{"id":83353,"date":"2026-06-05T09:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83353"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:21:56","slug":"detroit-priest-takes-down-hit-and-run-suspect-unfortunately-i-had-to-punch-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/detroit-priest-takes-down-hit-and-run-suspect-unfortunately-i-had-to-punch-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Priest Takes Down Hit-And-Run Suspect: \u2018Unfortunately\u2019 I Had To Punch Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>The New York Post (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-35234-PM.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A man in a clerical collar speaks into a Fox Local microphone.\" width=\"351\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A French American priest became an overnight hero Tuesday for apprehending the suspect in an attempted hit-and-run near St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>It was a normal day for Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins when he heard a loud crash and screeching tires while walking in the shrine\u2019s parking lot. A driver, believed to be in a stolen vehicle, plowed into another car as police tried to initiate a traffic stop nearby,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/detroit-priest-becomes-crime-fighting-good-samaritan-tackles-car-thief-suspect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox2 Detroit<\/a> reported.\u00a0As the suspect sprinted away from the scene, somebody cried out, \u201cStop him!\u201d and Commins sprang into action, tackling the man and holding him down while wearing full clerical garb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The New York Post (caution: tabloid): A French American priest became an overnight hero Tuesday for apprehending the suspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83354,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83353\/revisions\/83354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}