Man Shot in Back After Attempted Carjacking

Kendra Lyn, NBC 5 News

Dallas police are searching for two armed attempted carjackers who shot a man early Thursday morning.

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The victim that was shot four times in the back and arm after an attempted carjacking tells NBC 5 his split-second decision to drive away from two armed men saved his life.

Mario Lewis says he'd been waiting for a friend at Providence on the Park Apartments, 8501 Old Hickory Trail, near Interstate 20 in Dallas.  When two men tried to carjack him at gunpoint, Lewis said he decided he wasn't going to give up his keys or his life.

"They just came up, snatched his car door open and told him to get out.  He said he just threw it in drive and took off," says Elizabeth Lewis, the victim's grandmother.  "They probably would have killed him, if he got out of that car."

As Lewis sped away, the gunman opened fire, hitting him four times in the back and arm. Lewis says he knew he'd been shot but was desperate to escape, so he rammed right through the front gates of the apartment complex.  He called 911 and drove a few blocks to Wheatland Road where he waited for help. 

Lewis' grandmother says, miraculously, the father of two was in and out of the hospital in just a few hours.

"They let him come home, because they said there wasn't any bullets on the inside, and said it didn't damage any of his organs or anything.  He was blessed," says Elizabeth Lewis.

Police are still searching for the carjackers.  Lewis believes the gunman is only in his late teens or early 20's and thinks his accomplice is even younger.

Dallas police previously told NBC 5 that Lewis had been leaving his girlfriend's apartment, but Lewis says he was waiting for a friend at the apartment complex.

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