A pizza delivery driver packing a gun turned the tables on a would-be carjacker, shooting and critically injuring the suspect.
As 6ABC in Philly reports, shooting happened at 7:38 p.m. Thursday when the 39-year-old delivery driver was dropping off food on the 3300 block of H Street in the city’s Kensington section.
Police tell 6ABC the driver was approached by a 23-year-old man who pointed a gun at the male victim and demanded he get out of the car. The victim, who police say has a license to carry, grabbed his own gun and shot the suspect six times, seriously injuring the would-be carjacker.
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More details on the carjacker shooting from 6ABC:
At last report, the suspect, who was not named in the report, was in “extremely critical condition” at a Philadelphia hospital.
Two people who were with the suspect are also being questioned by police.
The incident comes as Philadelphia has been rocked by more than 90 carjackings this year alone. In 2021, there were more than 750 incidents, 6ABC.
Now it appears some are ready to fire back, even as Philadelphia police have ramped up patrols in recent weeks.
Anyone with further information about Thursday night’s incident is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.
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