DJ Envy Shot At 3 Times During Attempted Carjacking

DJ Envy BET party — DJ Envy attends the Interscope BET Party at The Reserve on June 25, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
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*After being criticized for supporting stop-and-frisk, DJ Envy, a co-host of “The Breakfast Club” morning show on 105.1 FM, was reacting to social media criticism of his comments on Wednesday’s radio show when he opened up about a recent incident during which he was shot at by a police impersonator while driving early morning last week.

39-year-old Envy said that he was driving on Route 3 in northern New Jersey on his way to work at about 3 a.m. on Sept. 22 when an SUV pulled up behind him with flashing, police-style lights.

“Something doesn’t feel right about this,” he remembered thinking, NJ.com reports. “The police light was all blue and in New York and New Jersey, the police lights (are) red and blue,” he said.

He didn’t pull over and continued to drive in what he called “one of the worst areas in New Jersey.”

“The whole Newark ain’t bad, but in that little bit of area, that’s where crime is at one of the highest points,” Envy added.

DJ Envy of The Breakfast Club attends Power 105.1Â’s Powerhouse 2015 at the Barclays Center on October 22, 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.
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“I look over and I could see it’s not a cop,” he said. Envy explained how he then braked, and began reversing his car when a man wearing a black mask and hoodie got out of the SUV and fired three shots at his car.

“I’m driving backwards down the highway as they’re shooting at the car,” he said. Two shots hit the front of his car and one hit the tire. Envy made his escape by driving backwards for about a mile on the highway. He then called friends in the area, followed by the police.

“Five minutes later, they robbed somebody else, right on the highway,” he said. “I’ve got five kids and a family and they could’ve killed me over what, a car?”

“I feel that had a turning point in me where I said, ‘We need to get these guns off the streets,'” said the stop-and-frisk supporter about the incident.

Below is a clip of Envy discussing the incident: