2 Teenage Minneapolis Carjacking Suspects Charged

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Hennepin County Attorney's office charged two young men Friday with robbery and possession of a gun after a carjacking Thursday in Minneapolis.

Seventeen-year-old Cortinez Powell and 18-year-old Justyn Hosley (pictured above) were with two other men when police approached them in a stolen vehicle in a fast food drive thru in north Minneapolis. They all took off running and shots were fired.

A K-9 search found Powell and Hosley in an alley. Hosley had a gunshot wound to his leg.

Court documents describe how the men had been driving around with the owner of the car.

The victim says they took his wallet and threatened to kill him. Police are still looking for the two other suspects.

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