By Mark Value
The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.)
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — Truckers have a repute for being powerful, and a fleeing homicide suspect realized it the arduous method when he obtained shot whereas making an attempt to carjack an 18-wheeler, in keeping with investigators in coastal Alabama .
It occurred Sunday, Could 18, in Baldwin County, and the suspect took a bullet to the leg, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a Could 20 information launch.
Mike Thomas was captured the subsequent morning on foot, with the assistance of monitoring canine, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
“The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Workplace assisted in a car pursuit that started in Conecuh County, Alabama , with a wished homicide suspect out of Georgia who had already fired pictures at pursuing officers,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
“Deputies have been capable of spike the car’s tires, bringing the chase to an finish. The suspect then ran from the car and tried to car-jack an 18 wheeler, placing the motive force a number of occasions within the head and face with a pistol. A passenger within the 18 wheeler fired a number of pictures on the suspect, who then jumped off the truck and bumped into the woods.”
A SWAT staff was activated, tracker canine have been summoned and an air unit from the Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company was referred to as to assist search the woods, officers mentioned.
Thomas was captured about six hours later, round 5:45 a.m. Monday , with “a gunshot wound to his leg, presumed to have occurred in the course of the tried car-jacking,” officers. Particulars of any prices weren’t launched.
The car pursuit started when the Evergreen Police Division tried to cease Thomas and he fled alongside Interstate 65 , WKRG reviews.
Thomas, 28, is from Stockbridge, Georgia, and is needed in reference to a murder reported in East Level, Georgia , in keeping with WXIA.
Baldwin County is simply east of Cellular, on the state’s Gulf Coast.
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