Police respond after car crashes into gun store on city’s southwest side

[longbow]

Time to add more concrete barriers....I saw the damage driving home.

 

[Simon6101]

We are going to have the entrance rebuilt. I have already changed a few things and am working on a few more.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Time to add more concrete barriers....I saw the damage driving home.

We are going to have the entrance rebuilt. I have already changed a few things and am working on a few more.

I stopped by the shop this morning. Man it seems weird without that old entrance!

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Another vehicle was carjacked on my district tonight in the same area as the vehicle that was driven into Bradis. Have been waiting to hear it was crashed into another gun store but so far nothing yet.

 

[churchmouse]

Another vehicle was carjacked on my district tonight in the same area as the vehicle that was driven into Bradis. Have been waiting to hear it was crashed into another gun store but so far nothing yet.

They may have just needed a ride home...

 

[hoosierdoc]

Another vehicle was carjacked on my district tonight in the same area as the vehicle that was driven into Bradis. Have been waiting to hear it was crashed into another gun store but so far nothing yet.

Is it that hard to steal a parked car? I am naiive but doesn't "hot wiring" really work? Why go to the trouble and risk of an altercation to get a car that will be reported immediately and a description of you given?

i know, I'm trying to make criminals logical...

 

[churchmouse]

Is it that hard to steal a parked car? I am naiive but doesn't "hot wiring" really work? Why go to the trouble and risk of an altercation to get a car that will be reported immediately and a description of you given?

i know, I'm trying to make criminals logical...

There are a lot of things to get around in a modern car. Locking columns/anti theft systems etc and that takes effort.
Snatching a car from an innocent is off to the races. Goes to the mind set of these idiots.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Is it that hard to steal a parked car? I am naiive but doesn't "hot wiring" really work? Why go to the trouble and risk of an altercation to get a car that will be reported immediately and a description of you given?

i know, I'm trying to make criminals logical...

I've never seen a car actually "hotwired." Every stolen car I've ever seen either had the column cracked, the ignition pulled out, or the key was with it. And trying to figure out the mindset of some criminals is like trying to nail jello to a tree.

 

[KellyinAvon]

There are a lot of things to get around in a modern car. Locking columns/anti theft systems etc and that takes effort.
Snatching a car from an innocent is off to the races. Goes to the mind set of these idiots.

People aren't leaving their cars unlocked and running at the convenience store like they used to (37 and Smith Valley Road comes to mind.) I've been locking my cars since the Reagan Administration.

 

[chipbennett]

Another vehicle was carjacked on my district tonight in the same area as the vehicle that was driven into Bradis. Have been waiting to hear it was crashed into another gun store but so far nothing yet.

Is the fender-bender gambit described in the article linked above a common carjacking tactic, or are there others, as well?

 

[UTL]

I've never seen a car actually "hotwired." Every stolen car I've ever seen either had the column cracked, the ignition pulled out, or the key was with it. And trying to figure out the mindset of some criminals is like trying to nail jello to a tree.

What flavor of jello?

 

[HoughMade]

I've never seen a car actually "hotwired." Every stolen car I've ever seen either had the column cracked, the ignition pulled out, or the key was with it. And trying to figure out the mindset of some criminals is like trying to nail jello to a tree.

Way back when I was buying and selling cars, we bought stolen/recovered cars and trucks all the time. Essentially, we were replacing windows, columns, and stereos. I went to many an insurance salvage auction and my experience matches yours 100%.

 

[Alamo]

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Copious steel/concrete bollards around the perimeter are about the only defense against it from a passenger car. ....

Even WITH bollards, sometimes chains are still used to rip parts of the building/doors away. ...

Exact sequence of events that happened in Houston over last year.