Another Inexperienced Crook

February 10, 2019

I should have a category for First-Time Criminals.

The victim of an attempted carjacking in St. Louis refused to surrender his keys, so the would-be carjacker fired his gun at the victim’s feet. The gun didn’t fire, the victim struggled with the gunman, and the gunman got the keys.

But he dropped his cell phone.

The victim picked up the phone; the gunman asked if he could get his phone back in return for the car keys. The exchange was made, and the gunman fled.

(Note to would-be carjack victims—It’s a great story, but it will rarely work out this way. Hand over the keys.)