A felon who had spent time behind bars for kidnapping and other crimes tried to abduct a Florida woman who was walking her dog in the area of 18th Place East in Bradenton on New Year’s Day, WFLA-TV reported, citing the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman managed to run away from the suspect’s car and made it to her home — and then warned her husband about what happened, the station said.
‘Chalk one up for the good guys!’
Detectives said the husband went outside and confronted the suspect, who behaved “in a threatening manner” toward the couple, WFLA reported.
But when the suspect began approaching, the husband shot the suspect once in the driveway, the station said.
The sheriff’s office told WFLA the entire incident occurred in a
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