Man Steals Ambulance Near Erlanger
973 views · Published 10 May 2013 · 1:32 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics
Tense moments at Erlanger Hospital Friday afternoon when a man commandeered a Memorial Hospital ambulance parked near the emergency room... and an EMT was in back when the man drove off.It happened just after 2 pm. The driver of the Memorial Hospital ambulance said he dropped a patient off at Erlangers emergency room and then pulled the ambulance out of the way due to the amount of ambulance traffic. While he was in the rear of the vehicle cleaning, someone jumped into the drivers seat and pulled out of the lot into traffic. He yelled for the party to stop but he just accelerated faster. The man was yelling at the man, later identified as John Edward Shanks, 29. He was also attempting to call out on his radio reporting the theft. The EMT said he finally reached thru the rear window into the driver's compartment pulled on the suspect to the point he stopped the ambulance. Shanks jumped from the ambulance and ran towards the Whitehall Building. A short time later the suspect was found in a red Ford Van parked in the Whitehall garage.Shanks was taken into custody by deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriffs Office and charged with Auto Theft over $100,000, Kidnapping, Reckless Endangerment and Burglary of an Auto. A Sheriff's Department spokesperson said they also found Shanks has outstanding warrants in Catoosa County, Georgia and East Ridge.
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