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TMZ reports that Can't Hardly Wait star Ethan Embry was mugged at gunpoint in his Studio City driveway on Sunday night, but rather than just accept the powerlessness of victimhood, allegedly returned to the scene of the crime with a firearm to seek his own brand of semicelebrity vengeance:

TMZ has confirmed the "Can't Hardly Wait" star told police that two men recognized him from his film and TV roles, and robbed him and a female in his driveway. The thugs allegedly stole Embry's wallet containing $400, a watch, and threatened the woman.

As the men fled in a silver SUV, one eyewitness tells TMZ that Ethan raced into his house, emerged with a handgun and fired three rounds — though it is unclear whether they were in the air or toward the vehicle. Police, however, refused to confirm this information to TMZ.

We suppose that we'll have to wait until someone obtains the police report to see a transcription of the moment of awkwardness that transpired between the muggers and Embry when they realized they were in the act of robbing someone they vaguely recognized, cruelly prolonging the handover of the wallet until one of the crooks finally decided that coming up with "that guy from the Jennifer Love Hewitt thing who isn't Seth Green" was a good enough attempt at puzzling out their victim's credit list to allow them to complete the crime.