Near Vigilante Status

I missed an opportunity today to be a real-life vigilante, mostly due to the fact I was entirely too hungover and sleep deprived. Around 10:00, I was leaving 805 15th St. when three dudes came running north across H St. in my direction. The one in front was young, and the two trailers were middle-aged. The fellow in the back was yelling "thief, thief," but since there were two guys running ahead of him I wasn't sure who the thief was. The younger one, the older one, or both. As the two lead runners past me, the last one slowed down and I realized the kid in front was the thief and the other two were store owners chasing him down. The silly teenage thief made the classic mistake of running into an alley, and a minute later the store owner reappeared from the alley with the punk by the collar. Lol. Turns out the kid (who was 17) stole some merchandise from the AT&T store. First of all, if you're 17 shouldn't you be in school on a Friday at 10:00 am? And second, if you're 17 shouldn't you easily be able to outrun a pair of misshapen middle-agers? And third, on principle I would have dropped his ass for them if I had been privy to the situation. Don't care if he was 17. He deserved to have his ass kicked. Instead I guess he might be going to juvy. Poor kid. He will learn in time.