{"id":199370,"date":"2024-02-29T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=199370"},"modified":"2024-02-29T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:22:21","slug":"veteran-shoots-car-thief-who-stole-his-bulletproof-vest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/veteran-shoots-car-thief-who-stole-his-bulletproof-vest\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Shoots Car Thief Who Stole His Bulletproof Vest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An Army veteran shot a car thief who stole his gun and bulletproof vest. (Photo: KSAT<\/a><\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A veteran from San Antonio shot a man earlier this week when he found him stealing a gun and bulletproof vest from his car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 3 a.m., Armand, the homeowner woke up to a Ring alarm. He got on his phone to check his live footage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSaw a guy in a red hoodie in the back passenger side door of my truck,” he told KENS 5<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armand is an Army veteran who served in Iraq. He grabbed a firearm before going outside to confront the car thief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armand saw the thief move to the driver\u2019s side door just as he got outside. Armand told News4SanAntonio<\/em> <\/a>that he had a gun in his car and was worried the thief would find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stolen Gun and Bulletproof Vest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen he brought his hands up that was my first fear that he had my firearm, so I began to fire,\u201d Armand said. He was right, the thief had found the gun and the bulletproof vest hidden in the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to KSAT<\/em><\/a>, at least 10 shots were fired, more than two hitting the thief before he stumbled away. Armand witnessed a second person helping the suspect into a car.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The veteran explained that he keeps firearms in his car, but when he gets home he doublechecks it and removes his things. \u201cThis was just the one day that they caught that one car that I just didn\u2019t go through my SOP (Standard Operating Procedure).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armand informed the police of the events, and they arrived on the scene to investigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A short time later, a neighborhood hospital called the police after a man walked in with bullet wounds to the legs and collapsed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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