A masked carjacker was shot dead by his intended victim after she managed to grab one of his cohorts’ guns during the botched armed robbery in Las Vegas, according to cops.
The victim and another woman said they had been in a parked car last month when another vehicle pulled up and blocked them in — with three screaming gunmen jumping out and pointing weapons at them, according to police reports obtained by local outlet KSNV.
One of the attackers yanked the driver out and then jumped into the car. He attempted to zoom away — but struggled to get the push-to-start vehicle started, the police report said.
One of the gang gave chase — just to get fatally shot in the head as he tackled her. Another repeatedly fired at her as she ran for her life, the report said.
After hiding in a nearby yard, the woman came out with her hands held up soon after police arrived and found the ski mask-wearing carjacker bleeding profusely from the head, KTLA said.
The man — who was not identified in the reports — was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman was put into handcuffs but told she was not under arrest, Fox5Vegas reported. Her story was corroborated by witnesses, the police report noted.
The deadly drama happened Nov. 19, but only emerged after one of the suspected would-be carjackers, 18-year-old Jaylin Morrison, was busted recently.
Morrison was booked into Clark County Detention Center on $50,000 bail. He is facing charges of first-degree kidnapping, attempted robbery, burglary with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery, KSNV said. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 20.
Another person inside the apartment when Morrison was arrested told detectives he had been in the car with Morrison during the carjacking, the reports noted. However, that person was not identified and it was not immediately clear if they were also arrested and charged.
The victim and a friend had parked near another friend’s house as they waited to go inside for an early Thanksgiving dinner on November 19 when a car parked in front of them, they told Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, according to FOX 5 Las Vegas.
Two or three men got out of the car and allegedly pulled the woman out of the driver’s seat and her friend out of the passenger’s side. One of the suspects got in but couldn’t figure out how to drive it because it was a push-to-start.
She was taken into custody but was released without arrest when police determined she had acted in self-defence.
Nearly two weeks later, a suspect identified as Jaylin Morrison was arrested after his car was seen on surveillance footage driving around the area that night. He was a known associate of the suspect who was shot.
He was charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit robbery, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary with the use of a deadly weapon and attempted grand larceny of a vehicle.
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