- Heather Allen and her family were ambushed at their home on Friday evening
- Shirtless thug fired a warning shot and then pulled her daughter out of the car
- Allen threw her keys on the floor so they would take her car instead
The moment two armed thugs brazenly carjacked a family on their own front lawn while young girls sat in the backseat has been caught on camera.
Heather Allen and her family were ambushed while it was still daylight in their home in West Jackson, Mississippi.
Some of the family were about to leave when a shirtless thief and his accomplice suddenly ran onto the lawn and fired a warning shot into the air.
Allen and one of her sons stood outside the car and dove after it, waving the keys as they scurried around to keep the car between them and the robbers.
Heather Allen and one of her sons stood outside the car and ducked behind it, waving the keys as they scurried around to keep the car between them and the robbers
Heather Allen (photo) describes the carjacking in detail while the robbers are still at large
The shirtless man opened one of the back doors and pulled Allen’s daughter out of the car when they demanded the keys around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Allen’s other son and her two very young granddaughters were still in the car when one of the carjackers entered.
“They kept shouting, ‘Give me the keys, give me the keys.’ My daughter said, ‘My babies, my babies are in the car,'” Allen said WAPT.
“He (one of the carjackers) jumps into the driver’s seat, I’m standing on the outside looking in, and he points a gun at my oldest boy’s face.”
Allen’s son jumped out of the car and she went to the other side of the car to open the back door and get her granddaughters as her sons carried them away.
The shirtless man opens one of the back doors and pulls Allen’s daughter out of the car as they demanded the keys
Allen goes to the other side of the car to open the back door and pick up her granddaughters as her sons carried them away
The robbers appeared frustrated by the situation and tried to start the car, a black Mazda sedan.
Allen decided to resolve the situation by throwing her own keys on the ground so they could take her car instead.
Her move worked and the carjackers stole the silver hatchback and ran from the lawn onto the street.
‘I’m not sleeping. My oldest son, his anxiety is through the roof – he’s even scared. My daughter is in shock, but they are safe,” Allen said.
She said her family was staying out of town and the entire family made plans to leave Jackson after moving there just three months ago.
One of the suspects in a photo released by police as they hunt for the car thefts
Allen decided to resolve the situation by throwing her own keys on the floor so they could take her car instead – which they took and drove away in her silver hatchback (pictured)
The carjackers barely used the vehicle as it was found by police just 40 minutes later, just two blocks from their home. Fingerprints are checked.
Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said two suspects have been identified, one of whom has released a photo but has not yet been arrested.
“I had the opportunity to watch the video of Ms. Allen and her family being robbed and carjacked in their driveway,” he said.
‘It was extremely disturbing to me. It concerned me deeply because a threat to them and their family is a threat to everyone.”