WATCH: Good Samaritan Kills Carjacker

A man who used his conceal-carry gun to shoot a perceived carjacker dead has been hailed as a Good Samaritan.

“We feel this man did what he had to do to save his life and that of the woman,” an Orem PD spokesperson said after the 31-year-old hero killed a 26-year-old who ABC News identified as “Talaji Matafeo.”

The man called cops and said he shot a man who was trying to steal a woman’s Mercedes SUV. The dead man’s family called him a defenseless victim though surveillance video appears to show him running away from a car just minutes after a reported assault in the area.