Shocking footage has surfaced online showing the moments leading up to a good samaritan in North Carolina shooting at a carjacker who then mowed him down in a a fatal hit-and-run.
Harrowing video is circulating the internet showing an incident from last month where North Carolina suspect Ricky Alex Driggers, 28, attempted to steal a car and then fatally mow down a good samaritan, later identified as 38-year-old Jonathan Adam Lecompte, of Fayetteville. The fatal incident occurred on March 14 and viral footage now shows Lecompte, a North Carolina Department of Transportation employee, attempting to prevent Driggers from carjacking him and another vehicle owner by firing multiple shots from his handgun.
Lumberton Police Department officials said on that tragic day they were called to an attempted carjacking on West 5th Street around 10:30 a.m. While en route to the scene, nearby a Go Gas gas station, officers soon learned that the suspect in the attempted carjacking had been involved in a hit-and-run in the same area and was now attempting to carjack another vehicle in front of a McDonald’s restaurant down the street.
Police said several good samaritans, including Jonathan Adam Lecompte, tried to intervene to prevent the initial carjacking but the suspect was able to maneuver around everyone and then attempt to steal Lecompte’s NCDOT work truck. In the shocking footage, Lecompte warned the suspect not to enter the truck before firing off several shots at the carjacker, who continued to enter the NCDOT vehicle, put it in reverse, and slam on the gas.
After traveling several feet backwards, seconds later, the suspect re-enters the camera’s frame before mowing down Lecompte. The shocking footage also shows the victim being thrown into the air after being struck by the truck, which continued to speed over him and jump up onto a sidewalk and grassy area. Several of the other good samaritans rush to Lecompte’s aid before police arrive. Lecompte was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
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After the fatal hit-and-run of the good samaritan, the carjacker led police on a brief chase before crashing the stolen vehicle. Driggers was taken into police custody and booked into the Robeson County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond. Driggers was charged with first-degree murder, attempted common law robbery, larceny of a motor vehicle, and felony fleeing to elude.
Following the incident, NCDOT has released a statement about their employee’s death. The message read, “NCDOT is heartbroken to share a Division 6 employee passed away in Robeson County on March 14, 2024. Our prayers and thoughts are with the family of Jonathan Lecompte. He was a dedicated, 16-year employee of the Department, working for the Sign Division of the Division 6 Traffic Services unit. Jonathan was greatly admired and will be sincerely missed.”
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