Carjacking thwarted when driver shoots suspect in head

Rocky Mountain News ^ | March 24, 2007 | Hector Gutierrez

[cong. dance leader]

A carjacking victim may have turned the tables late Friday when he shot the suspect in the head as the man drove down the street.

[BenLurkin]

Indeed.

Years ago I was chatting with a law student who was interning with the L.A. County DA's office. He was working on gang cases, one of which involved a gang banger who had been shot multiple times in the face with a 9mm handgun and lived.

[NonValueAdded]

GMTA thwarted to the max!

[NonValueAdded]

"in a world where justice is swiftly dispensed..."

[mylife]

"The vehicle owner somehow has access to a gun and shot the person in the head," she said. The car owner then managed to get out of his vehicle while the wounded man continued driving. As he drove on South Havana Street, the man crashed into another car at East Kentucky Avenue. Five people riding in that vehicle suffered minor injuries. After the collision, the suspect fled on foot and was captured after a police dog found him in the back of a Budget Rental Car business in the 600 block of South Havana Street.

What the hell was he shot in the head with? a bb gun?

[mental vengeance]

lol

[spunkets]

The vehicle owner should have turned off the ignition, grab the wheel and hit the brakes instead of abandoning the vehicle, and letting it go on to crash into another one with 5 people inside.

[Cuttnhorse]

I'm with you...I smell a rat.

[P8riot]

The guy either needs a hotter load or more gun.

That's what I was thinkin.

[SuziQ]

*snort* I love that commercial!

[marktwain]

"What the hell was he shot in the head with? a bb gun?"

It could happen with nearly *any* handgun. The human skull can be very tough. There have been instances of .45 ACP bullets penetrating the skin at an angle, staying outside of the skull, then coming out the skin some number of inches from the entry point. You see an entrance hole, an exit hole, and assume that the shot went through the head, but it never penetrated the skull. It usually happens when the bullet impacts the skull at an oblique angle.

[JB in Whitefish]

""The vehicle owner somehow has access to a gun and shot the person in the head," she said. The car owner then managed to get out of his vehicle while the wounded man continued driving."


A. must NOT have been a very large caliber weapon....

B. Why did the owner run off...???


If it was MY car and I had gotten to that point,

I believe I'd have been holding the gun to the guy's temple and inquiring as to whether or not he'd like a SECOND dose....!!!

[goldstategop]

Yeah... we have CCW here in Colorado. Some perps are just too stupid to care.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[tubebender]

Possible self defense...

[School of Rational Thought]

The condition of the suspect is unknown. Maybe his condition was a hole in the head! :-)