14 year old boy attempts to car-jack off-duty police officer

[psijac]

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A 14-year-old boy attempted to carjack an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer at gunpoint yesterday, but he was foiled when the officer, who was wearing her uniform, got out of her car and chased him down.

Officer Caytlin Wood was sitting in her own car yesterday afternoon, idling on Pearl Street in Bloomfield, when a group of five teenagers caught her attention, police said.

She called for backup, but while she was on the phone, one of the teenagers, the 14-year-old boy, walked toward her car and said something to her. When she started to roll down her window, the teenager pointed a gun at her head and told her to get out of the car.

When Officer Wood opened her car door, the teenager ran away. She ran after him, catching him about one block away and retrieving the gun he had used.

All five teenagers in the group were arrested. Two were 14, one was 15, one was 16 and one was 17.

All of them were charged with robbery of a motor vehicle and criminal conspiracy.

The 14-year-old boy who pointed the gun at Officer Wood was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm, according to police.

Officer Wood had been preparing to leave for her 4 p.m. to midnight shift when she noticed the teenagers.

Police said she was in her uniform at the time, but her city police insignia was obscured by a sweatshirt she was wearing.

[bpet]

Oh my! How could this happen? I've been under the impression that New Jersey had some of the strictest handgun laws in the country.

Oh yeah! I guess they just need a few more for specific cases of minors and carjacking police officers. I guess these instances aren't covered by their existing statutes or this obviously couldn't have happened.

[Oldgringo]

Oh my! How could this happen? I've been under the impression that New Jersey had some of the strictest handgun laws in the country.

Oh yeah! I guess they just need a few more for specific cases of minors and carjacking police officers. I guess these instances aren't covered by their existing statutes or this obviously couldn't have happened.

Pittsburgh is in New Jersey?

[C-dub]

Yup! There's also one in CA, KS, and TX. There's probably one in just about all 50 states.

EDIT: Ummm. Apparently there isn't a Pittsburgh, NJ. However, as I read the story again it only says the LEO is a Pittsburgh Police Officer that was off-duty in Bloomfield on her way to work. Maybe she worked at the University of Pittsburgh about 35 miles away.

[joe817]

C-dub, I'd sure hate to play you in a game of trivial pursuit!

There's not a day I come here that I don't learn something.

[Oldgringo]

C-dub, I'd sure hate to play you in a game of trivial pursuit!

There's not a day I come here that I don't learn something.

For that matter, there is a Pittsburg in Texas and Tennessee. Where did this Pittsburgh carjack attempt take place?

[C-dub]

I jumped to soon. See my edit in previous post.

[C-dub]

Good night! We are talking about Pittsburgh, PA and Bloomfield, a suburb about 3-4 miles outside of Pittsburgh, PA. I'm dizzy now. Sorry.

bpet got us looking in the wrong state and we didn't check it very well. I still can't figure out where he got NJ from from in the first place.

[WildBill]

Good night! We are talking about Pittsburgh, PA and Bloomfield, a suburb about 3-4 miles outside of Pittsburgh, PA. I'm dizzy now. Sorry.

bpet got us looking in the wrong state and we didn't check it very well. I still can't figure out where he got NJ from from in the first place.

That's alright C-dub. Don't feel bad. Wild Bill Arlen, Tx

[KD5NRH]

For that matter, there is a Pittsburg in Texas and Tennessee. Where did this Pittsburgh carjack attempt take place?

And to think there are still some foreigners writing GPS software that can't understand why we need those state names. They just can't fathom that "Franklin, United States" isn't a particularly useful designation.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

WildBill mentioned "Arlen, TX".

That's the town where Hank Hill lives in the comic series "King of the Hill."

Mike Judge, the creator of the show, jokingly has Hank living in Arlen,
which is a takeoff on GARLAND, Texas (Dallas County, right next to the
City of Dallas).

Mike Judge says that in his Garland neighborhood, there was always male
neighbors hanging out in the alley. That's why he always has Hank and his
friends shooting the breeze in the alley.

SIA

[bpet]

Wow! How did I mess that up so bad? I guess during my last trip to Pittsburg, I was wishing I was anyplace else, even New Jersey. Been to both too often and see absolutely no need to go back.

Sorry for the confusion. My bad big time!

[bci21984]

Oh my! How could this happen? I've been under the impression that New Jersey had some of the strictest handgun laws in the country.

Oh yeah! I guess they just need a few more for specific cases of minors and carjacking police officers. I guess these instances aren't covered by their existing statutes or this obviously couldn't have happened.

strict gun laws only restrict law abiding citizens, criminals, by their defintion, dont care about authority or laws.