Posted on 07/27/2023 4:36:29 PM PDT by DFG
A man whose car had been stolen tracked down his vehicle to a Texas shopping center lot - before shooting dead one of the alleged thieves and wounding the other.
Gunfire erupted in the parking lot outside South Park Mall, San Antonio, just before 1pm Thursday after the man figured out where his stolen car was located.
The owner of the stolen car had ordered the driver and his female companion out of the vehicle - and sat them down by the tire at gunpoint while they waited for police.
But the stolen car victim was hit with a bullet when one of the suspected thieves, a male, took a gun out from his waistband and opened fire.
The owner then returned fire - which killed the suspected robber.
The woman, who was the passenger in the stolen vehicle, was also shot, and is in critical condition at the hospital.
Police said that the owner of the stolen vehicle is in stable condition.
No charges have been filed yet.
The names of the people involved have not been released.
'Certainly a case of self-defense, is what we have,' San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus said. 'We would prefer that they call the police before taking that into your own hands, but he did what he felt he needed to do.'
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“Don’t start none, won’t be none!”
“San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus”
Irish name, white-looking guy. Seems like we have a HUGE racial issue (although I don’t know, for sure, the race of the perps, I can guess).
Hopefully Mr. McManus does the RIGHT THING and locks up the person who tried to defend himself.
(sick, but the above is what our ENEMY thinks of us)
“We would prefer that they call the police before taking that into your own hands, but he did what he felt he needed to do.”
God bless Texas.
Was the dead one named Kenny?(short for Kentavius)
I thought it was just Judge Roy Bean that charged dead criminals.
James Butler Hickok rides again.
“...Hopefully Mr. McManus does the RIGHT THING and locks up the person who tried to defend himself...”
HUH??????????????
Thanks, forgot to add a /sarc
The girlfriend, should she survive, will be charged with felony murder.
Only so he could fine them.
In the olden days, horse thieves were hanged. Wanna stop carjackings, etc.? Hang the bastards. Where’s Judge Roy Bean when we need him?
Ya beat me!
LOL...I kinda figured from reading a lot of your previous posts...
Likewise, thanks for pointing it out!
“ We would prefer that they call the police before taking that into your own hands, but he did what he felt he needed to do.“
He did call the police
Pshaw San Antonio cops.
That is not what the cop meant.
He meant send them after the thieves and do not go after them yourself.
In my state, the city cops would charge a person for going after the thief on the grounds that violence occurred that the cops could have avoided.
And that is the law here.
However some of the sheriffs have had enough and thy are bending the self protection laws enough to avoid charging.
I hope it is a trend that grows.
That cop was just “covering the bases”, as it were - now, son, we don’t want y’all to be takin the law into yer own hands, but if you do, well ... you do.
They killed Kenny?! Those bastards!
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