PHILADELPHIA, PA — Phillis Fugah, 25, of Upper Darby, was sentenced to ten years and one day in federal prison and five years of supervised release for carjacking and discharging a firearm during a violent crime, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Savage imposed the sentence after Fugah previously pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

The charges stem from an August 29, 2024, armed carjacking and shooting on the 7100 block of West Chester Pike in Upper Darby.

According to court filings, Fugah and a male accomplice approached a Honda Pilot where a man was sitting in the vehicle with his two young children while waiting for his wife.

Prosecutors said the accomplice opened the passenger-side door but fled the scene.

Fugah then opened the driver’s side door, entered the vehicle, and pointed a gun at the victim while demanding money, according to court records.

During the incident, the victim’s five-year-old son exited the vehicle and ran to the sidewalk, authorities said.

The victim exited the vehicle and attempted to stop Fugah, telling her that his infant child remained inside the SUV.

During a struggle, Fugah raised the firearm and shot at the victim, prosecutors said.

The bullet partially shattered the driver’s-side window and struck the victim’s baseball cap, narrowly missing his head.

Authorities said a bullet fragment also struck the window of an occupied SEPTA bus across the street, passing over the heads of several passengers.

Fugah then fled in the Honda Pilot with the infant still inside the vehicle, according to prosecutors.

Police later located the SUV a short distance away, and the child was recovered unharmed.

The case was investigated by the FBI’s Newtown Square Resident Agency and the Upper Darby Township Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Doherty and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Urban prosecuted the case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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