Video: Gunman Shoots Himself and Run Over by Victims

An alleged gunman who tried to rob four people in a car park accidentally shot himself in the head as he tried to get away, police have said. The alleged robbery and shooting happened at around 3am on Wednesday in a parking lot outside a Denny’s restaurant in Hawthorne, California. The man is in stable condition

Gunman is caught on camera accidentally shooting HIMSELF in the head while trying to flee on foot from a robbery while being chased by his furious victims in a car Shooting happened in Denny's restaurant parking lot in Hawthorne, California The suspected gunman was run down by a vehicle driven by one of his victims The suspect is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, and is under arrest.

A gunman who allegedly tried to rob four people in restaurant parking lot accidentally shot himself in the head as he tried to get away, police said.

The suspected gunman was run down by one of his victims, causing him to unwittingly shoot himself in the head. 

Surveillance footage captured the whole incident, which happened at around 3am on Wednesday in a parking lot outside a Denny's restaurant in Hawthorne, California. 

A gunman who allegedly tried to rob four people in restaurant parking lot accidentally shot himself in the head

Surveillance footage captured the whole incident, which happened in a parking lot outside a Denny's restaurant in Hawthorne, California

The video shows four diners leaving the restaurant and getting into a car, before a man approaches the vehicle and attempts to rob them.

Security cameras from inside the restaurant captured the moment one of the female victims frantically ran back inside, pleading for help as staff dial 911.

Police said the alleged robber was attempting to run around the corner, where two accomplices who were waiting in a getaway car.

The footage shows the suspected robber trying to make his escape as the driver in the alleged victim's car quickly reverses and speeds towards the gunman knocking him down. 

The footage shows the suspected robber trying to make his escape as the driver in the alleged victim's car quickly reverses and speeds towards the gunman

The car knocked him down and the suspect is in a critical but stable condition in hospital

Amir Obeid, manager of Denny's, decribed the incident as 'viglante justice'

'I'm not going to say any prayers for the suspect because he kind of got what's coming to him, you know,' Obeid told KABC. 

'He decided to rob somebody, and that's what happens. You're taking a chance whenever you do something like that.' 

Luitenant Ti Goetz from Hawthorne police said: 'He's running away from the scene with a gun in his hand when the victims chased him in the car.

'When they struck him it launched his body up in the air and somewhere in that process, the gun in his hand fired, resulting in him getting a bullet in the head.'

The suspect is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, where he is under arrest. Police are continuing to search for the two accomplices seen in the suspected getaway car.