Saginaw, Michigan

From August 1, 2005 WJRT channel 12:

Saginaw — (08/01/05)--A teenager was shot and killed while trying to steal a car in Saginaw in an attempted car-jacking late Sunday night. The suspect is just 16 years old.

The suspect was shot with his own gun. It all started innocently enough at a house on South Fayette. A woman parked her car in her brother's driveway, leaving it running.

She says while they stood behind the car talking, they saw a 16 year old coming through the lawn who tried to steal the car.

Three gunshots pierced the silence of the west-side neighborhood around 11:30 p.m.

A 35-year-old woman was stopping by her brother's house after cleaning her church for a bible study. She only meant to be there for a few minutes.

The sister wouldn't go on camera, but said she and her brother were standing behind her car just a few feet away and saw the carjacking suspect with a black mask on, halfway in her car.

The suspect warned them not to come after him or he would shoot, but her brother fought with him anyway and was shot in the stomach.

The sister said the man was taller and stronger than she was, but she had to fight with him to protect her brother because she was afraid he would keep shooting.

She didn't realize her brother had used the suspect's own gun to shoot him twice because she was struggling with the carjacker and screaming for help.