Philadelphia Lyft driver with license to carry shoots brazen armed suspects during carjacking, “you
John Lott - Crime Prevention Research Center | Published on 1/18/2022
. . . .Police say the 38-year-old Lyft driver was rear-ended by another vehicle twice. As he got out of his car, police say one of the suspects – who was armed with a shotgun – got in the victim’s 2011 Infiniti. But as he drove off, the Lyft driver – who police say has a valid permit to carry – fired his gun at the carjacker. The second suspect tried to hit the Lyft driver with his vehicle, and the Lyft driver fired again.
The carjacker was located in the carjacking victim’s vehicle in the 4200 block of Parkside Avenue suffering a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to the hospital and was last reported to be in critical condition. The second suspect was located in the 4300 block of Lancaster Avenue in a Honda Accord with a gunshot wound to his right side. . . .
“Lyft driver shot 2 suspects during carjacking in Parkside, Philly police say,” WPVI-TV, Philadelphia Channel 6 ABC, January 4 2021.