Update

Two men shot one another yesterday in the 100 block of Spencer Street in South Toledo during an altercation over a tow truck, police said.

Eliseo Selvera III, who lives on Spencer, was taken to Toledo Hospital. Ronald Nigh of Parrakeet Avenue was taken to University of Toledo Medical Center, formerly Medical College of Ohio Hospital. Nursing supervisors at both hospitals said they had no information about patients by those names.

Two men went to Mr. Selvera’s house about 1:30 a.m. and asked him to tow a car for them. He refused and told them to leave. He and Mr. Nigh were wounded during an exchange of gunfire, police said.

From Ohio

TOLEDO -- Toledo police are investigating an attempted home invasion that ended with two people shot.

This all happened around 1:45 a.m Friday in the 100 block of Spencer near Western Ave. in south Toledo. Police tell us two men came to the back door of the house and allegedly told the man living inside -- who works as a "repo-man" -- that they wanted to talk about a tow.

The man told police they then tried to force their way inside. The homeowner was shot once in the arm. He said he fired back on the suspects, hitting one four times.

The suspects took off, and a short time later, the injured suspect was dropped off at University of Toledo Medical Center. His condition is not being released.