A Texas man is grateful to be unharmed after two teens attempted to carjack him at gunpoint but failed after one of the suspects unknowingly ran off with the keys.
A Houston man is speaking out after a harrowing attempted carjacking where a mistake by the suspects ultimately caused their plan to failis speaking out about his experience following an attempted carjacking where two suspects, one of them armed, followed him home into his garage and tried to steal his car at gunpoint but ended up"bamboozled" and empty-handed.
"They came up on me with a loaded 9mm gun with an extended clip, at least 40 bullets or so," a Houston homeowner, who wished to remain anonymous,about the January incident where two males ran up on him after he pulled into his garage. He said he believes they followed him to his home from a nearby gas station.
One of the suspects, who is believed to be a teenager, demanded at gunpoint that the man turn over the keys to his jeep which were in a backpack on the passenger seat unbeknownst to the suspects. Apparently unaware the keys were inside the backpack, the second suspect grabbed the backpack and took off which prevented the other suspect from starting the car. The homeowner then began chasing the suspect with the backpack at which point he heard gunshots coming from the first suspect who was behind him.
"Usually when they say give me your keys, somebody gives it to them right away, and they're gone. It didn't happen that way, so they were bamboozled," the
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