Yesterday was a normal ZRX guy night out for steaks / beer hosted by JM1 . When Txcanuck , and I arrived we were informed of the burglary of JM1's home .
JM1 saw the perp , and even gave chase . Bad guy got away with Laptop , Springfield custom 1911 .45 acp , and a I Pad .
The I pad was used to track the bad guy . Texas City Police were not much help in the beginning . So all evening JM1 was watching the GPS . Jody said the I pad was coming down the street now ! So I go out to look , and here comes the bad guy walking down the street 50 yards from the home .
I walked out of the garage to the light . There he is , and he stops when he sees me . Its on foot chase through the streets in the dark / night . I lose him as he rounded a corner . Bad guy was fast , and I'm not a long distance sprinter anymore . However I think I know were he ducked into for hiding . I wait a bit , and here comes Eddie Lane
on his ZRX . I jump on tell to make the block , and be ready for me to jump off if hes going slow enough .
We get back to JM1's place ( now 5 to 7 minutes have passed ) to find out the I pad still shows less than 300 feet from home . I said I know where he is .
Eddie , Paul , h2o , and I set off . JM1 gives me a nice bright Streamlight . Eddie gos to the dead end were pad is close to . I came in from behind on the other street between to homes were I lost him before . I make it nearly to eddie , and no bad guy ? F*&( is what I'm thinking .
Then out of the bushes jumps bad guy holiding a AK 47 on me saying he will blow my head off . I keep him blinded with the light , eddie turn on his high beam off the rex as well . ( I did not know were Paul or Dennis was at this time ) Bad guy says to take light off him , I wont it makes me a harder target in wide open area infront of these two homes with no tree to hide behind .
I thought fast / noticed the AK looked broken @ the barrel . So I thought air soft or paint ball FAKE AK . I looked behind him , and yelled PAUL SHOOT HIM ! ( Paul was not there I knew this ) It was my bluff to close distance ( approx 12' ) to grab the barrel of the AK .
Bad guy looked behind him , gun barrel raised up now , and I sprinted for the guy . However I didn't close enough distance .
When he realized I was coming for him he took off running with the AK . I was hot on his ass , eddie bolted on the ZRX to the next block to try and catch him as well .
Chase lasted over 1/4 mile through yards , over fences , through bushes . I gave up at the last big back yard due to when he went over the fence , and I did as well I lost him in the JUNGLE of a huge back yard . So not wanting to be jumped , and alone I came out .
Police arrived and we all did some back tracking . Found he was running in Nike sandals he lost in first yard , recovered back pack with computers / gun belonging to JM1 , Police , and I retraced my chase to find the AK 47 .
The AK 47 was REAL , and loaded . Stolen a week earlier from another homeowner . Paul was actually behind me / to my right by 40 yards , and had a 9mm on him ready .
Police dog was brought out , but after 2 hours no bad guy . Do have lots of prints though I knew he was armed most likely with the 1911 , but counted on he wouldn't know how to use it . It was going to be a hell of a fight had I caught him .
Last thing ever expected was AK 47 . Were all lucky to be alive today . Police let me snap a few pics of the AK on my phone . Ill try to get them up later today.
After further review of my pictures of the AK , and watching /learning how a AK works the SAFETY was off or in the down position .
I e mailed these pictures to a friend as I can not down load them correctly off my phone .
A few other tid bits to add . Eddie shut off his motor a few streets over to try , and hear where we were located . He said it sounded like gorillas
in the mist . With all the running through trees/shrubs , and over fences .
