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Man killed trying to stop theft, police say
By Patrick M. O'Connell
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
04/15/2007
ST. LOUIS — A 36-year-old St. Louis man was killed early Saturday morning as he tried to prevent a thief from stealing his car, police and his wife said.
Darrell Boothe, a father of three teens, was shot once about 5 a.m. outside his home in the 1900 block of Utah Street, said his wife, Marie. Darrell Boothe heard the car horn on his Cadillac DeVille sedan, grabbed a pair of sweat pants and ran outside, Marie Boothe said.
"I heard my husband say, 'Stop, that's my car!' Boothe said. "And then I heard, 'pow.' Then I heard him say, 'I've been shot, I've been shot.'"
After the shooting, Darrell Boothe stumbled onto the stoop of his home. Police and paramedics were quickly on the scene, but Boothe died before he could be taken to a hospital, Marie Boothe said.
Police did not release any information about suspects Saturday afternoon. Marie Boothe said the family has not had any problems with car vandalism or theft and her block generally is quiet. She did not see anyone outside after her husband was shot.
"He was a hard-working man, and he loved his family," Boothe said. "He always had a smile on his face, and he would help anybody."
Darrell Boothe was a truck driver who played and watched football, she said.
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