Miami Gardens man chases down repo man’s tow truck and shoots at him, police say
A Miami Gardens man wasn’t ready to let go of his black Ford F-150 as it was repossessed from his home on Monday. He was so enraged he chased down the tow-truck driver, shot at him and hunted him down again, police say.
Lawrence Hilbert Morant, 39, is facing charges of armed criminal mischief, aggravated assault with a firearm and shooting into vehicles. As of Thursday, he had bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Around 6 p.m. Monday, the tow-truck driver hooked up Morant’s pick-up truck in his driveway, an arrest report read. As the driver was leaving, Morant ran outside and tried to stop him but failed.
Moments later, Morant “aggressively pursued,” running after the tow truck, yelling curse words and threatening the driver, Miami Gardens police said.
The driver thought he was a safe distance away from Morant so he got out of his truck to secure the F-150 again. However, Morant tracked him down and “aggressively confronted him.”
Wanting no part of Morant’s anger, the driver drove off again but Morant pulled out a handgun and shot at the tow truck — hitting it several times, the report read.
The driver was uninjured and drove to a nearby Exxon gas station to call police. Hot on his trail, Morant found him there.
The gas station was about five miles from Morant’s home, it’s unclear if he ran all the way there.
Officers swarmed the gas station before Morant could do anything else to the driver or his tow truck.
Authorities wrote that Morant admitted to them that he “intentionally fired his handgun at the tow truck while the [driver] was inside.”
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