Crime & Safety
St Joe's Student Shot During Carjacking Attempt: Reports
The incident occurred just outside of Lower Merion Township at Upland Road and Drexel Road Tuesday night in the Overbrook neighborhood.
PHILADELPHIA — A St. Joseph's University student is in stable condition after he was shot during an attempted carjacking Tuesday night.
According to Action News, a 21-year-old student was parking his vehicle at about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday was at Upland and Drexel roads in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood, just about a half mile from Lower Merion Township, when the incident occurred.
Two men pulled up in a black minivan to the victim's vehicle and pulled him out of the vehicle, NBC10 reports.
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The men tried to get the student's keys, but he fought back, which led him to be struck with a handgun then shot in the knee, according to Fox 29.
After the shooting, the men got back into the van and drove off toward Woodbine Avenue, Action News reports.
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Anyone with information on the incident should contact police.
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