A Texas father fatally shot a would-be carjacker who tried stealing his car — with his family, including his young children, still inside — after the suspect fled the scene of a multi-vehicle crash across the street.
The chaos began Sunday afternoon when a driver slammed into two cars along Highway 66, about 18 miles outside downtown Dallas, around 3:30 p.m., according to the Garland Police Department.
The driver, whose name has not been released by police, then fled to a nearby gas station, where he was accused of trying to “take several vehicles by force.”
Surveillance footage obtained by Fox 4 showed the suspect approach the victim’s white Impala in the parking lot of a shopping center across the street.
The erratic suspect walked up to the driver’s side of the Impala, immediately prompting the father to jump out of the car.