Teen Saves Mother from Carjacker


Louisiana teenager grabs gun to foil carjacking
17-year-old shoots would-be attacker who threatened his mom, police say

METAIRIE, La. - A 17-year-old boy foiled an attempted carjacking, wrestling a gun from a would-be robber and shooting him after the man grabbed his mother, authorities said.

Carl Chestnut, wounded in the head and torso, will face armed robbery charges once he is released from East Jefferson General Hospital, Col. John Fortunato, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said Monday.

The 53-year-old woman, whose name wasn’t released, and her son were in the drive-through line at an Arby’s Roast Beef Restaurant early Monday when Chestnut, 44, walked up and pointed a gun at her, demanding their money and the car, Fortunato said.

When he leaned inside, trying to yank the mother out of the car, the 17-year-old grabbed the gun, Fortunato said. He said it went off once as they struggled, but did not hit anyone. Once the youth got the gun, he shot Chestnut several times, Fortunato said.

Sylena Rhodes, a corporate officer for Arby’s, said, “He saved his mother’s life. He’s a hero. He’s an absolute hero.”

While acknowledging the gamble succeeded, authorities stressed that it’s safer to cooperate in such a case.

“Give them the money and give them the keys,” Sheriff Harry Lee said. “You make an insurance payment on your car, and nobody gets shot.”

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  1. the gun man was out of the car on the ground when the so called hero ot out of the car walked around the car and shot him 5 times, unloading the gun then pistol whipped him in th face where h was shot and kicking him in the ribs over and over, where he was shot 4 times!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a true hero…. all u had to do was drive off oh thats right u did after u wiped the gun off walked 2 the drive through window and said u shot someone, u then got back in the car and u both drove off!!!!!!!!!!!!! how sorry is that calling your family and friends telling them what u just did!!!!!!!!i dont agree what happened that nite but u didnt need 2 take a life, a father,a brother, and a son!!!!!!!! i hope u can live with yourself!!! the pain and suffering he had 2 go through and finally his life was tking! we prayed for god to take him but he was a true fighter!! i asked him if he knew u! all he could do was cry ! he had no voice,kidneys,couldn’t walk ,eat ,piss or shit! i know he paid for what he tried to attempt that nite, but u have 2 live with it 4 ever! he died 8 days before his 45th bday, he cant see his girls get married, see his 1st grandchild be born,grow old with thier mother. i just want to say thank u for a horrible year and years 2 come! fathers day will never be the same! i know he is in a better place, i just wish he didnt have 2 live us in such horride!!

    Comment by jane doe — May 28, 2008 #

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