US Man Tracks Stolen Truck With Apple AirTag, Shoots Alleged Thief
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Using a hidden AirTag inside the truck, the family was able to trace the car and eventually find it in the parking lot of a nearby shopping centre.
The development of technology has made life easier, but a recent instance in the United States has shown that technology may even assist the common man in tracking down dreaded criminals.
According to a report by CBS News, a man suspected of stealing a truck from a residential neighbourhood in San Antonio, Texas, was shot and killed by one of the truck's owners, who had tracked the vehicle using an Apple AirTag.
San Antonio Police Department spokesperson Nick Soliz told reporters in a briefing that the vehicle was stolen at about 1 p.m. local time from outside a home on the city's Northside. Three members of the family that own the truck used an AirTag to track the vehicle to the parking lot of a strip mall in San Antonio's Southside neighbourhood.
"It looks like they tried to confront the suspect, who they saw in their vehicle," Mr Soliz said.
