Thug attempts carjacking, winds up shot for his trouble; cops say victim is licensed to carry

A 20-year-old male attempted a carjacking in the Philadelphia area late last week and wound up shot amid an exchange of gunfire, police said.

What are the details?

Upper Darby police told WPVI-TV a white Kia sideswiped another car in the 300 block of Richfield Road around 12:30 a.m., after which the victim followed the Kia in an attempt to speak to its driver.

When both vehicles were stopped at a light at the intersection of Marshall and Hampton Roads, Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt told WPVI a rear passenger exited the Kia and "tried to carjack" the driver who was allegedly sideswiped.

Bernhardt added to the station that "there was an exchange of gunfire," one of the shots hit the alleged carjacker in the back, and the wounded male jumped back into the Kia, which sped off. WPVI said an Upper Darby officer heard the gunfire and called for backup.

"They did try to stop the car, and the car wouldn't stop, so they were pursuing the car to try to stop the vehicle," Bernhardt noted to the station.

Soon, the driver of the Kia lost control and crashed, WPVI said.

That ain't the half of it

Police told the station three individuals were inside the Kia. One was the shot carjacking suspect — a 20-year-old male from Colwyn who was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable condition, WPVI said. The second individual was the driver — who is all of 15 years old and from Darby Borough, the station said, adding that the cops caught him. The third person in the Kia got away, WPVI said.

What's more, the station said the crashed Kia had been reported stolen. Blaze News has reported on the rash of Kia and Hyundai thefts of late.

"The Kias and Hyundais are stolen all day, every day," Bernhardt noted to WPVI.

The station said the victim who was allegedly sideswiped is a 38-year-old Upper Darby man, and police said while they don't yet know if he fired the shot that hit the would-be carjacker, they say he's licensed to carry.

WPVI said Upper Darby police are working with the District Attorney's office to determine charges in the case.

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