KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bystanders helped foil a carjacking in a parking lot outside a Hen House grocery store Thursday afternoon.KMBC's Jere Gish reported that a 44-year-old woman from Overland Park, who is a cigar representative, was getting ready to go into The Outlaw Cigar Company, which is a cigar shop next to the Hen House on Northwest 64th Street near Interstate 29.A man approached the woman next to her car and started beating her in the face, police said.The woman fought back, and several people in the parking lot heard her yell for help and rushed to her aid. Several people in the cigar shop also came to the woman's aid."Some lady came in the store, screaming that a woman was being assaulted out in the parking lot and call 911," said Kendall Culbertson, owner of The Outlaw Cigar Company. "He didn't say a word, he just started beating her, and I saw her she had a bloody lip and some of her teeth were loose."The carjacker grabbed the woman's keys, jumped in the car and tried to escape, but he slammed into a curb. Several guys held the man down until police arrived."Great citizens. They were some big boys -- they knew what they were doing. They did a great job," Culbertson said. "These guys had this gentlemen well-restrained to where he couldn't do anything. In fact, he was screaming in pain."An 18-year-old man was taken into custody.The woman was treated for facial injuries. She is expected to be OK.Witness said the 18-year-old was seen walking around the parking lot for at least an hour before the attack."He didn't appear to be a shopper. A shopper parks his car and goes into the store. He just seemed to be wandering around a little bit," witness Ron Humbird said.
Note to car jackers, if you want to jack a car, dont do it near a cigar shop, especially to one of our own kind.
Note to car jackers, if you want to jack a car, dont do it near a cigar shop, especially to one of our own kind.
. Nice work guys. It is good to know that there are good people in the world, and those people smoke cigars.
