Shocking moment elderly driver turns tables on gun-toting teen carjacker

A 78-year-old antheral fatally changeable a gun-toting teenage carjacker successful a shocking faceoff caught connected video.

The retiree had conscionable parked his SUV successful beforehand of his location successful the region of La Matanza successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, erstwhile helium was ambushed by the teen and 3 suspects riding successful a pickup truck.

The 15-year-old fishy was seen stepping retired of motortruck and pointing a weapon astatine driver, who had reportedly been robbed before.

The aged man, who appeared to person his ain weapon adjacent by, opened his doorway and rapidly fired a changeable that struck the teen.

A 2nd fishy who had stepped retired of the pickup motortruck turned and began to tally distant arsenic the 78-year-old fired different changeable astatine the archetypal assailant

The aged antheral past took purpose astatine the fleeing suspects, squeezing disconnected 1 much changeable successful their direction.

La Matanza homicide authoritative Diego Rulli showed enactment for the aged man's close to support himself. 

A constabulary authoritative told Clarín paper that the teen and his 3 accomplices whitethorn beryllium portion of an car theft gang.

'It is being investigated whether they were pursuing him,' the authoritative said. 'Given the benignant of vehicle, I deliberation it was random. They didn't person a plan. It's unusual that they did it with a prop weapon.'

Argentine quality outlet TN reported that the 78-year-old suffers from cardiac issues and was the unfortunate of a erstwhile robbery successful which helium was beaten. 

Following that incident, helium began to transportation a firearm and acceptable up a surveillance strategy astatine his residence with 5 cameras.

It was aboriginal revealed that the teen had reportedly utilized a fake weapon successful the stickup. 

Residents successful the La Matanza vicinity of Villa Madero, wherever the incidental occurred, told La Nación paper that they person longed complained to constabulary and section authorities officials of crime.

'The unspeakable communicative is that a antheral defended himself from thing that could hap to maine oregon anyone else. This spot has go highly unsafe,' 1 section said.

'It is simply a madness that is hard to bear,' helium added. 

Another resident, who works arsenic a ride-share app driver, said helium was astir changeable the nighttime earlier the deadly encounter.

'A car appeared successful the incorrect direction, 3 guys got out, seemingly minors, and 1 of them changeable [at] me, conscionable retired of nowhere. I was saved by the velocity with which I enactment it successful archetypal cogwheel and near astatine afloat speed,' the antheral said.

'I called the constabulary station, 911, they called for 2 patrol cars, the aforesaid arsenic nothing, everything is simply a disaster, it was ne'er truthful bad, similar now, 14- oregon 15-year-old kids who spell retired to termination anyone. Well present it was 1 of them's turn.'