Wild ride.After engaging in a weekend-long crime spree, a 17-year-old Reno, Nevada, resident got himself shot. The culmination of the unidentified youth's spree happened about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 24, when the young man attempted to steal a newspaper delivery vehicle from Jonathon Hafalla. When Hafalla left the vehicle to fill a newspaper box, the youth got into the running vehicle to drive it away. Hafalla shot at the vehicle and told the youth to stop, but the young man put the vehicle in reverse, driving toward Hafalla. After being shot twice in the arm and once in the stomach, the would-be thief exited the vehicle and, with Hafalla pointing a gun at him, waited for the police. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article in the Reno Gazette-Journal Reno Gazette-Journal is the main daily newspaper for Reno, Nevada. It came into being when the Nevada State Journal and the Reno Evening Gazette were combined. References 1. ^ Gannett Co, Inc.. About Gannett: Reno Gazette-Journal. , the shooting ended a crime spree that had started on the previous Friday just before midnight. On that night, a companion of the youth got into a fight at the Frog Pond Bar, and the youth fired shots in the air and at a vehicle, hitting its windows. He and his companion then fled. Authorities believe that the youth got into more trouble early Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. involved in a gang-related incident. In that incident, two groups, one in a silver SUV and one in a red pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their , sped through the city, shooting at each other. This exchange ended when the red pickup rammed the SUV, which caught fire, and all of the participants fled. "About 4 a.m., the 17-year-old's parents called police and said he dropped off the red pickup in their driveway and it was laden with bullet holes," reported the Gazette-Journal. Thirty minutes later the youth tried to steal Hafalla's vehicle. The young man is expected to be charged with attempted theft and other charges from the shooting incidents. Hafalla has a permit to carry a concealed weapon concealed weapon n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat). and has not been charged with a crime. |
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