Dog Dodges Bullet to Bag Bounty

A fugitive is in custody and facing new charges after allegedly taking a shot at bounty hunter extraordinaire Duane "Dog" Chapman

By Josh Grossberg Apr 22, 2009 5:03 PMTags
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This dog is used to doing the hunting, not vice versa.

A fugitive is in custody and facing new charges after allegedly taking a shot at bounty hunter extraordinaire Duane "Dog" Chapman and a bail bondsman last night in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Police say that about 7:15 p.m., Hoang Nguyen, a 35-year-old on the lam for attempted murder, fired at least one shot from a handgun at the reality star and his associate, Bobby Brown (unfortunately not the R&B star), as the two were closing in on Nguyen at an apartment complex. He then fled on a motorcycle.

Neither bounty hunter was hurt. And while Chapman's camera team was on scene filming scenes for A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter, a crew member told officers they failed to get the gunfight on tape.

Nguyen remained at large with a pair of warrants out for his arrest until 1 a.m., when Dog tracked him down and collared him without further incident, per the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Aside from rounding up bad guys, Chapman is furthering his reality-TV career as one of the contestants on NBC's upcoming Survivor-style series, I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, which will film in Costa Rica and air this summer.