Two carjackers were hospitalized Monday in Philadelphia after their intended victim, a Lyft driver, proved to be a concealed carry permit holder armed with a handgun.
FOX 29 reports that the Lyft driver was in West Philadelphia with a passenger in his car when he was rear-ended. The Lyft driver exited his vehicle after the collision, only to have two alleged carjackers ready to steal his car.
One of the carjackers was reportedly armed with a rifle.
As a carjacker slipped into the the Lyft driver’s car to drive off with it, the Lyft driver pulled his concealed carry handgun and opened fire, striking both carjacking suspects.
One of the carjacking suspects was hospitalized in critical condition.
Breitbart News reported that Philadelphia saw a record 562 homicides in 2021, the most the city had ever witnessed in a year’s time.
On December 27, 2021, Breitbart News noted that the overall total of shooting victims in Philadelphia–fatal and non-fatal shootings combined–was approximately 2,200.
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