Man Arrested And Charged With Assault After Shooting Fleeing Suspect

By CN Staff

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG

On Tuesday, St. Paul police were in pursuit of a car thief when he crashed his car and took off on foot. Cops then heard the sound of gunfire and found the thief lying wounded in Vincent Trotter’s yard.

As the Pioneer Press reports,

Police discovered a man with gunshot injuries in a yard on Cook Avenue, off Payne Avenue — about two blocks from the crash. He was identified as the driver of the stolen car, Jalik Combs.

Trotter told police that he owned the home and gave them his gun. Combs was apparently not armed.

Oh, and there’s this:

A sign in the front window of Trotter’s residence says, “Warning” and “No trespassing.” It goes on state, “Violators will be shot. Survivors will be shot again!”

The car thief’s mother was interviewed.

(Artesa) Wheatley said she talked to her son by phone and he told her the man asked him, “Did you see the sign that said ‘No trespassing’?” and told him to get away from his house.

Combs told Trotter he was leaving and started to, but he was shot, according to Wheatley. …

Combs was treated at …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation