Carjacking - Page 5

Illinois State Rep. Marcus Evans Jr. is attempting to fight a surge in Chicago carjackings by pushing to ban the sales of the Grand Theft Auto video game.

A Texas police office officer and his K9 rescued two girls from an attempted carjacking last week, authorities said.

Chicago Alderman Stephanie Coleman reacted to a surge in city carjackings by hiring a private firm to provide security for an hour each day in which residents can safely pump gas.

Police in Democrat-controlled Chicago released video Thursday showing individuals allegedly involved in several carjackings and armed robberies.

A nine-year-old is being hailed as a hero for saving his younger sister in a carjacking involving two men on Thursday, police said Friday.

Four people were arrested after a woman in Wentzville, Missouri, pulled a gun Saturday morning to stop alleged carjackers from taking her vehicle. 

A retired firefighter was shot and fatally wounded Thursday afternoon while trying to thwart a carjacking in Chicago.

Philadelphia police are searching for five teenage suspects who knocked a woman unconscious and stole her car in North Philadelphia.

The St. Louis County Police Department indicates an alleged 14-year-old carjacker was shot and killed by a 53-year-old driver Sunday afternoon at 3:47 p.m.

The New Orleans Police Department has launched an investigation after three gunmen allegedly carjacked and assaulted a homeowner in his driveway.

A man allegedly carjacked a running vehicle with an elderly woman and an eight-month-old inside on Saturday, leading to a slow-speed police chase through Los Angeles and his arrest.

A felon who allegedly attempted four carjackings on Friday was arrested after one of the drivers had doused him with gasoline and another had pulled a handgun and sent the suspect fleeing.

Isabella Cortes was pronounced dead at the scene after she and her siblings fell victim to a violent carjacking on Sunday afternoon.

Daytona Beach, Florida, police shot and killed an alleged armed carjacker after the suspect allegedly pointed his gun at officers.

A man was arrested last week for allegedly attempting to carjack a woman and then choking her young son just ten minutes after being released from jail.

Two men released from jail in California due to the coronavirus pandemic were re-arrested and accused of crimes shortly after being released, authorities said.

An Ohio State football fan in Phoenix for the Fiesta Bowl was caught on a doorbell camera pleading for help after being carjacked, and shot.

Parents in Stockton, California, fought off an alleged carjacker Sunday when he tried to drive off with the kids still inside.

An alleged carjacker in New Orleans fled the scene after being shot twice by his would-be victim. 

An alleged armed carjacker was shot dead on Tuesday by a hearing aid store manager in Sun City Center, Florida.

A mother driving her son to school in New York City took down a would-be carjacker after she discovered an intruder in the driver’s seat of her vehicle.

Three ruthless carjackers have been convicted for attacking disabled boxer Michael Watson MBE, his carer, and a teenage couple with acid in two separate incidents.

Littlefield, Texas, police say a concealed carry permit holder intervened and saved a mother of four who was under assault by a would-be carjacker armed with a knife.

A carjacking suspect allegedly pointed a rifle at an armed citizen in Pike National Forest and got shot multiple times.

Authorities released a video this weekend of four Wisconsin teens allegedly carjacking a vehicle and then punching its owner to the ground in a Milwaukee parking lot.

The armed citizen who shot and killed alleged carjacker Tim Day in a Walmart parking lot says his actions were the outgrowth of his role as a pastor and a father.

An Arizona police officer attempting to pull over an armed carjacker was fatally shot when the suspect allegedly exited the stolen vehicle and opened fire.

Two teenage girls were arrested and charged with carjacking a pregnant teacher outside a Maryland elementary school, police said.

A Tucson, Arizona, woman shot a man who allegedly threatened her with a hatchet as she exited a store on the city’s south side.

An armed son in Fulton County, Georgia, ran to the sound of his mother’s screams and shot a carjacking suspect multiple times.

An escapee from George County, Mississippi, was shot after allegedly carjacking a vehicle from a concealed carry permit holder.

Chicago police are recruiting federal agents to help them fight the record-high number of violent carjackings that have plagued the city.

A man tried to enter an SUV carrying a family of five on New Year’s Eve and died after being struck with a gun and shot twice.

The concealed carry permit holder who shot one of two alleged carjackers on Saturday said the wounded suspect “should learn his lesson.”

Andrew Wright was devastated when his car was stolen Friday with his two dogs, Polo and Baby Girl, still inside. Polo, a Havanese purebred, alerts Wright if he is about to suffer a seizure. The vehicle was equipped with OnStar and later

A suspected Atlanta carjacker allegedly forced his victim to start the car he was trying to steal so he could drive away in it, police said.