{"id":2651591,"date":"2026-08-29T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-samaritan-sends-would-be-carjacker-to-hospital-with-chest-wound\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:31:18","slug":"good-samaritan-sends-would-be-carjacker-to-hospital-with-chest-wound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-samaritan-sends-would-be-carjacker-to-hospital-with-chest-wound\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan Sends Would-Be Carjacker to Hospital with Chest Wound"},"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\">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%2Fgood-samaritan-sends-would-be-carjacker-to-hospital-with-chest-wound%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=2651591&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 social media incident has been reported in Tazewell County, Virginia, involving a good Samaritan who intervened during a carjacking attempt. The 30-year-old suspect, Cody Dailey, threatened a woman and her child with a knife at a convenience store, and after being instructed by the Good Samaritan, he attacked the intervenor. The Good Samaritan then shot Dailey in the chest, preventing further harm.Dailey was taken to a hospital in stable condition and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >faced multiple charges including abduction<\/a>, carjacking, and assault.Authorities appreciated the rapid action of the Good Samaritan, emphasizing that thier intervention prevented a potentially worse outcome.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An incident in which a good Samaritan with a nine-millimeter pistol sent a would-be carjacker to the hospital with a chest wound while protecting a woman and child resurfaced on social media Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Authorities in Tazewell County, Virginia, said 30-year-old Cody Dailey of Bluefield, West Virginia, accosted a woman and her child at a Falls Mills, Virginia, convenience store and told the child of his intentions to commit a heinous act, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20241003193605\/https:\/www.bdtonline.com\/news\/suspect-shot-following-attempted-carjacking-assault-in-tazewell-county\/article_f60cc15c-6191-11ef-a49f-ab842786649e.html\">reported<\/a> in 2024. After receiving commands from the Good Samaritan, Dailey, who had two outstanding felony warrants and was armed with a knife, attacked the intervenor and knocked him to the ground. <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The good Samaritan shot Dailey in the chest, ending the incident. Sheriff\u2019s deputies, including at least one who was off duty, treated Dailey\u2019s wound until help arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThank goodness for the good Samaritans that came to the victims aid during her time of need,\u201d Tazewell County Sheriff Brian Hieatt told the local outlet. \u201cWe are grateful for their desire to intercede on her behalf, had they not acted this could have been a very different outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Dailey was airlifted to a hospital, where he was in stable condition and charged with abduction, carjacking, assault and battery and other offenses, Hieatt told the local outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Dailey allegedly had threatened another person with a knife shortly before he attempted to carjack the woman. 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