Man shoots thief who stole mother-in-law’s automotive as she delivered for Amazon: cops

A Missouri man tracked down and shot a thief after they stole his mother-in-law’s automotive as she was delivering Amazon packages, police mentioned.

The person’s mother-in-law had been driving for Amazon in Sundown Hills round 5 a.m. Monday and left the automotive operating whereas dropping a package deal off at a buyer’s porch, information station KMOV reported.

A gaggle of 4 males obtained out of a close-by SUV and rapidly hopped into the motive force’s BMW and drove off, police mentioned.

Richmond Heights Police Chief Gerry Rohr advised the station that the supply driver’s son-in-law used the automotive’s distant GPS monitoring perform to find the stolen automobile.

“They got here collectively driver’s door to driver’s door they usually confronted one another whereas they each have been sitting contained in the automotive,” Rohr mentioned.

The son-in-law shot the thief within the driver’s seat within the leg, and the group drove off, Rohr mentioned. The stolen automobile grew to become disabled later on the intersection of Huge Bend Boulevard and I-64 and the suspects ran previous the police division into a close-by neighborhood.

The suspect who was shot suffered non-life-threatening accidents, authorities mentioned.

Police arrested two adults and one juvenile and recovered two handguns, together with an AR-15 pistol. Their identities haven’t been launched.

The son-in-law has not been charged, however might face expenses for illegal use of a firearm, in keeping with Rohr.

The police chief mentioned automobile theft has gotten so unhealthy not too long ago that it wouldn’t shock him if different victims additionally take issues into their very own fingers.

“I fear about this kind of incident occurring time and again and once more, till this area begins to take auto crimes extra significantly. And that features a little extra effort from our elected officers, prosecutors, judges and the juvenile courtroom system,” Rohr mentioned.

In line with KMOV, Amazon drivers make deliveries as early as 4 a.m., and drivers making these early deliveries usually have to make use of their very own automobiles.