Police: Mom shoots a carjacker stealing a car with her kids inside

DALLAS – An alleged carjacker is in the hospital after a North Texas woman shot him while he was trying to take off in his SUV with his two young children on the back, reports CBS DFW. The incident occurred just after 22:00. Wednesday, when Dallas police said the woman had stopped at a gas station at a Shell Dallas.

The mother, who did not want to be identified, told the station that she was leaving her children 2 and 4 in the SUV. inside the convenience store. Before his return, a man jumped into his vehicle and tried to leave. The woman said that she saw what was happening and jumped into the car.

The woman told CBS DFW that she tried to get the man arrested, later identified as Ricky Wright, but he refused. She then opened her glove box, pulled out a gun and shot Wright in the head, according to the police

"I should have just dumped all the clip but I did not to give him a warning shot, that was it, "said the woman at the station. "I'm not a killer or something, but I believe in defending what's mine."

Wright crashed into a light post and was then taken to a local hospital. He would have been in a serious but stable condition on Thursday morning.

Wright has been charged with two counts of unlawful detention and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Police questioned the woman at the scene and released her. Neither she nor her two children were injured during the shooting or accident.