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Armed Serial Carjacker Shot by Concealed Carry Holder in Chicago

John Lott - Crime Prevention Research Center | Published on 1/30/2024
Another concealed handgun permit holder stopped a carjacking in Chicago.

A Chicago man who received probation in a carjacking case late last year got shot this month while trying to carjack a rideshare driver at gunpoint, prosecutors say.

Darick Benson, 20, was ordered held without bail by Judge Charles Beach on a fresh charge of discharging a firearm during an aggravated vehicular hijacking and discharging a firearm during an armed robbery, according to court records.