A Philadelphia man with a license to carry a weapon shot and killed a man allegedly attempting to steal his car Tuesday morning in the cri...
A Philadelphia man with a license to carry a weapon shot and killed a man allegedly attempting to steal his car Tuesday morning in the crime-plagued city.
A trio of men tried to attach yellow cables to the man's black Acura sedan in an attempt to tow it away around 8:15 am, police reported.
The car owner stepped outside his home on the 5800 block of Cobbs Creek Parkway when he saw the robbery in progress, according to multiple reports.
He fired his weapon and hit driver of the silver Honda that was being used to tow the Acura away, ABC 6 reported.
Philadelphia has seen a disturbing spike in carjackings in the first few weeks of the new year, with nearly 100.
The owner of a black Acura, who is licensed to carry a firearm, shot and killed a man he believed was attempting to steal his car, which was parked outside his home
The driver of the silver Honda, which appeared to be attempting to tow the Acura away, was shot before the car crashed into the side of a school bus
The driver of the Honda, identified by relatives as Satario Natividad (pictured), was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. The other two men in the car with him fled the scene
'This does not appear to be a carjacking,' Chief Inspector Frank Vanore said. 'It appeared to be that they were either attempting to take the car or parts of the car and they were confronted.'
'You could see catalytic converters, some tools, and what appears to be a firearm,' he said.
Catalytic converters, an emission control device made with precious metals that costs between $1,000 and $2,000, have become a prized commodity among car thieves who can resell the item on the scrap and secondary market.
The mortally wounded man, who was only identified as a Hispanic man in his early 50s, was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead from a single gunshot wound.
Relatives who arrived on the scene identified him as Satario Natividad, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Natividad has a long rap sheet that includes robbery, theft, criminal mischief, receiving stolen property, recklessly endangering another person, causing catastrophe, criminal conspiracy, intimidation of witnesses or victims, retaliation against witnesses or victims, assault, and terroristic threats, according to public records.
The two other men who were with him fled on foot and remained at large.
During the foiled car robbery, the Honda broke free from the attached cables and made it about a block away before ramming into the driver's side of a school bus, police said.
Radnor School District officials confirmed three children and two adults were on the bus. They were unloaded and moved to another bus following the incident but did not report any injuries.
Police recovered a fake weapon from inside the Honda.
Police have yet to reveal if any charges would be filed in the incident.
Officers were going door-to-door talking to neighbors and searching for video of the incident.
Natividad's friends and relatives adamantly denied reports that the deceased was attempting a car heist and have called on police to charge the man who killed him.
'How could it be a carjacking when no one was in the car?' Sherell Natividad, the dead man's wife, cried to the Inquirer. 'They shot him. They killed him.'
Three children and two adults were on the bus during the collision but reported no injuries
Philadelphia has recorded nearly 100 carjackings in the first two weeks of the new year
Neighbor Jackie Grear told ABC 6 that she heard two shots and a car speed away.
Another neighbor, Devon Evans, said the area has seen a recent spike in carjacking and car thefts.
'You have to keep looking to see if your vehicle is there,' he said of his Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood.
The police department had roughly 750 carjackings in 2021, nearly double the total for 2020.
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