WASHINGTON (TNND) — A Texas father shot and killed a man who allegedly attempted to carjack his sedan with his family still inside.
On Sunday afternoon, the father and his relatives were sitting in a parking lot in Garland, Texas, near a gas station off Highway 66, when a man approached the driver’s side door and attempted to get in, according to surveillance video obtained by Fox 4.
The unidentified father got out of the sedan and attempted to keep the man from entering it, while the rest of his family fled the vehicle.
The father and the man struggled as the alleged carjacker managed to get inside the driver’s seat. Eventually, the father went around to the passenger’s side front door, where he allegedly fired more than ten rounds at the alleged carjacker.
The man was taken to the hospital after being shot, where he was pronounced dead, police said, the Daily Mail reported.
The alleged carjacker was unarmed, and no other injuries were reported.
Authorities added that the father turned his gun over to the police and is cooperating with the investigation.
Police are unlikely to file charges against the father, as Garland Police Lt. Pedro Barineau said that his actions “seemed to be self-defense.”
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He also noted that the alleged carjacker initially crashed into two other vehicles before illegally attempting to enter two other cars.