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Two Provo Men Confront Car Burglars With Guns
June 27th, 2007 @ 3:58pm
Tonya Papanikolas Reporting
Two young men in Provo decided to take the law into their own hands this morning when their car was being burglarized. The men approached the suspects with guns.
These men who were apparently fed up with being burglarized and decided to do something about it. This wasn't the first time this had happened. Last week the car had been broken into. So the owner installed an alarm that pages him when someone is trying to get in. This morning at 4:30 that alarm went off. So the man woke up his roommate and they each grabbed pistols.
Then they ran to the underground parking garage and caught two men trying to steal stereo equipment out of his car. Capt. Cliff Argyle with the Provo Police Department explains, "The owner of the vehicle and the roommate approached the two suspects, guns pointed, told them to get on the ground. The suspects don't want to get on the ground. They decide they're gonna leave."
The suspects jumped in their car and tried to take off. The roommate believed the men were going to run over his friend, so he shot at the driver's front wheel to try to stop him, but the suspects were able to get away.
The two young men were able to get the license plate number of the car and police are trying to track that down. But officers say it's never a good idea to confront suspects who are committing a crime. No charges will be filed against the owner of the car and his roommate, but police say these two young men were very lucky that nothing bad happened.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1406137
Two Provo Men Confront Car Burglars With Guns
June 27th, 2007 @ 3:58pm
Tonya Papanikolas Reporting
Two young men in Provo decided to take the law into their own hands this morning when their car was being burglarized. The men approached the suspects with guns.
These men who were apparently fed up with being burglarized and decided to do something about it. This wasn't the first time this had happened. Last week the car had been broken into. So the owner installed an alarm that pages him when someone is trying to get in. This morning at 4:30 that alarm went off. So the man woke up his roommate and they each grabbed pistols.
Then they ran to the underground parking garage and caught two men trying to steal stereo equipment out of his car. Capt. Cliff Argyle with the Provo Police Department explains, "The owner of the vehicle and the roommate approached the two suspects, guns pointed, told them to get on the ground. The suspects don't want to get on the ground. They decide they're gonna leave."
The suspects jumped in their car and tried to take off. The roommate believed the men were going to run over his friend, so he shot at the driver's front wheel to try to stop him, but the suspects were able to get away.
The two young men were able to get the license plate number of the car and police are trying to track that down. But officers say it's never a good idea to confront suspects who are committing a crime. No charges will be filed against the owner of the car and his roommate, but police say these two young men were very lucky that nothing bad happened.