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Woman shoots carjack suspect in N.O.
Incident revives shelter dispute
Friday October 24, 2003
By Tara Young
Staff writer
A Boutte woman shot a man twice in the chest after he allegedly tried to force her to give up her Jeep Cherokee on Thursday afternoon in the Warehouse District, the New Orleans Police Department said.
Thorlief Thorbjornsen, 42, who is homeless, was listed in serious but stable condition Thursday at Charity Hospital.
The 32-year-old woman told police she had left work and was getting into her vehicle at a U-Park lot in the 800 block of Camp Street about 5 p.m. when Thorbjornsen approached her, indicated he had a handgun and demanded she get out of her car.
Instead of complying, the woman reached into the center console of her Jeep and pulled out a 9 mm pistol. She shot Thorbjornsen twice in the torso, said Capt. Marlon Defillo, NOPD spokesman.
Thorbjornsen collapsed behind the woman's SUV, Defillo said. He did not have a weapon.
Defillo said police will not book the woman but as a formality will turn the case over to the Orleans Parish district attorney's office for review.
When Thorbjornsen is released from the hospital, he will be arrested and booked with attempted carjacking, Defillo said.
» More From The Times-Picayune
Metro News
Woman shoots carjack suspect in N.O.
Incident revives shelter dispute
Friday October 24, 2003
By Tara Young
Staff writer
A Boutte woman shot a man twice in the chest after he allegedly tried to force her to give up her Jeep Cherokee on Thursday afternoon in the Warehouse District, the New Orleans Police Department said.
Thorlief Thorbjornsen, 42, who is homeless, was listed in serious but stable condition Thursday at Charity Hospital.
The 32-year-old woman told police she had left work and was getting into her vehicle at a U-Park lot in the 800 block of Camp Street about 5 p.m. when Thorbjornsen approached her, indicated he had a handgun and demanded she get out of her car.
Instead of complying, the woman reached into the center console of her Jeep and pulled out a 9 mm pistol. She shot Thorbjornsen twice in the torso, said Capt. Marlon Defillo, NOPD spokesman.
Thorbjornsen collapsed behind the woman's SUV, Defillo said. He did not have a weapon.
Defillo said police will not book the woman but as a formality will turn the case over to the Orleans Parish district attorney's office for review.
When Thorbjornsen is released from the hospital, he will be arrested and booked with attempted carjacking, Defillo said.
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