Man won’t be charged after killing alleged carjacker in Lake Park
LAKE PARK — No charges will be filed against a man who shot and killed an alleged carjacker Friday evening in Lake Park, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office.
An investigation showed that Terrence Wilson Jr., 22, was shot to death by the unidentified man after he attempted to carjack a vehicle with the man’s 5-yearold daughter sitting in the back seat.
The shooting took place at 10th Street near Greenbrier Drive, a few blocks north of Lake Park’s downtown Park Avenue strip.
The man told homicide investigators he left the car running and went inside a barbershop to pick up his 12-year-old son.
Wilson allegedly opened the driver’s side door, jumped in and attempted to drive away. The father yelled at Wilson to stop, then fired his weapon “in fear of his daughter’s safety,” the Sheriff ’s Office said.
The man, who PBSO said has a concealed-weapons permit, managed to get into the car and steer it to a stop. The girl was not injured. Wilson was a graduate of Riviera Beach Preparatory Academy and worked at a local fast-food restaurant to support a family that included a 1-year-old son, according to a family friend.
Court records show that Wilson had been arrested twice in Palm Beach County since February 2016. He was found guilty of burglary in May 2016 after breaking into a car in suburban Boca Raton. The resident of Riviera Beach was sentenced to 180 days in jail.