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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, D.C.
the couple They were sitting in their car in northwest D.C. shortly after 8 p.m. Monday when they said someone approached them wearing a mask and demanded they hand over the vehicle, affiliate FOX 5 reported.
As the couple tried to walk away, the suspect started shootinghitting each of them five times, according to the report.
A photo of a DC Police Department police 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.
Although the couple was able to escape armed suspectThey later crashed about a quarter mile from the road.
A good Samaritan called the family to tell them what happened.
Washington, DC continues to face rising rates of violent crime. (Anadolu Agency)
The D.C. man and woman were each shot five times, according to family members. (iStock)
“At first, I thought this couldn’t be happening,” a family member told FOX 5. “I asked if I could reach out to her so I could hear her voice and know she was okay. Everyone needs to do that.” “They feel safe when they walk out the door, they shouldn’t have to worry if someone is going to take their property or their life.”
the woman underwent surgery and will likely need additional procedures, according to the report.
D.C. police told Fox News Digital that no arrests had been made as of Wednesday night and the patients’ status remains unchanged.
“There is no useful surveillance information at this time and the case remains under investigation,” officials said.
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FOX 5’s Homa Bash contributed to this article.
