Thats not what happened though.
Reread the story in it's entirety.
- Janq
Reread the story in it's entirety.
- Janq
WWUD: Pinned man shoots alleged car thief
What would you do...
Posted: 1/2/2007 7:09:00 PM
Pinned man shoots alleged car thief
Source: KRQE News 13
Watch Annie McCormick’s report.
TOMÉ, N.M. -- The getaway went all wrong for an alleged car thief in Valencia County this morning when he fled with a Cadillac and a gunshot wound.
Police say the alleged thief pinned the homeowner with the car he was trying to steal, but got shot himself in the process.
This morning a Tomé homeowner woke up to see his son's car being stolen out of the family's driveway. He armed himself and ran out to make it clear this was not going to be an easy steal.
![]()
The suspected thief crashed the Caddy and stumbled bleeding to the street, according to police.
The suspected thief drove the Cadillac he was trying to steal toward the homeowner pinning him against a fence. The homeowner retaliated by firing one shot.
That shot hit the suspect, but he fled the scene in the Cadillac with the homeowner following him for seven miles.
“When he went out, he was pinned by that vehicle against the fence,” New Mexico State Police Sgt. Robert Miller said. “There were shots fired by the victim.
“At that point they continued on a small pursuit.”
But before the homeowner caught up, the alleged thief crashed and abandoned the Caddy. While bleeding from his wound, he stumbled and fell in front of a commuter driving to work who happened to be behind him.
The commuter thought he hit the suspect with his truck, ran out alarmed and then realized the bleeding man had been shot. He then called 911.
The suspect remains at UNM hospital with a gunshot wound, but police said it is not life-threatening.
The father was also taken to UNM Hospital but treated and released.
The story can be found at; http://www.krqe.com/expanded.asp?ID=19020
- Janq
Posted: 1/2/2007 7:09:00 PM
Pinned man shoots alleged car thief
Source: KRQE News 13
Watch Annie McCormick’s report.
TOMÉ, N.M. -- The getaway went all wrong for an alleged car thief in Valencia County this morning when he fled with a Cadillac and a gunshot wound.
Police say the alleged thief pinned the homeowner with the car he was trying to steal, but got shot himself in the process.
This morning a Tomé homeowner woke up to see his son's car being stolen out of the family's driveway. He armed himself and ran out to make it clear this was not going to be an easy steal.
The suspected thief crashed the Caddy and stumbled bleeding to the street, according to police.
The suspected thief drove the Cadillac he was trying to steal toward the homeowner pinning him against a fence. The homeowner retaliated by firing one shot.
That shot hit the suspect, but he fled the scene in the Cadillac with the homeowner following him for seven miles.
“When he went out, he was pinned by that vehicle against the fence,” New Mexico State Police Sgt. Robert Miller said. “There were shots fired by the victim.
“At that point they continued on a small pursuit.”
But before the homeowner caught up, the alleged thief crashed and abandoned the Caddy. While bleeding from his wound, he stumbled and fell in front of a commuter driving to work who happened to be behind him.
The commuter thought he hit the suspect with his truck, ran out alarmed and then realized the bleeding man had been shot. He then called 911.
The suspect remains at UNM hospital with a gunshot wound, but police said it is not life-threatening.
The father was also taken to UNM Hospital but treated and released.
The story can be found at; http://www.krqe.com/expanded.asp?ID=19020
- Janq
1 - 3 of 6 Posts
1 - 3 of 6 Posts
