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Shootout Leaves Car Thief Dead But There’s a SHOCKING Twist

A shootout in Denver, Colorado, left a 12-year-old car thief dead. It’s not clear who opened fire first. We do know that “a man used an app to track his stolen car.” He found it, then there was an “exchange of gunfire.” More alleged suspects are hiding from the law.

Car thief identified

Denver Police report that the 12-year-old thief behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle “died in the shooting.” He’s been since identified as Elias Armstrong and the cause of death is listed as homicide.

The unnamed vigilante vehicle owner apparently went too far on this one. The homicide designation doesn’t indicate police think he shot first. Just that someone shot him and it wasn’t suicide or a heart attack. If the owner was returning fire, it should be ruled self-defense.

Police report that the incident began on Sunday, February 5, “when the man reported that his car had been stolen and said he was tracking the vehicle using an app.” He didn’t simply wait for police to stop it, deciding instead to take the law into his own hands.

Overworked cops appreciate assistance but it’s important to know the boundaries. The owner tracked the thief in his car to a point “about 11 miles away from where it was stolen.

Things went sideways when the owner made the mistake of approaching the car. That’s when the thief or his buddies started blasting. “When the vehicle’s owner approached the car, he was involved in an exchange of gunfire with occupant(s) in the stolen vehicle.

The “male juvenile then drove the stolen car a couple of blocks away, where he was found by officers to be suffering from a gunshot wound.” Armstrong “was taken to an area hospital, where he later died.

Other occupants

Police have reason to believe that the young thief wasn’t alone. They note “it appeared other occupants of the vehicle ran away on foot before police arrived.” The owner was responsible enough to remain at the scene until cops rolled up and cooperated freely.

He maintains they shot first. It isn’t clear what, if anything, he was saying as he approached his car. It also isn’t clear if the carjackers knew he was the owner. Police also aren’t saying what model car it was. Probably a Kia.

Per standard procedure, at the conclusion of the investigation, the findings will be presented to the Denver District Attorney’s Office for consideration of possible charges.

It’s clear to the coroner that the thief didn’t shoot himself. It will be up to the Defense attorney to fight it out with city prosecutors to determine how much liability, if any, the owner is saddled with.

Carjackings are on the rise nationwide, especially in Democrat jurisdictions where they are exceptionally soft on crime. That leaves frustrated citizens with no choice except protecting themselves the best they can. This is one of those gray area cases which could go either way and nobody has all the facts, yet.

Social media turned certain models like the Kia into a dream for teen thief joy riders. Anyone who owns one would be making a better investment by buying a “club” to protect it from being stolen, rather than tracking devices to trail it down after it’s boosted from your driveway.

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