Tyler Morell was not out to be a hero. He was just trying to deliver a couple of pizzas.
This from westernjournal.com.
But Sunday afternoon did not turn out as he expected when he arrived at a house in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia.
According to the Delaware County Daily Times, Morrell said:
It was a pretty simple delivery. I think it was two pizzas, a plain and pepperoni.
I rang the doorbell and the lady answers the door, and we both hear sirens.
The woman’s doorbell camera video showed what came next, with police chasing a car.
Morell told WPVI-TV:
A car just came up doing like 75, he beached on the side of this person’s lawn and almost took out a couple of cars.
My head turns and you hear the screech of the car. The next thing you know you see the car on a front lawn. The police were a little behind.
Brookhaven police had been chasing a stolen Kia, according to WPVI. After the crash, a suspect fled the car.
The video showed Morell watching the scene unfold. Pizzas in hand, he turned away from the open door and walked toward the street.
He told the Daily Times:
I made the decision. I have to help in some way, but I was never considering throwing the pizza. I don’t need to get fired.
He told WPVI:
I started walking towards the road, but I couldn’t do anything with my hands because I’m holding the pizza, so I just stuck my leg out.
The suspect tripped and went down, and officers quickly apprehended him.
Brookhaven Police Chief Michael Vice praised Morell for actions that allowed police to make an arrest. A second suspect in the case did not flee and was arrested.
Chief Vice said:
He gave us the help we needed, by tripping him, it gave us the time to catch up with the gentleman.
In this case, this guy ultimately saved the day. And I hear the pizza was saved as well!
Danielle Yeager, who ordered the pizza, called it a “10 out of 10 delivery.”
Morell said he needed to do something.
He told WPVI:
I am so sick of seeing crime go on, especially half a mile down the road. So if they needed a hand or a foot, I was there.
According to the Daily Times, Morell said:
I tried to just trip him, but he went flying. I thought I could help the police out a little bit. I guess I went in and went full punter on.
Final thoughts: The example has been set, Americans. We all need to get involved and go “full punter on.”
