Chicago Concealed handgun permit holder stops armed carjacker
Carjacking has become a little more dangerous for the carjacker. This is the second time someone with a concealed handgun permit has stopped a carjacker in less than a month. From the Chicago Tribune:
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A man with a concealed carry license was sitting in his vehicle on the West Side early Monday when he was fired upon by a man who Chicago police say had apparently been trying to steal the vehicle.
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But the 45-year-old vehicle owner instead drew his own concealed handgun and shot the suspected would-be carjacker once in the chest . . . The alleged assailant suffered critical injuries, authorities said.
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The North Austin shooting happened about 1:30 a.m. Monday, as the 45-year-old sat in his vehicle in the 5500 block of West Crystal Street, . . . the stranger approached him, “produced a handgun and fired shots at the victim.”
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After the 45-year-old — who has a valid license to carry a concealed firearm, police said — reportedly shot the aggressor “one time in the upper chest area,” paramedics responded and took the wounded man to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood where he had last been listed in critical condition. . . .
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The suspected would-be carjacker’s gun was found at the scene, according to investigators. . . .
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Monday’s shooting was at least the second time in less than a month in which an attempted vehicle theft resulted in a shooting by a person with a concealed carry license.
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A 13-year-old boy was shot by a woman with a concealed carry license July 28 and the boy died Aug. 2 at Comer Children’s Hospital, days after he had been shot once in the neck, police have said.
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The two cases share many similarities, with the only significant difference being the CCL holder’s proximity to the person trying to take their property. . . .
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