Cops: Owner Tracks Stolen Car With App, Kills Boy in Shootout

Newser ^ | Feb 12, 2023 | John Johnson

[Silentgypsy]

The owner of a stolen car in Denver successfully tracked down his vehicle with an app but wound up killing a 12-year-old boy in an ensuing shootout, say police. The unidentified driver approached his vehicle once he found it and was "involved in an exchange of gunfire" with its occupants, according to a police statement. The boy later identified as Elias Armstrong then drove the vehicle about two blocks, where police found him inside it with a gunshot wound, reports the New York Times. Elias was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

[NorthMountain]

And that is why We the People must protect each other both on the street and in the courtroom. The police, prosecutors, and judges are NOT our friends.

[rktman]

Yup. They can toss grenades pretty darn good. 😳

[ComputerGuy]

Curb stone justice. Our last resort.

[jimwatx]

What’s a 12 y/o doing with a gun and out stealing cars? They should be arresting the parents too in this one.

[teeman8r]

Owner wants car back.
Tracks down car.
Thieves refuse to give it back by shooting at car owner.
Owner returns fire and is a better shot.
Now owner is in trouble?

I do not understand?

[Silentgypsy]

Re: 4: Concur.

[Silentgypsy]

Many a G.I. in Nam learned the hard way that a child can kill you just as dead as an adult.

As can a 10 year old satisfying gang initiation requirements. Never underestimate the power of peer pressure.

[Silentgypsy]

Lol!

[tired&retired]

https://denvergazette.com/news/crime/12-year-old-car-theft-suspect-fatally-shot-after-shootout-with-owner-in-denver/article_5189ba58-a744-11ed-ac54-afefd6bd5a92.amp.html

Picture at link. I think they used an elementary school photo.

[Silentgypsy]

Absolutely bizarre.

[Drew68]

Picture at link. I think they used an elementary school photo.

Well, to be fair, he probably was in elementary school.

[EvilCapitalist]

Not if I’m on his jury.

[Lurker]

They should pin a medal on him.

L

[rktman]

You wouldn’t be.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[rktman]

Obvious law breaker. Look at his CONvid mask in the pic.

[4Runner]

Property rights are now racist. That’s what you are not understanding. Nothing you own equals in value the life of the thief trying to take it away from you. That life is sacred. You have no right to take it by defending an inanimate object such as personal property. How dare you? (Do I need a “sarc” tag on this?)

[Fresh Wind]

A Korean boy who needed an urgent ride to get to cello lessons?

Yes, definitely Korean.

[Bishop_Malachi]

Well, to be fair, he probably was in elementary school.

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If he’s 12 years old, then he should be in middle-school (7th grade). I teach as a school where students are sent for punitive reasons. The middle-schoolers we get have done some pretty surprising things. Some of the high-schoolers we have? Yikes!

[arthurus]

Play Stupid Games- win Stupid Prizes.