The Star 15/7/13
IPOH: The Hilux gang struck in Kampar near here, shooting and injuring a shopkeeper and his son but failed to get away with his Toyota Hilux vehicle.
The gang of three, however, succeeded in driving off with another Hilux vehicle 30 minutes later by bundling the owner out of the car and driving off in it.
Police managed to arrest one of the gang members at a road block later.
The 51-year-old shopkeeper and his son, 13, were shot in the stomach and thigh respectively after the suspects rushed into his house in Taman Sejahtera at about 8.30pm on Sunday.
Perak deputy police chief Datuk A. Paramasivam said the victim, his wife and two sons were in the living room when the three men in ski-masks and armed with machetes and a pistol entered their house.
The victim's Toyota Hilux four-wheel drive was believed to be their main target. The group took mobile phones, identity cards, bank and cheque books from the house and was about to leave in the victim's Hilux.
"As one of the suspects was starting the engine when the victim launched an attack with a machete. But another suspect opened fire hitting the victim in the stomach and his son in the thigh," Paramasivam said.
The suspects left without the Hilux and escaped in their own getaway car, a dark-colored Proton Perdana.
Barely 30 minutes later, they robbed another Hilux owner of his vehicle, mobile phones, gold chain, pendant and RM6,000 in cash.
"They pulled the man, 31, from the Hilux and sped off in it while one of the suspects followed in the Perdana," Paramasivam said. The victim was unharmed.
Two hours later, however, the suspect driving the Perdana car was captured at a police road block at Jalan Ayer Kuning, Tapah. Documents and valuables belonging to the first victim were found in the car which was reported stolen at Bukit Puchong recently.
Paramasivam said the 33-year-old suspect from Taman Orkid, Teluk Intan was warded at a hospital with leg and head injuries. He has prior criminal records.
The group is believed to be involved in 10 cases of Hilux four-wheel drive thefts.
"We have identified the other two suspects still at large, they're from Perak. We urge anyone with related information to contact the police station," Paramasivam said.
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