A man is recovering in hospital after bravely acting as a human shield for his 21-year-old girlfriend during a near-fatal carjacking in… Washington, DC
The couple They were sitting in their car in Northwest D.C. just after 8 p.m. Monday, when they said someone came up to them wearing a mask and demanded they give them the car, FOX 5 affiliate reported.
As the couple tried to walk away, the suspect The shooting startedHe hit each of them five times, according to the report.
Photo of a Metropolitan Police Department law enforcement vehicle. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The woman's family told FOX 5 that her boyfriend “protected her with his body and took the brunt of the bullets,” suffering a punctured lung.
While the couple managed to escape Armed suspectThey later crashed a quarter mile down the road.
A Good Samaritan called the family to tell them what had happened.
Washington, D.C., continues to face increasing rates of violent crime. (Anatolia Agency)
Both the man and woman were shot in D.C. five times, according to family members. (Istock)
“At first, I felt like this couldn't be happening,” a family member told FOX 5. “I asked her if she could come closer to her, so I could hear her voice to know she was okay. Everyone should do that.” They feel safe when they walk out their front door, and they don't have to worry if someone is going to take their belongings from them or their lives.”
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woman He underwent surgery It is likely that additional measures will be needed, according to the report.
D.C. Police had not publicly identified the suspect as of Wednesday night, FOX 5 reported.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the department for comment.
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FOX 5's Huma Bash contributed to this article.
