Good Samaritan Sends Would-Be Carjacker To Hospital With Chest Wound

August 24, 2026 11:57 AM ET An incident in which a good Samaritan with a nine-millimeter pistol sent a would-be carjacker to the hospital with a chest wound while protecting a woman and child resurfaced on social media Sunday.Authorities in Tazewell County, Virginia, said 30-year-old Cody Dailey of Bluefield, West Virginia, accosted a woman and her child at a Falls Mills, Virginia, convenience store and told the child of his intentions to commit a heinous act, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported in 2024. After receiving commands from the Good Samaritan, Dailey, who had two outstanding felony warrants and was armed with a knife, attacked the intervenor and knocked him to the ground. (RELATED: Jury Rejects $10 Million Suit By Burglar Against Urine-Tossing Business Owner Who Shot Him)— Goo