Police: Repo Man Pistol Whipped
Mesa police make an arrest after a repo man is pistol whipped Friday.The car repossession man was conked on the head with the butt of the pistol. The force caused the weapon to discharge in a shopping center parking lot.Mesa police spokesman Sgt. Ed Wessing said the repossession man was taking a car in the parking lot of a restaurant when the owner approached him.Wessing said they had words and the car owner pulled out a handgun and hit the other man on the head with the gun butt.The car owner then got into his car and drove off, police said.Officers arrested him later at Holmes Avenue and Country Club Drive.Wessing said the repossession man received a cut to the head.
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