From WMGT 41: Most NASCAR drivers don't come to mind when you think of Las Vegas crimefighters, but then again, most NASCAR drivers aren't 69-year-old Morgan Shepherd.
The veteran of 44 NASCAR seasons was getting out of his rental car in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store Monday evening just minutes away from Las Vegas Motor Speedway just as three men burst from the store's entrance with security forces trailing behind.
Thats when Shepherd, a daily jogger and fitness perfectionist, sprang into action.
"I just got out and took off after them," Shepherd said. "I caught one of them just as they were getting ready to hop a little wall at the end of the parking lot. I yanked him down and got on top of him."
Shepherd said in a matter of seconds a Las Vegas police officer pitched the ageless NASCAR driver a pair of handcuffs and continued pursuit of the other two suspects, along with the store's security force.
"I cuffed him and sat on top of him," Shepherd said. "The police department officers showed up and asked if I could hold him a while longer while they ran down the others. I told them he wasn't going anywhere."
http://www.41nbc.com/sports/1911-69-year-old-nascar-driver-chases-down-thief-in-las-vegas
Apparently, the thug was about 18-19 years old. That has to be embarassing and I am sure, once this information gets out to the jail population, thug will never hear the end of it.
I used to live across the street from this Wal-Mart and this a total ghetto Wal-Mart. They have one of the highest theft rates in the Las Vegas area, so I am not surprised that this incident happened. I'm just happy that Morgan Shepherd is ok after this incident as these thugs could have easily had a gun with them.
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Shame that Morgan didn't have his roller skates on, he would've caught all three.
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