She had to retrieve her firearm from the glovebox to engage the would-be carjacker.
"A Texas mother said she didn't think twice about shooting a would-be carjacker when the man jumped into her vehicle at a Dallas gas station while her two sons were in the backseat."
"...Booker-Hicks shot Wright in the face while he was allegedly trying to drive away. He crashed the vehicle into the fence.
I'm not a killer but I do believe in defending what's mine," the mother of two said. "I hope that woke him up."
Wright was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment."
Texas mom shoots man trying to take car with her kids inside at gas station: 'I hope that woke him up' | Fox News