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WEBVTT A WAUWATOSA WOMAN IS SHARINGTHIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO TONIGHT.JOYTOYA: AS 12 NEWS TERRY SATERREPORTS IN TONIGHT'S BIG STORY,SHE WANTS TO WARN OTHERS IT CANHAPPEN TO ANYONE IN AN INSTANT.>> MELISSA SMITH SAYS WHENTHIEVES TRIED TO STEAL HER CARAT THE B.P. GAS STATION NEARMILWAUKEE'S THIRD WARD TUESD, SHE FOUGHT BACK, JUMPING ONTHE HOOD.>> I HAD THE THOUGHT IN MY HEAD.DO I GO AFTER MY PURSE OR DO ISTOP MY CAR?AND THE PRICETAG OF MY CARFLASH TO MY HEAD.>> AT FIRST SHE DIDN'T SEE THECADILLAC PULL UP AND THE CARTHIEF CROUCH DOWN AND GET BEHINDTHE WHEEL OF HER CAR. I SAW HIM GET INTO MY CAR,SOMEONE WAS IN MY CAR.AND MY, 'OH. HELL THIS ISN'THAPPENING TO ME TODAY' MOMENT.TERRY DID HE LOOK AT YOU?MELISSA HE LOOKED AT ME AND HELAUGHED AT ME WHICH REALLYIRRITATED ME.>> THIEF BEHIND THE WHEEL,MELISSA ON THE HOOD, YOU SEE THETHIEF SLAM ON THE BRAKES TWICE.MELISSA WASN'T BUDGING.HE WAS LAUGHING WHILE I WASON MY CAR AND HE WAS TRYING TOTHROW ME OFF.SO ZERO REMORSE.>> SHE ADMITS SHE DIDN'T THINKABOUT THE DANGER OF JUMPING ONTHE HOOD UNTIL AFTERWARDS.THE THIEF EVENTUALLY GAVE UP,JUMPED OUT, AND TOOK OFF.>> WHICH ISN'T THE SMARTEST ANDSAFEST THING.BUT IT WAS MY, I WENT WITH MYINSTINCT.YEAH.>> THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED.MELISSA IS A SALESWOMAN AND SAYSHER SUBARU SUV IS HER OFFICE SOSHE DIDNT' WANT TO LOSE IT.THE THIEF DID GET HER PURSE,IPHONE, AND WALLETCOMING UP ON 12 NEWS AT 6:00,YOU WILL HEAR WHAT MELISSA SAYS

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A Wauwatosa woman went from pumping gas one minute to fighting off car thieves the next. Melissa Smith said when thieves tried to steal her car at the BP gas station near Milwaukee's Third Ward on Tuesday, she fought back and jumped on the hood. "I had the thought in my head. 'Do I go after my purse or do I stop my car?' And the price tag of my car flashed through my head," Smith said. At first she didn't see the Cadillac pull up and the car thief crouch down and get behind the wheel of her car. "(I) didn't see him til I saw him get into my car. Someone was in my car. And my, 'Oh, hell this isn't happening to me today' moment," she said. "Did he look at you?" WISN 12 News reporter Terry Sater asked. "He looked at me, and he laughed at me, which really irritated me," Smith said. With the thief behind the wheel and Smith on the hood, you can see in the video that the thief slams on the brakes twice. Smith wasn't budging. "He was laughing while I was on my car, and he was trying to throw me off, so zero remorse," she said. She admitted she didn't think about the danger of jumping on the hood until afterwards. The thief eventually gave up, jumped out of her car and took off. "Which isn't the smartest and safest thing. But it was my, I went with my instinct. Yeah," Smith said.