TEMPE, Ariz. — A man is in the hospital after he was shot while attempting to "car jack" a Tempe driver on Saturday morning, officials with the Tempe Police Department said.
According to police reports, the driver had stopped near the intersection of 6th Street and Mill Avenue around 1 in the morning when a man entered his vehicle through the front passenger door.
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Police say that the man then attacked the driver, who fired his handgun at the suspect. Both men left the vehicle where the driver proceeded to call Tempe police, and stayed on the scene until officers arrived.
Police found the man in critical condition after being shot, and he was taken to a local hospital.
Authorities say that the investigation is still underway, and haven't released the identities of either of the men at this time.
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