caught a couple burglars red handed
Then I hear the shotgun blast.
John caught the thief in one of his storage buildings, taking 3 boxes of 1/2 inch soft rolled copper pipe off of a shelf. He shot the boxes right out of the thiefs hands. The thief runs out of the building and to the car while John is chasing him. The driver tries to take off but John is standing in the middle of the alley pointing the shotgun at them. He swerves and hits a dumpster, then reverses over a gas meter. They tried to go forward again but were hung on the gas meter. All the while John is yelling for them to get out of the car and stop right there. They gave up and raised their hands, John made them get out and lay down in front of the car. After about 2 minutes the cops arrive. They took Johns shotgun away from him, then arrested the 2 thiefs. The thiefs were charged with burglary of a building, a class 4 felony, and the car was siezed because it had been used in the commission of a felony, and the driver was also charged with DUI. Once the thiefs were hauled away John was given back his shotgun. The tow truck arrived but he had to wait on the gas man to show up and shut off the leaking gas before the car could be moved off of the busted gas meter. The gas man got there about 45 minutes later, did his thing, and then the tow truck guy loaded up the car.
John had to go down to the police station to give a statement about what happened. One of the cops asked why he didnt just shoot the thief and John said that stuff just isnt worth a human life, but if the thief had tried to threaten his safety, John would have had no choice but to kill. The cops said that these guys are known thiefs/addicts and are suspects in several burglaries around town.
first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes." William Gibson