Minnesota carjacking dad takes thief’s car and saves his kids

THE UNEXPECTED

The unimaginable has happened to this Burnsville family. Deanah and Derek Gotchie, and their four children were all in their vehicle when dropping off items at a friend’s on Russell Avenue North in Burnsville around 8.30pm last night.

A FATHER IN ACTION

When Deanah got out to drop off the items, Derek got out of the vehicle to close the back door.

Almost immediately, a carjacker jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off with the vehicle and the couple’s four young children inside, all under the age of 5.

A SCENE FROM A MOVIE

Not knowing what to do, Derek saw the carjacker’s vehicle (which was ALSO a stolen vehicle and still running), and jumped inside to chase his family. Derek caught up with the suspect a few blocks down the road, when the suspect pulled over to let a car pass, Derek was able to catch up to the vehicle and reversed it at slow speed to pin the vehicle. in an alley against a fence.

Stunned, the carjacker got out of the vehicle and fled, but Derek saved his children. The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating the incident as no arrests have yet been made.

The children are all fine, but as you can imagine they are suffering from trauma and have expenses to cover with damage to the vehicle.

Veronica Erickson of St. Paul hosts a GoFundMe page to help the family with the expenses. According to the GoFundMe page, they are a caring family who would do the same if someone needed help.

you can click HERE if you would like to donate.

To hear the full story, click on the video below.

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