Carjacker with a gun shot dead by his target with a gun

Milwaukee -- A carjacking suspect was shot and killed by the man he was trying to carjack and rob at gunpoint, police say. 

The intended victim, 24, was sitting in his vehicle on Monday, waiting for his shift to begin when the 21-year-old suspect attempted to rob him at around 5:50 a.m. near the Milwaukee Tool Corporation.

"This is the worst thing that could possibly happen to someone," MPD Captain Andra Williams told FOX6. He said the failed carjacker was also armed and that as carjacking and vehicle thefts continue to climb, this incident should serve as a warning.

It wasn't clear if Williams meant that what happened was the worst thing that could happen to a would-be victim, or to the perpetrator who got killed trying to commit a crime.

"This should be a wake-up call to everyone in the community that this is not a game. This is very serious," Williams lectured the law-abiding public.

The would-be victim had a concealed-carry permit and is cooperating with law enforcement.

People who work in the area told FOX6 that carjackers often target businesses looking for vehicles to steal. Now many of the workers have decided to protect themselves and their property and have concealed-carry permits, as is their right under the Second Amendment.

According to Alderman Cavalier Johnson, who represents the neighborhood on the northwest side of the city, and whose first name totally suits him, the shooting was "completely preventable."

"That young man didn't have to die today. He didn't have to lose his life, but he made a bad decision and he did," Cavalier said, implying that if the carjacker simply didn't carjack cars and maybe finished school and got a job, he would be alive today and driving his own car instead of carjacking cars.

Johnson wants parents to educate their kids about the dangers that come with crime, instead of educated their kids about the values of a good education.

"This isn't a game. This isn't live-action 'Grand Theft Auto.' You don't re-spawn after you're dead," he told FOX6.

I bet there were no "Gun-Free Zone" signs in that parking lot, but if there were, it might have saved the young man's life . . . and gotten the other young man killed.


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