DETROIT (AP) \u2014 A suburban Detroit woman licensed to carry a concealed weapon was charged after authorities say she shot and flattened an SUV\u2019s tire to stop two suspected shoplifters fleeing a Home Depot parking lot.<\/p>\n
Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez, 46, of Clarkston, was arraigned Tuesday for reckless discharge of a weapon.<\/p>\n
The shooting occurred Oct. 6 in Auburn Hills, northwest of Detroit. A Home Depot employee was trying to stop a 52-year-old man who was pushing a cart of merchandise that hadn\u2019t been paid for from the store. The man got into a SUV driven by another man, who began to pull out of the lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe female customer … fired shots at the suspect vehicle as it fled, flattening a tire on the vehicle,\u201d police said Tuesday in a release.<\/p>\n
The suspected shoplifters got away. Two people were arrested a few days later and have been charged with retail fraud.<\/p>\n
Authorities have said the woman who fired the shot wasn\u2019t being threatened by the shoplifters.<\/p>\n
The attempt to stop the SUV was \u201cmisguided,\u201d Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this is proven, I find it very disturbing that someone would take out their gun in a busy parking lot and shoot at the tires of a passing car,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce fired, the bullet could have easily ricocheted or fragmented and injured or killed someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would have been much more helpful for her to take out her cellphone and shoot pictures of the shoplifter\u2019s license plate,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n
Duva-Rodriguez\u2019s attorney, Steve Schwartz, said she has a concealed pistol license and was just trying to do the right thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Duva-Rodriguez is somebody who is always willing and actually wanting to help others,\u201d Schwartz told The Associated Press on Tuesday. \u201cUnfortunately, in an attempt to be a good Samaritan as these events unfolded … she is facing this 90-day misdemeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The charge also carries a possible fine upon conviction.<\/p>\n
Auburn Hills police Lt. Jill McDonnell said Tuesday that Duva-Rodriguez works in landscaping.<\/p>\n
She was released on a $5,000 personal bond. Her next court hearing is Oct. 26.<\/p>\n
The Home Depot shooting was one of several incidents in recent weeks in which citizens shot at lawbreakers or potential lawbreakers.<\/p>\n
On Sept. 21, a bank customer in Warren, north of Detroit, shot and wounded a suspected robber fleeing the bank with cash. A northern Michigan woman was charged after two people were shot at Sept. 15 while picking apples from branches extending over a fence from private property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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