Georgia man holds would-be carjacker at gunpoint: ‘You woke up stupid this morning’

A Georgia man says he has no regrets after he turned the tables on a would-be carjacker and held him on the ground at gunpoint until police arrived.

Hashim Fannin said he was pulling into a parking spot at the Family Dollar in northwest Atlanta earlier this month when Edgar Horn, 61, slid into the passenger seat after Mr. Fannin’s doors automatically unlocked, a local ABC affiliate reported.

“He told me, ’You know what this is,’ ” Mr. Fannin recalled.

Thats’ when he pulled out his gun on the suspect.

“I asked him to get out the car, probably not in those exact words,” Mr. Fannin said with a laugh.

He said he kept the suspect at gunpoint face down in the parking lot with his hands over his head for several minutes until police arrived. A witness got most of the encounter on video, ABC reported.

“You went to bed and woke up stupid this morning, huh?” Mr. Fannin says in the video.

“You were not trying to rob me,” he said sarcastically. “Do you just get into random people’s cars … you thought I was your friend … you thought I was your friend … so you woke up stupid this morning.”

Mr. Fannin waved police over once they arrived and put his gun down. The police officer shook Mr. Fannin’s hand before putting the suspect in handcuffs, ABC reported.

Mr. Horn was arrested for attempted robbery and entering an automobile.

“Honestly, I look at it like this: That is one less guy I got to worry about bothering my mom when she’s out grocery shopping,” Mr. Fannin told the station.