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True Crimecast

Rampage - Shawn Timothy Nelson

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

On May 17, 1995, a quiet evening in San Diego turned into a scene out of a war movie. Shawn Timothy Nelson, a struggling Army veteran and plumber, breached a National Guard armory, hot-wired an M60A3 tank, and began a 25-minute path of destruction through suburban streets.

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0:00.0

Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.

0:05.0

Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?

0:16.0

Man, I'm hungry for another car theft, but I've been really thinking about GTA 6. I think it's almost here,

0:23.2

and I want to steal a tank. Pull up to the second window, and we'll see you next crime.

0:31.7

Welcome to True Crime to Go. I am John here with Jamie. GTA 6 is never coming out. Never, ever, ever. They spent more money on that than, I don't know, they probably could have put humans on the moon for the very first time. You know, both of those things are never happening. I feel like you, like, I'm glad you've come down off of gory murders on true crime to go, but we've really hit a theme. Yeah, sorry. stealing things that roll. I know, man. You know, we did the case last week for my great Aunt Pat. Love her. Shout out, Aunt Pat. She got my wheels turning, man, about just some obscure vehicles that have been stolen. Was that a pun intended? What's that? You got your wheels turning. Oh, yeah. That was definitely intended.

1:11.8

You didn't.

1:12.4

But I remember vividly watching like, I don't know, some kind of cops TV.

1:18.8

It wasn't cops, but it was like this world's craziest criminals or world's dumbest criminals.

1:23.9

There was a guy strolling down the street in a stolen tank.

1:27.6

Do you remember seeing this TV footage?

1:29.5

I do.

1:30.8

Unbelievable.

1:31.6

It was awesome.

1:33.7

And it did not end well.

1:35.8

So, Jamie, why don't you get the ball rolling?

1:37.8

He was not cruising down the street in my six foe.

1:40.7

It was the story of 1995 in San Diego when this happened.

1:45.8

This was after the, uh, the Bronco footage, right? Yeah, this was just a year to

1:51.1

OJ. So I mean, how do you top the Bronco footage? You get a tank. May 17th,

1:57.8

1995, around 645 in the evening.

2:01.6

I imagine it was just a beautiful evening there in San Diego.

2:04.7

It always is in San Diego.

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