{"id":2254683,"date":"2024-05-28T21:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T01:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrowing-footage-young-family-carjacked-in-their-own-driveway-as-gunfire-rings-out\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T02:00:35","slug":"harrowing-footage-young-family-carjacked-in-their-own-driveway-as-gunfire-rings-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrowing-footage-young-family-carjacked-in-their-own-driveway-as-gunfire-rings-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying Video: Family Carjacked at Home with Gunfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fharrowing-footage-young-family-carjacked-in-their-own-driveway-as-gunfire-rings-out%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=2254683&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--><p>A video captured a family&#8217;s terrifying encounter with armed car thieves in Mississippi, with shots fired but no injuries. The victims, traumatized by the incident, shared their harrowing experience in Jackson. The carjackers demanded keys but \u2062were\u2064 thwarted, and \u200dthe police\u2062 are \u200bpursuing the suspects. The grandmother, planning to \u2064move from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-will-pa-mayors-wake-up-to-the-crime-crisis\/\" title=\"When Will PA Mayors Wake Up To The Crime Crisis?\">crime-ridden city<\/a>, expressed her family&#8217;s safety concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 28, 2024 at 5:44pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A video from one family\u2019s harrowing encounter with two armed car thieves showed the moment they were fired upon in broad daylight last week by two men in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured in the middle-of-the-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/general-hospital-actor-johnny-wactor-shot-death-los-angeles-catching-thieves-next-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auto theft<\/a>, but one of the victims told a Jackson, Mississippi, news station that they are still dealing with trauma after they were shot at during an otherwise peaceful afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/article\/ring-doorbell-captures-armed-carjacking-at-a-west-jackson-familys-home\/60918584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAPT<\/a> reported the brazen crime occurred last Friday afternoon in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-radioactive-material-detected-water-near-mississippi-river-nuclear-power-plant-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mississippi<\/a> capital when members of a family were saying their goodbyes in their driveway.<\/p>\n<p>Video from a Ring doorbell camera showed a woman named Heather Allen with one of her sons outside of a family vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Another son, her daughter, and two of her grandchildren were in the vehicle when two men approached, one of them with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2a-victory-judge-rules-federal-ban-handgun-sales-18-20-year-olds-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a handgun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shots rang out while Allen and one of her sons ducked for cover.<\/p>\n<p>The video showed two black males approaching the parked sedan, with one of them opening the driver\u2019s door and pulling out Allen\u2019s adult daughter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TrckNmBJAAU?si=0cOfjOQijQwP_kek\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The man also pointed a gun in the face of Allen\u2019s other son, but he escaped unharmed, she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever been the victim of a crime?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The men demanded the car keys while Allen was able to get to the back seat and pull out her grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy babies, my babies are in the car,\u201d Allen said her daughter yelled out to the men.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the perpetrators were unable to leave in the car that was targeted, so Allen said she threw them a set of keys to another vehicle parked in her yard, which they left in.<\/p>\n<p>No one was in custody as of Tuesday, but Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade told WAPT his department knows who the suspects are and he is working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arrest-made-stabbing-girls-us-movie-theater-suspect-reportedly-trans-activist-laughing-whole-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrest<\/a> them.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s vehicle was found less than an hour after the incident, only a few blocks away from the woman\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Wade said it was impounded but would soon be released to her.<\/p>\n<p>The brave grandmother told WAPT that she had only moved to Jackson \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbt.com\/2023\/01\/07\/analysis-second-straight-year-jacksons-homicide-rate-ranks-highest-us-among-major-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a city known for violent crime<\/a> \u2014 a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p>She is now planning to move out of the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t stay here anymore,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sleeping. My oldest son, his anxiety is through the roof \u2014 he\u2019s even scared,\u201d Allen added. \u201cMy daughter, she has shock, but they\u2019re safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wade shared sympathy for what the family went through in a statement to WAPT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an opportunity to look at the video of Ms. Allen and her family being robbed and carjacked in their driveway,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">police chief<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cIt was extremely disturbing to me. It was very concerning to me because a threat to them and their family is a threat to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. 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Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking incident captured on video, a Mississippi family faced armed car thieves firing at them in broad daylight last week. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. One victim recounted the frightening experience in Jackson. 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