Gayle Benson, the proprietor of the New Orleans Pelicans and the NFL’s Saints, received a scare not too long ago when she was sitting within the again seat of her automotive and a person rushed in and tried to steal the automobile.

The New Orleans Instances-Picayune had the main points.

The person deserted his plan when Benson screamed for him to get out. Investigators at the moment are trying to find a suspect, the Saints and New Orleans police stated…

In line with police, somebody parked a white Nissan Titan immediately subsequent to Benson’s automotive within the 6200 block of South Claiborne Avenue about 2:15 p.m. final Saturday, Oct. 10. A person emerged from the Titan and received into Benson’s automotive, police stated…

“Whereas she was very shaken on the time, she was unhurt and is doing wonderful,” Bensel stated in an announcement Friday. “She wished to ship her honest gratitude to the women and men of the New Orleans Police Division that responded so rapidly and professionally.”

In the beginning, it’s simply excellent news Benson was not damage within the incident.

No arrests have but been made. As famous within the story, crime is down this 12 months in New Orleans, together with carjackings (down 18%) and auto theft (down 76%). Benson was within the fallacious place on the fallacious time, however was lucky it didn’t prove worse.

Man tried to steal Pelican’s proprietor’s automotive whereas she was nonetheless in it initially appeared on NBCSports.com