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Harrowing video shows good Samaritan mowed down, killed by alleged carjacker

A man in North Carolina paid the ultimate price after trying to stop a carjacking ... with the driver running him over and killing him in a now-viral video. The video -- which hit social media just this weekend though the incident took place last month -- sees a Lumberton, NC man in a reflective construction vest come up to the side of a tow truck and point what looks to be a gun at another man. Gunshots pop off ... and, though it's hard to tell, it seems the two men are exchanging gunfire because the man outside the truck doesn't stand still and fire. The truck reverses quickly, speeding away from the man in the vest who is milling about in the street ... when the truck comes rushing back at him, hitting him. the incident took place last month with suspect Ricky Alex Driggers reportedly charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted common law robbery among other charges. Lumberton Police identified the victim as Jonathan Adam Lecompte ... one of several Good Samaritans they say tried to stop the carjacking. Authorities say Lecompte was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

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Harrowing video has emerged of a good Samaritan in North Carolina trying to prevent an alleged carjacking by opening fire — only to be mowed down and killed by the driver.

Jonathan Adam Lecompte, 38, can be seen in the footage approaching Ricky Alex Driggers, 28, in an attempt to prevent him from allegedly trying to steal a road crew’s vehicle on West Fifth Street in Lumberton on March 18, the Fayetteville Observer reported.

“Don’t get in the goddamn truck, fool!” Lecompte yells before he opens fire at Driggers in the alarming video, which was posted by TMZ after going viral in recent days.

The clip shows Driggers in the white truck backing up.

“​Get out the way, he is going to run into us!” Lecompte shouts to a group of bystanders.

The truck then speeds forward and strikes Lecompte in front of the other bystanders who cry out in horror.

“Oh my God!” one person is heard says.

Lecompte was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Police pursued the suspect until he crashed the vehicle on Selma Road near NC 41, the outlet reported.

Driggers “reportedly intentionally struck” the worker, police told the outlet in a statement.

Police pursued the suspect until he crashed the vehicle on Selma Road near NC 41, the outlet reported.

He has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted common law robbery, larceny of a motor vehicle and felony fleeing to elude. He was being held at the Robeson County Jail without bail.

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