A 20-year-old guy has been taken into custody for the murder of a woman in a Home Depot parking lot. What makes it even more bizarre is that he used a stolen forklift from a nearby Lowes, which was located half a mile away.
According to reports, the woman was apparently sleeping in her vehicle when the man intentionally crashed the forklift into her car. She tried to escape on foot while being pursued by the deranged man, but tragically, he caught up to her and ran her over.
From Yahoo:
At 12:40 a.m. on July 2, deputies with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Waldorf on reports of a theft, according to a post on Facebook by the department.
Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, of Waldorf, is accused of breaking into the Lowe’s, stealing a forklift and ramming “it through the rear gates,” officials said.
He then made his way to a Home Depot parking lot, about half a mile east of the Lowe’s, deputies said.
Gloristine Pinkney, 73, was asleep in her car when Brown struck the vehicle with the stolen forklift, officials said.
Pinkney got out of the car after the crash and started running away, according to the release.
Deputies say Brown followed her on the forklift and ran her over before fleeing the scene in her car.
Pinkney was found underneath the forklift, officials said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies said the suspect and the victim didn’t know each other.
Brown was arrested on July 2 and charged with murder, assault and theft among other charges, the release said. He was booked into the Charles County Detention Center.
I find it really difficult to believe that these two individuals were complete strangers to each other.
This incident clearly seems like a crime driven by strong emotions.
I mean, seriously, who goes through the trouble of stealing a forklift, driving it half a mile to a Home Depot, specifically targeting this particular person who was sleeping in their car, and then relentlessly pursuing them until they end up dead? It's just mind-boggling.
