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22-Year-Old Man Taken Into Custody
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A car owner found himself dodging bullets while following the person who drove off with his car Thursday morning.
A 22-year-old man was taken into custody about 9 a.m. after a brief police pursuit ended.
Police said the car was stolen from a home near 66th and Main streets about 8:30 a.m.
"I started my car to let it warm up. I was going to take my daughter day care, and I look up to see someone run up our driveway and jump into the car," car owner Phil Kennedy said.
Kennedy got into another car after he saw the man take off in his Toyota Land Cruiser and pursued him down 66th Street.
"I guess his partners were with him in a car behind me shooting at me. At the time, I didn't know it was gunshots. I thought someone's car was backfiring, so it didn't occur to me that someone was shooting at me until the fifth or sixth shot," Kennedy said.
Kennedy stopped and called police.
"If someone is bold enough to come up on my property and steal my property, I'm going to make it as hard as I can for them to get away. That was my only thought while the things went down," Kennedy said.
Police said officers later spotted the Toyota on northbound U.S. 71 near Gregory Boulevard. Officers tried to pull over the driver, but he would not stop. Police said they deployed spike strips near 55th Street. The driver hit the spike strips, finally pulled off near 39th Street and then jumped out of the car and ran off.
The 22-year-old was taken into custody near 39th Street and Euclid Avenue. Police have not located the people in the Buick.
Kennedy said he was not chasing the man to stop him, but so police could track him down.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A car owner found himself dodging bullets while following the person who drove off with his car Thursday morning.
A 22-year-old man was taken into custody about 9 a.m. after a brief police pursuit ended.
Police said the car was stolen from a home near 66th and Main streets about 8:30 a.m.
"I started my car to let it warm up. I was going to take my daughter day care, and I look up to see someone run up our driveway and jump into the car," car owner Phil Kennedy said.
Kennedy got into another car after he saw the man take off in his Toyota Land Cruiser and pursued him down 66th Street.
"I guess his partners were with him in a car behind me shooting at me. At the time, I didn't know it was gunshots. I thought someone's car was backfiring, so it didn't occur to me that someone was shooting at me until the fifth or sixth shot," Kennedy said.
Kennedy stopped and called police.
"If someone is bold enough to come up on my property and steal my property, I'm going to make it as hard as I can for them to get away. That was my only thought while the things went down," Kennedy said.
Police said officers later spotted the Toyota on northbound U.S. 71 near Gregory Boulevard. Officers tried to pull over the driver, but he would not stop. Police said they deployed spike strips near 55th Street. The driver hit the spike strips, finally pulled off near 39th Street and then jumped out of the car and ran off.
The 22-year-old was taken into custody near 39th Street and Euclid Avenue. Police have not located the people in the Buick.
Kennedy said he was not chasing the man to stop him, but so police could track him down.