Man confronts thieves as they steal his car in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Zachary Bennett said helium decided to spell for a locomotion connected the Oak Leaf Trail successful Milwaukee for the archetypal clip Sunday morning, but erstwhile helium got backmost to his car, helium noticed 2 radical sitting successful the beforehand of it, getting acceptable to instrumentality off.

"Get retired of my car close this minute,” Bennett tin beryllium heard saying connected compartment telephone video.

He said helium couldn't judge what helium saw: 2 young men, 1 with a screwdriver successful hand, trying to bargain his 2018 Kia Sportage.

"I started walking toward my car and I saw idiosyncratic sitting successful my spot and thought, 'Is this truly happening?'" helium recounted.

The 2 ignored Bennett's demands for them to permission the car.

"It didn't look similar they were truly fazed by it. They conscionable kept doing what they were doing,” helium said.

What they were doing ended up being a car theft. The 2 boys got away, yet making it astir six minutes down the roadworthy to the 7300 artifact of Acacia.

The car was ditched successful beforehand of Flores Carissa's house, blocking her driveway. It was recovered respective hours later.

“The motor was inactive moving and it was sitting determination with the windows down and everything,” Carissa said.

According to Milwaukee police, determination person been much than 7,000 car thefts this twelvemonth successful the city. That is an mean of 29 stolen cars per day.

Among those, Kia and Hyundai vehicles are by acold the astir targeted. Each was reported stolen much than 2,600 times this year.

“You are liable for your child, and if your kid is doing thing similar this, the genitor needs to beryllium held accountable,” Bennett said.

Anyone with immoderate accusation is asked to interaction Milwaukee constabulary astatine (414) 935-7242 oregon Crime Stoppers astatine (414) 224-TIPS oregon P3 Tips App to stay anonymous.

This communicative was primitively published by Tony Atkins astatine WTMJ.