Police Seek Tips In Detroit Parking Lot Carjacking [PHOTO]
DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit police are on the hunt for a man who carjacked a young woman at gunpoint, early Wednesday morning.
It happened at around 4:40 a.m. as the woman was parking her car in a lot in the 24500 block of Grand River.
Police say the suspect, armed with a handgun, approached the 24-year-old victim and demanded her vehicle — a silver 2001 Chevy Impala.
The woman complied, police said, and the suspect drove away in her car in an unknown direction.
The carjacker is described as a shorter black male, around 5 feet, 4 inches tall, with a "coarse afro" hairstyle. He was wearing a black shirt and blue jeans at the time of the crime.
Anyone who may recognize the suspect in the security camera image above for who has any information about this crime is asked to call Det. Cross-Nelson of the Commercial Auto Theft Unit at 313-596-2555 or the HEAT tip line at 1-800-242-HEAT.
