{"id":1186676,"date":"2022-01-04T10:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186676"},"modified":"2022-01-04T10:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:34:35","slug":"lyft-driver-with-concealed-carry-opens-fire-foils-alleged-carjacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lyft-driver-with-concealed-carry-opens-fire-foils-alleged-carjacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft Driver with Concealed Carry Opens Fire, Foils Alleged Carjacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flyft-driver-with-concealed-carry-opens-fire-foils-alleged-carjacking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Car-J-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Two carjackers were hospitalized Monday in Philadelphia after their intended victim, a Lyft driver, proved to be a concealed carry permit holder armed with a handgun.<\/p>\n<p>FOX 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/police-man-found-shot-multiple-times-in-west-philadelphia\">reports<\/a> that the Lyft driver was in West Philadelphia with a passenger in his car when he was rear-ended. The Lyft driver exited his vehicle after the collision, only to have two alleged carjackers ready to steal his car.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>One of the carjackers was reportedly armed with a rifle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As a carjacker slipped into the the Lyft driver\u2019s car to drive off with it, the Lyft driver pulled his concealed carry handgun and opened fire, striking both carjacking suspects.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/2 Carjacker in Honda passenger seat gets out with rifle, demands <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lyft?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lyft<\/a> driver give up Infiniti.  Lyft driver with concealed carry permit asks to get his female passenger out,then pulls out gun&amp;shoots carjacker in Infiniti,then shoots 2nd carjacker in Honda \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX29philly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX29philly<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ohO8g3i0CP\">pic.twitter.com\/ohO8g3i0CP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeeleyFox29\/status\/1478301016286285828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the carjacking suspects was hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/02\/democrat-run-philadelphia-set-homicide-record-in-2021\/\">reported<\/a> that Philadelphia saw a record 562 homicides in 2021, the most the city had ever witnessed in a year\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p>On December 27, 2021, Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/27\/approximately-2200-shot-this-year-in-mayor-jim-kenneys-philadelphia\/\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;that the overall total of shooting victims in Philadelphia\u2013fatal and non-fatal shootings combined\u2013was approximately 2,200.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two carjackers were hospitalized Monday in Philadelphia after their intended victim, a Lyft driver, proved to be a concealed carry permit holder armed with a handgun. 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