South Carolina teens riddle a police car with bullets during a brazen stolen car chase
Okay, teenagers make bad decisions. It’s part of the formula. However, some decisions are so bad, that young teens can end up looking at attempted murder charges. That tends to happen after criminals attempt to lose the cops in a stolen car, carry out a dangerous car chase, and then shoot at police cars.
South Carolina teens fired bullets at police officers while attempting to lose the cops in a car chase
Two 15-year-olds are in hot water after shooting at police officers, evading arrest in a car chase, and stealing a car. A Richland County Sheriff’s Office (RSCO) K9 officer noticed a stolen car at around 2:30 a.m. However, when the police officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop, the boys wouldn’t relent.
Instead, they kept driving, starting a car chase. Worse yet, the South Carolina teens “shot multiple times” at the pursuing police officer. As the chase went on, law enforcement considered alternative tactics. A police corporal deployed “stop sticks,” a portable tire deflation device (TDD). The stop sticks puncture tires, leading to rapid tire deflation and a speedy end to a car chase. As expected, the teens lost control of the stolen car and crashed it.
The teens then abandoned the stolen car and fled on foot. The cops sent one of the K9 police dogs after the teens. According to QC News, a K9 bit one of the teens after failing to “comply with the dog.” The youths, both of whom were on probation at the time, received attempted murder charges. In addition to the attempted murder charge, the boys are looking at weapons possession charges, burglary, and charges related to the car chase.
After the arrest, police confiscated the weapons. One firearm was a brace-less pistol with a drum magazine. The other was a pistol-caliber folding weapon. The RSCO classified both weapons as “high-capacity.” Typically, a “high-capacity” magazine is any detachable ammunition source with greater than 10 rounds. However, some definitions stick to “anything higher than the normal amount of ammunition.” Either way, the drum-fed pistol hits the mark.
