TX Man Shot In Head By Mother During Dallas Carjacking Involving Children In SUV Identified

DALLAS, TX. (THECOUNT) — Ricky Wright has been named as the suspect shot in the head Wednesday by a woman as he allegedly tried to steal her SUV with her two children inside, Dallas police report.

Wright, 36, attempted to carjack the woman at a Shell gas station around 10:05 p.m. Wednesday with her children inside the sports utility vehicle, authorities said Thursday.

Police say, the quick-thinking woman removed a firearm from her glove box and proceeded to shoot the man once in the head, causing the vehicle to crash into a telephone pole.

“An unknown suspect entered the victim’s vehicle at the Shell gas station parking lot. … The victim [jumped] in the vehicle and told the suspect to stop,” Dallas police said in a statement. “The suspect didn’t stop the vehicle.”

Wright, 36, was transported to an area hospital “with unknown injuries.”

“I should have just have emptied the whole clip but I didn’t. … I just wanted to give him a warning shot. That was it,” she told the CBS affiliate. “I’m not a killer or anything like that, but I do believe in defending what’s mine.” source

Wright has been charged with two counts of unlawful restraint and unauthorized use of motor vehicle, police said.

The unidentified mother and children were not harmed during the incident.