Catalytic converter theft suspect run over and killed in Southern California

 

 

A man trying to steal a catalytic converter was killed when he was run over by the woman whose vehicle he was trying to steal from, according to authorities.

Officials said the woman was asleep inside her Ford Excursion when a car with four people inside pulled up next to it. That's when one of the grand theft suspects got out of the car and began sawing the catalytic converter off the Excursion, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said.

The woman inside the Excursion was woken up by the noise, and that's when she turned on her car, put it in reverse, and "felt a bump like she ran something over," authorities said. The woman immediately stopped the car after running the alleged thief over and called 911. He was taken to a local hospital where he died.