Man Rescues Family During Attempted Carjacking
Published: June 10, 2005
A man broke out a window on his van at a gas station after another man jumped inside with his wife and two daughters, police said.
The Chattanooga’s Police Department’s Burglary and Robbery Division is investigating the attempted carjacking that occurred around 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Conoco gas station at 5900 Shallowford Road.
Kenneth Leon told robbery detectives that a black male got into his 1999 Astro van with his wife and two daughters while he was parked at the gas pumps.
Mr. Leon said the store clerk informed him that a man was attempting to steal his van while he was inside the store.
Mr. Leon ran out of the store, broke out the driver’s side window, grabbed the steering wheel, and began to fight with the suspect.
He said another man came to his aid, helping him pull the suspect from the van and take him to the ground.
The suspect got up and fled on foot towards the rear of the store.
The store clerk told police the man had grabbed two 20 packs of Budweiser beer and walked out of the store without paying prior to attempting to carjack the Astro van.
The victim told police he would take himself to the hospital to get stitches for his hand that he cut when he broke out of the van’s driver’s side window.
The suspect’s description is a black male, 6 feet tall, with a nappy afro, green/white stripped polo shirt, baggy jean shorts, mustache and goatee, dark complexion, white/green tennis shoes with no shoe laces, 27 to 30 years of age and very rough looking.
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