A 30-year-old man was shot in the gut as he exited a Midtown bar Saturday morning after trying to fight off a crook who wanted to snatch his gold chain, police said.

A 30-year-old man was shot in the gut as he exited a Midtown bar Saturday morning after trying to fight off a crook who wanted to snatch his gold chain, police said.

At a similar low-head dam on the Elk River in Noel, Mo., a man died over the weekend after becoming trapped in the dam’s hydraulics while trying to save a boater.