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| Texas mother shoots man trying to steal car with children inside | Texas mother shoots man trying to steal car with children inside |
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| A mother in Texas shot a carjacker who was stealing her vehicle while her two young children were inside, police say. | A mother in Texas shot a carjacker who was stealing her vehicle while her two young children were inside, police say. |
| The woman jumped back into her SUV after the suspect got into the driver's seat at a Dallas petrol station on Wednesday night, according to police. | The woman jumped back into her SUV after the suspect got into the driver's seat at a Dallas petrol station on Wednesday night, according to police. |
| Police say she grabbed her gun and shot the carjacker in the face when he refused to stop, causing him to crash. | Police say she grabbed her gun and shot the carjacker in the face when he refused to stop, causing him to crash. |
| The woman's sons - aged two and four - were not hurt in the incident. | The woman's sons - aged two and four - were not hurt in the incident. |
| The alleged thief's condition is unknown, but the woman said she has a message for him. | The alleged thief's condition is unknown, but the woman said she has a message for him. |
| "I wish I would've killed you, if I didn't already," she told CBS Dallas. | "I wish I would've killed you, if I didn't already," she told CBS Dallas. |
| She had gone into the petrol station's convenience store when an employee alerted her that a man was entering her SUV. | She had gone into the petrol station's convenience store when an employee alerted her that a man was entering her SUV. |
| She told local media she jumped into the back seat and told the man - later identified by police as 36-year-old Ricky Wright - to stop driving. | She told local media she jumped into the back seat and told the man - later identified by police as 36-year-old Ricky Wright - to stop driving. |
| After he refused, she reached into the glove compartment to retrieve a handgun, and fired one shot at his face. | After he refused, she reached into the glove compartment to retrieve a handgun, and fired one shot at his face. |
| "I proceeded to jump in my backseat and told the gentleman to stop, to get out the car", she told KDFW-News. "He would not get out of the car." | "I proceeded to jump in my backseat and told the gentleman to stop, to get out the car", she told KDFW-News. "He would not get out of the car." |
| "He turned around and looked at me. I reached over the arm rest to get to my glove compartment and that's when I fired at him." | "He turned around and looked at me. I reached over the arm rest to get to my glove compartment and that's when I fired at him." |
| She added: "I should have just emptied the whole clip but I didn't. | |
| "I hope that woke him up." | "I hope that woke him up." |
| Police say the man then crashed the car into a lamp pole. He was arrested and taken to hospital. | Police say the man then crashed the car into a lamp pole. He was arrested and taken to hospital. |
| Police say the woman was questioned at the scene, and was released. | Police say the woman was questioned at the scene, and was released. |
| She is unlikely to face any charges, authorities add. | She is unlikely to face any charges, authorities add. |
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