Attempted robber gets beat down in local pizza joint

Mahmoud rushed outside and saw a man driving down the street in his 1993 Honda. "I took off running after him on foot." The business owner says he called 9-1-1 from his cell as he ran after the car thief. He wasn't worried about the car. It was what was in the car that had him frantic.

"I was nervous because I had a lot of documents in the car, papers and a checkbook. I just purchased this place. All my stuff was in the car." He caught up with the suspect who had stopped for a red light at Huron and Madison.

Mahmoud pulled out his gun, ordered the guy to turn off the car and held the suspect until police arrived. "He shut the car off. I said 'Put your hands on the steering wheel'. Then I walked around the car to his window, I opened the door and said 'You move, I'm going to take you out'."

Mahmoud admits he made a mistake by leaving his car running. "I was kind of shaking because I don't want to hurt nobody but people like that shouldn't be on the streets, bottom line."