Hours after police addressed a spike in Philly carjackings, an armed man turned the tables on an armed teen who tried to steal his car, leaving the suspect in critical condition following a shootout. MattDeLucia has the story tonight on NBC10 News at 11:
“He actually has gunshot residue on his face. On his cheek,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said. “He is very, very lucky.”
The teen was taken to Einstein Hospital where he remains in critical condition. The 60-year-old man identified the teen as the suspect who tried to carjack him. Police have not found the second suspect and plan to obtain surveillance video from a nearby home as they continue to investigate. "We've had an inordinate number of carjackings so far this year and police and detectives are doing their best to recover the cars,” Small said. “We've recovered several cars and we've made several arrests. And we're trying to determine if this is a group or several groups of individuals that are committing these same carjackings."
“The numbers are above where they were last year so it’s a continuing problem,” Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Ben Naish said. “We have identified many of the individuals responsible but we’re working to identify more and put those responsible in jail to put the trend under control,” Naish said.
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