Stolen car gunfight

[kiddchaos]

Man tracks down and kills alleged car thief, gets shot himself in mall gunfire chaos

A Texas parking lot turned into a gunfight after a man tracked down his stolen vehicle Thursday afternoon to a nearby mall, where he shot and killed the alleged thief, who pulled out a gun himself …

nypost.com

What would you do?

 

[Pepi]

Not what he did for sure! DA might have fun with this one.

 

[Denny347]

Man tracks down and kills alleged car thief, gets shot himself in mall gunfire chaos

A Texas parking lot turned into a gunfight after a man tracked down his stolen vehicle Thursday afternoon to a nearby mall, where he shot and killed the alleged thief, who pulled out a gun himself …

nypost.com

What would you do?

Depends

 

[KellyinAvon]

Wait for the cavalry from a safe distance. "Tracked down" in San Antonio sounds GPS guided to me. Provide Intel as needed, wait for the cavalry.

 

[yeahbaby]

Wait for the cavalry from a safe distance. "Tracked down" in San Antonio sounds GPS guided to me. Provide Intel as needed, wait for the cavalry.

Yep!

 

[Ark]

Wait for the cavalry from a safe distance. "Tracked down" in San Antonio sounds GPS guided to me. Provide Intel as needed, wait for the cavalry.

Assuming they come at all and don't just ignore the call.

 

[JCSR]

I'll watch from over here......

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Man tracks down and kills alleged car thief, gets shot himself in mall gunfire chaos

A Texas parking lot turned into a gunfight after a man tracked down his stolen vehicle Thursday afternoon to a nearby mall, where he shot and killed the alleged thief, who pulled out a gun himself …

nypost.com

What would you do?

No vehicle is worth going to pound-me-in-the-@$$ prison, the hospital, or the forever box. Call the police and let them handle it.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Assuming they come at all and don't just ignore the call.

They probably aren't coming because of all the other ******** calls they have to respond to.

 

[cedartop]

No vehicle is worth going to pound-me-in-the-@$$ prison, the hospital, or the forever box. Call the police and let them handle it.

Not that I ever thought going to prison would be good, but after working in a max security one, I am determined to not accept any invitations to live there.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Not that I ever thought going to prison would be good, but after working in a max security one, I am determined to not accept any invitations to live there.

I'm too fragile to work or live in a prison.

 

[1nderbeard]

The unintended (or maybe intended) consequence of the soft on crime DOJ we're seeing now are vigilantism like this. Gonna get worse before it gets better.
If you're in a SD shooting I see absolutely no reason to cooperate with any investigation.

With that said, what this guy did is just asking to be tried for murder.

 

[Bassat]

I fail to see how two people (even thieves) who are sitting in a truck (even yours) are any kind of a deadly threat AT ALL. Truck owner was likely within his rights to track the vehicle and let police know where to find it. It was STUPID of the owner to approach the stolen vehicle. From where I sit he was illegal the second he approached the vehicle with gun in hand.

Scenario: I am sitting in my truck, minding my own business. Some looney-toon who thinks it is his truck walks up gun in hand. If my situational awareness is where it needs to be, he takes 3 rounds 9mm HST center mass as soon as his gun starts to come up. Allow me to say, I dearly hope to never be put in that situation.

Back to the truck owner in the story.... Moron should thank whoever he prays to that he is only looking at Murder 1 in Texas. His family could very well have been box-shopping. Like the family of the guy he murdered.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Man tracks down and kills alleged car thief, gets shot himself in mall gunfire chaos

A Texas parking lot turned into a gunfight after a man tracked down his stolen vehicle Thursday afternoon to a nearby mall, where he shot and killed the alleged thief, who pulled out a gun himself …

nypost.com

What would you do?

Call for fire, or, you know, the cops.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

You have evidence of a crime. Report said evidence to the people who gather, catalog and store said evidence, the police.

My carry license is not a Batman badge.

I defend myself with deadly force ONLY when necessary, aka my life is endangered, not because my ego is endangered.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Not that I ever thought going to prison would be good, but after working in a max security one, I am determined to not accept any invitations to live there.

I did a site survey for a computer lab in maximum security prison out in San Diego once. The place was brand new and empty and it still freaked me out.

 

[bobzilla]

I'm too fragile to work or live in a prison.

Denny would be ok but you're screwed.

 

[bobzilla]

I fail to see how two people (even thieves) who are sitting in a truck (even yours) are any kind of a deadly threat AT ALL. Truck owner was likely within his rights to track the vehicle and let police know where to find it. It was STUPID of the owner to approach the stolen vehicle. From where I sit he was illegal the second he approached the vehicle with gun in hand.

Scenario: I am sitting in my truck, minding my own business. Some looney-toon who thinks it is his truck walks up gun in hand. If my situational awareness is where it needs to be, he takes 3 rounds 9mm HST center mass as soon as his gun starts to come up. Allow me to say, I dearly hope to never be put in that situation.

Back to the truck owner in the story.... Moron should thank whoever he prays to that he is only looking at Murder 1 in Texas. His family could very well have been box-shopping. Like the family of the guy he murdered.

IIRC, isn't lethal force allowed to stop theft of private possessions? Or in this case "re-theft"

EDIT: Yep. https://www.dougmurphylaw.com/defense-of-property
By their laws, good shoot and one less piece of **** thief running around. The headline made it sound like he just opened fire when he was holding the thief and assistant thief until the police arrived. Thief pulled out a gun, shot the owner and the owner returned fire killing the piece of ****.
Now, its not how I'd do it but I don't live in Texas with those laws.

 

[printcraft]

Oh, a moment of silence for the armed car thief that was killed in the line of duty.

















Hint: nothing of value was lost here kids.

 

[bobzilla]

“The guy who shot him is a vigilante, not a hero. A vehicle is not worth taking someone’s life, I don’t care what kind of car it is. You don’t take the law into your own hands,” Garcia added. “Now my mom, my family, we all have to suffer and just deal with it.”

From the brother of the thief. Well, maybe your mother should have worked a little harder to not raise a ****ing thief. ANd maybe the thief should have wondered if his life was worth a car? At least just you, your mom and your family have to suffer and the rest of us dont