Chicago woman with concealed carry fires at would-be carjackers: 'He look surprised'
'I pray every night that I don’t have to shoot nobody, but if I have to, then I’m prepared,' the Chicago woman said of her gun
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman in Chicago with a concealed carry permit fought back with her gun against two armed would-be carjackers who approached her while she was in her car.
"Thank God I had my gun, or I’d probably be dead right now," the woman told CBS Chicago. Her identity has not been released to the public.
The 42-year-old woman was getting into her car outside a bank in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood on Monday afternoon when the suspects approached her and pulled out a handgun. She had just gotten cash from the bank, which was still in her hand.
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"I had just come out of the bank and was sitting in my car about to lock my door to pull off in leave, and he opened my door and put a gun in my face," the unidentified woman said of one suspect.
She then pulled out her own firearm and shot at the suspects.
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"And when he saw me get mine, he looked surprised – and I started shooting, and he started running," she told CBS Chicago. "He ran."
She added in her comments that she can’t recall how many shots she fired.
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No injuries have so far been reported, according to Fox 23.
Chicago Police told Fox News on Tuesday afternoon that the suspects are two males between the ages of 20-23.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The woman has both a valid concealed carry license and a Firearm Owners Identification card.
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"I pray every night that I don’t have to shoot nobody, but if I have to, then I’m prepared and ready," the woman said. "So God, I was ready."