Posted on 09/27/2013 3:24:13 PM PDT by marktwain
MAPLE VALLEY — A suspected car thief died following a shootout with the car’s owner Tuesday morning, King County sheriff’s deputies said.
The incident happened just after midnight Tuesday in the 21800 block of SE 236th Place in Maple Valley.
According to sheriff’s deputies, a man walking his dog noticed a 27-year-old man attempting to steal his truck. The thief, realizing he had been spotted, left the truck and ran toward an awaiting getaway vehicle.
Deputies said the truck’s owner drew a gun and yelled “gun” in an attempt to stop the thief, who entered the getaway vehicle. The truck’s owner fired into the engine block, stopping the car. The thief then allegedly pulled a gun of his own and and the men exchanged gunfire. The truck’s owner fired multiple times at the thief, striking him.
The man was dead when police arrived at the scene. His identity has not been released. The truck’s owner — a Marine who served in Iraq — was briefly detained before being released, officials said. He has a valid concealed weapons permit.
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Glad his truck is ok. That would have been the real tragedy.
USMC
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
Shooting your own truck sucks, but the outcome was awesome.
If I read correctly, it was the get away vehicle that was shot up. Not the Marine’s truck.
Who shot their own truck?
Urah!
In this situation, why does the article mention that the guy had a CCW permit. It was his truck, on his property. Of course, it is a “good thing” that he has a CCW, but I don’t see how it is relevant to what happened.
My error. then the outcome was a win/win/win!
Great post! Love it!
I do wonder how the bullets hitting an engine block would stop a car, though.
Whatever... At least the thief is dead. All’s well that ends well.
It is written so it sounds as if one of the bad guys was stealing a car. Therefore, assuming one of the bad guy's owned the car, then he either got into a shootout with himself or the getaway driver of the car.
Nice creative writing! The author should win a prize. Now the marine could get in trouble for shooting a car thief instead of a truck thief. ;-)
I like all those holes in the car. About a dozen. I wonder what he was carrying.
The getaway car was a stolen Honda Accord. A female who was apparently the getaway car driver was arrested at the scene and charged.
I have been told that a .357 magnum or anything larger like a .44 magnum will crack an engine block which could be enough to stop it.
Pretty sure a bullet would not stop the engine in my dually—a 454 gas version, which weighs about 550# on it’s own. All cast iron—NO aluminum!
Most late model vehicles have a plastic intake manifold. .22LR will stop the engine if the manifold is holed. I took some junk engine parts to a friends shooting spot. .308 will blow chunks out of a cast iron head or block. As will .223, but not such big chunks.
.357 Magnum and .44 magnum will bust up aluminum blocks and heads, marginal on cast iron. The plastic intake is vulnerable to even mouse guns, and most V-6 and V-8 engines have plastic intakes for the last 10 years.
For 35 years I have looked at engines I was working on, deciding just where to shoot to stop one. If I have my M1A even a Dodge diesel will stop on command.
Thanks for the info!
Never bring a gun to a Marine fight.
Ed Schultz shot his own dog.
Shooting old car parts is fun, but not the safest thing in the world to do. I should have took pictures.
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