A nine-year-old has been hailed as a hero for rescuing his younger sister at a carjacking between two guys on Thursday, authorities said Friday.

Among those suspects, called Kendarian Toran, 18, of Jackson, Mississippi, hopped from a parked SUV on the opposite side of the pump and also forced his way to the driver’s seat of this girl’s automobile, the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reported.

He allegedly pointed a gun at the girl when she tried to prevent him.

The girl’s two kids were in the back seat throughout the episode. The girl’s nine-year-old son got out of their vehicle, ran to the other hand, and pulled his five-year-old sister from their car ahead of the suspects can get away together at the vehicle.

The police department clarified the nine-year-old’s behave”an unbelievable act of bravery and composure.”

Chief Thomas Hunt stated he’d comprehend the boy for bettering his sister in a later date, according to the Facebook post.

Alabama and Mississippi police chased the two suspects at a brief car chase through Mississippi, until the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office took them into custody.

Police identified Eric White, 23, of Jackson, since the next defendant in the SUV, which was stolen in Jackson the day prior to the alleged carjacking.

Both guys are anticipating extradition in Rankin County Jail.