Rev. Kenneth Moales, Jr. – pastor of Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bridgeport – says he's lucky to be alive after being carjacked at gunpoint while attending a funeral in Baltimore on June 1.

"I had just pulled up on Pratt Street in Baltimore when a man comes up to my window, points a gun at my face and tells me to get out of the car," Moales told News 12.

"I got out of the car – but then my instinct was to fight the gunman, because I knew my life was at stake," Moales said.

Surveillance video obtained by News 12 shows Moales jumping on the gunman, pinning him to the ground for about 20 seconds and then wrestling the gun out of his hand.

"I told him, 'I'm a father, a husband and a pastor and you can just go now and I won't press charges,'" Moales said.

"But even after all of that – after I had let him go and given him a chance to not face charges – he still drove off in my car," Moales said.

"I have forgiven the young man – but this violent crime just shows me that I need to work even harder to help young people right here in Bridgeport, because a lot of these kids are hopeless and this problem is not unique to Baltimore," Moales said.

Police say they were able to track the car using its navigation system and arrest the gunman about two hours after the carjacking.

The suspect's name is not being released because he is a juvenile.