BAD FORM: Man Lights Up Retreating Would-Be Car Burglar

By John Falkenberg

In a tragic case of adrenaline trumping form, an armed citizen opened fire on a would-be car burglar after the thief had begun to flee the area, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

The attempted thief was armed with a tire iron, which absolutely could and should be considered a deadly weapon, but when he realized that he wasn’t alone, he ran for his life.

He almost lost that life.

The car owner, 31, spotted someone trying to steal from his vehicle in the 3400 block of Shenandoah Avenue shortly before 3 a.m., police said. The address is between Grand Boulevard and Compton Avenue in the Tower Grove East neighborhood.

The car owner grabbed his gun and confronted the other man, police said. Then he saw the would-be thief had a tire iron, so he retreated.

The would-be thief fled, and the car owner fired several shots, hitting the man in the back and leg, police said. He was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition.

Authorities were investigating. Charges had not been filed against either man.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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