Tow truck driver thankful to be alive after being shot while towing vehicle reported stolen in Garland GARLAND, Texas - A tow truck driver is grateful to be alive after he was shot while towing a vehicle that Garland police said was reported stolen. "Until it’s that time and you’re put in that situation, you don’t know what you’re going to do," Donald Patrick said. The shooter, identified by police as Carl Lee Robinson, chased Patrick in his vehicle for miles. "I think it was about a 30-minute deal," he recalled. "Thirty minutes, behind me." All because Patrick, a tow truck driver of 20 years, was towing a vehicle Garland police said was stolen.