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Suspects Arrested For Carjacking In Homewood

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Two suspects were arrested early Sunday morning in Homewood at the intersection of Sterrett Street and Formosa Way for an armed carjacking.

The victim stated that just before 2 a.m. two men, one of them armed with a gun, approached him in a parking lot and demanded the keys to his vehicle. They then drove off. The victim was not injured.

Police saw the stolen car in Homewood around 4 a.m. and the suspects led police on a brief pursuit, then abandoned the car and fled on foot.

Officers found them and took them into custody a short time later. They found one handgun at the scene.

Nineteen-year-old Dakil Blair, of Homewood South, and 32-year-old Paris Moore, of Wilkinsburg, were both taken into custody and are facing armed carjacking charges.

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