Rabbi Emanuel Goldfeiz, 62 — Rabbi of Beit Yaakov and Rabbinical administrator for Star-S kashrut — used his legally owned handgun to fend off two masked attackers during a violent attempted carjacking in North Baltimore.

The incident took place late at night behind his condominium, after returning from synagogue and taking out the trash.

“They just came up and punched him in the face,” said Baltimore City Councilman Yitzy Schleifer. “They knocked him to the ground and continued striking him—until he pulled a gun.”