Aged military veteran dies after being dragged for half a mile in horrific carjacking, California police say

[ad_1] <img class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1f19d27169196e96eac1c54aba058868" id="021cb" src="https://www.conservativereview.com/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWJsYXplLmNvbS9tZWRpYS1saWJyYXJ5L2VsZGVybHktYXJteS12ZXRlcmFuLWRpZXMtYWZ0ZXItYmVpbmctZHJhZ2dlZC1mb3ItaGFsZi1hLW1pbGUtaW4taG9ycmlmaWMtY2FyamFja2luZy1jYWxpZm9ybmlhLXBvbGljZS1zYXkuanBnP2lkPTYwMjEwMjU2JmFtcDt3aWR0aD0xMjQ1JmFtcDtoZWlnaHQ9NzAwJmFtcDtjb29yZGluYXRlcz0wLDEwNCwwLDEwNSIsImV4cGlyZXNfYXQiOjE3NTMwMTI1NDN9.KDAfEmBp0m1u5N7dhfo1p9UXSc8g5No0BkiBXOkd0Bw/image.jpg" /> An aged man who was merely vacuuming his automobile was killed throughout a horrific carjacking incident in Southern California, police say.

78-year-old James Norman was cleansing his Chevy Trailblazer at about 12:30 p.m. at a fuel station on Hidden Valley Parkway in Corona when somebody hopped into the automobile and drove off. He backed up and trapped Norman, who was hanging from the again seat.

'He knew my dad was hanging, however simply panicked and saved going till he fell out of the automotive.'

Norman was dragged for a couple of half mile by the automobile earlier than being ejected onto the road.

Corona police stated they responded to a name a couple of carjacking on the fuel station. They stated they discovered Norman, and he was transported to a hospital however was later declared lifeless.

Police reviewed surveillance video, interviewed a number of folks, and detained one suspect within the case after discovering the automotive deserted. The suspect was recognized as 29-year-old Ryan Hewitt from Corona.

Hewitt was charged for carjacking and homicide and is scheduled for a listening to on Could 14.

Norman's daughter, Nicole Lauritsen, stated that her father was an Military veteran and doubtless did not hear what occurred over the sound of the vacuum and due to his listening to aids.

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"He was too previous and frail to get out earlier than the door slammed on him," she stated. "He knew my dad was hanging, however simply panicked and saved going till he fell out of the automotive."