A neighborhood resident couldn’t believe that the two masked teenagers who were pointing a gun at her last night and demanding her car keys on the 4900 block of Larchwood were serious. Police say the unnamed woman tried to grab the gun thinking it was fake. It wasn’t.
The two young males, who the woman estimated to be between 15 and 18 years old, approached her at about 8:30 p.m. as she got out of her car. When she realized the gun they brandished was real, police added, she stopped resisting. The two teens forced their way into the passenger side of the car and grabbed her handbag, which contained credit cards and cash.
Southwest Detective Joseph Murray, who has gained Twitter fame as the TheFuzz9143, wrote early this morning that attempting to take a robber’s gun is not a good idea.
“Don’t try that,” he wrote. “These kids already don’t know how to handle a gun and it can go off too easily.”
No arrests have been made.
May 18th, 2011 at 10:10 am
What time was this??
May 18th, 2011 at 10:19 am
Stephanie,
About 8:30 p.m. Thanks for asking. I just updated it.
May 18th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
The frustrating catch is that frequently it isn’t a real gun (although obviously you always need to react as though it is) and then the criminals — if caught — aren’t subject to the mandatory minimum sentencing for gun-related crimes.
May 18th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Did they end up stealing the vehicle? If so, what is it’s description?
May 18th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
@Jo – No the car was not stolen. Apparently the woman dropped the keys and they were lost, so the kids just took her stuff. The police were unclear about what happened to the keys so I didn’t include that part in the story. It would have been speculation.
Anyway, bottom line – she still has her car.