Suspected burglar arrested after he shoots himself in the foot

excerpt:"Kelly Roan, 28, and his girlfriend might have gotten away with multiple burglaries, police say, if he hadn't shot himself in the foot. Literally.

At 9:45 p.m. Sunday, Roan was driving with Casey Dixon, 20, in the 13900 block of North U.S. 183 near the Texas 45 overpass in Northwest Austin when Dixon, who is eight months pregnant, handed him a 9 mm handgun, according to an arrest affidavit. He accidentally shot himself in the right foot and lost control of the car, crashing it into a retaining wall, the affidavit said.

An Austin firefighter who was driving by the wreck stopped to help the couple and heard Roan tell Dixon to "get rid of the other stuff," the firefighter told police. Dixon threw the handgun and several other items, including two driver's licenses and a high school identification card, off the edge of the elevated highway, the affidavit said.