A nine-year-old boy in Kokomo, Indiana, pointed a pellet gun at a suspect’s head and stopped an alleged carjacking the day after Christmas.
According to WTHR, Kevin Cooksey pulled up to the One Stop Express and went inside, but he left his son, Larry Larimore, in the truck with the vehicle running. Looking at the truck from inside the store, Cooksey noticed that his door had been opened and became nervous. He said, “When I saw my truck door open, I was like, ‘oh my God, what am I going to tell my wife?’”
It turns out that a man allegedly attempting to steal the vehicle opened Cooksey’s door, but the theft was stopped when young Larimore pulled his BB gun and pointed it at the suspect’s head:
A 9 year old from Kokomo used a pellet gun to scare a man who tried to steal his dad's truck. Then the suspect tried to steal another car and they chased him down. Suspect in custody, everyone got their cars and no one was hurt. https://t.co/aTIvbId6Lq @WTHRcom
— Anna Carrera (@AnnaCarrera317) December 26, 2017
The suspect then moved to a black TrailBlazer, which was also running, jumped inside, and drove off. Cooksey exited the store, told the TrailBlazer owner to jump into his truck, and they gave chase.
They reached speeds of 70 miles an hour as they chased the alleged thief, who eventually wrecked the TrailBlazer.
Young Larimore described the erratic movements of the TrailBlazer, saying, “It was doing donuts, zig zags, almost flipped.”
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A good guy with a gun
the intent of this kid floors me,, please raise more patriots .. this Republic is in dire need
quick thinking, little guy
Thank God the police weren’t around, or that kid would have gotten about 40 bullet holes in him while the crook fled.
Or arrested for shaming them into doing their jobs , like the guy that went after the pedophiles
That’s called thinking on your feet’s good job young man
Working on clearing something up. Headline says,
“9 Year-Old Points Pellet Gun…”
Then in the article it states:
“…the theft was stopped when young Larimore pulled his BB gun…”
Then it switches back to:
“A 9 year old from Kokomo used a pellet gun to scare a man who tried to steal his dad’s truck.”
So which is it? Pellet or BB? Are they interchangeable? It’s no secret that I have not yet completed Firearms 101, but I did think there was a difference ‘tween the two. A search gave me this:
http://bestairriflereview.net/difference-between-a-bb-and-a-pellet/
…but I still don’t know which one the kid held.
In either case, good for him! Next gen vigilante.
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The .177 pellet gun usually will shoot BBs too, and are referred to as BB/pellet rifles, or pistols.
I’m actually wondering if the “gun” he used was toy , and not either a pellet or BB gun
Maybe the news is at their old sensationalism tricks as usual
Thanks, Henry. Always more to learn.
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