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Search Result: Carjacking

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Four Dead In Calif. Carjackings, Shootings

February 19, 2013

A man suspected in a series of shootings across Orange County that left four people dead and at least two others wounded on Tuesday apparently approached one of his victims after a vehicle he carjacked ran out of gas, authorities said.

Shots Fired: Oakland, Calif., Carjacking

June 13, 2012

Norteño gang member Andrew Barrientos carjacked a vehicle at a convenience market on Aug. 27, 2010, after critically wounding Fremont (Calif.) Police Officer Todd Young during an officer-involved shooting. Read the full story here.

Tenn. Cop Saved by Body Armor

April 6, 2012

Memphis (Tenn.) Police Officer Josh Shearer's protective vest likely saved his life, when it absorbed a handgun round from a suspect during a chase in the Raleigh neighborhood.

11 LAPD Officers Fired 60+ Rounds at Car-jacking Suspect

February 27, 2012

Eleven Los Angeles Police officers fired more than 60 rounds at a car-jacking suspect at a Koreatown gas station while the station's owner was caught in the cross fire.

Carjacking Suspect Told Pa. Cop He Was Filming Batman Movie

August 1, 2011

After a Pittsburgh Police detective turned the tables on a suspect attempting to carjack him, the man claimed it was all part of a new Batman movie he was filming.

Video: Wisconsin Cop Cleared In ATM Shooting

April 28, 2011

Police dash cam video helped exonerate a Monona (Wisc.) Police officer forced to use deadly force in December against a suspect who carjacked a man to force him to withdraw funds from a credit union ATM.

Wisconsin Officer Exonerated In Deadly OIS

April 28, 2011

Carjacking Suspect Kills Georgia Officer, Wounds Second

March 22, 2011

Senior Police Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian, a married father of two, was fatally shot and SPO Tony Howard was wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a vehicle stop. Police took the driver of the vehicle into custody and are actively searching for 33-year-old Jamie Hood, who has been identified as the shooter.

NYPD Cop Tackles Rampage Suspect On Train, Carjacking Details Emerge

February 12, 2011

NYPD Officer Terrance Howard grabbed Maksim Gelman, 23, after he hopped off the No. 2 train shortly before the Times Square station and crossed the tracks to board an uptown No. 3 train. On Monday, details emerged about how Gelman carjacked two men with a knife.

Meals on Wheels Visit? No, Elderly Detroit Couple Carjacked

September 30, 2010

Laverne and Blow Harris, both 73, told police they were in their driveway on Longfellow near Rosa Parks Boulevard just before 10 a.m. when the two men pulled up in the truck — stolen, police said, from the northeast side of the city — and told them they were delivering meals.

Chicago Carjacker Opens Fire on Officers

September 12, 2010

The 10-year veteran was hit in his ballistic vest and shoulder while returning to a marked patrol car after responding to a disturbance call. The suspect who carjacked a vehicle earlier in the evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

California Officer Takes 60 Units of Blood After Gunshot

August 28, 2010

Fremont officer Todd Young, 39, and a fellow officer had tried to arrest Andrew Barrientos, 20, who was wanted for a string of crimes. Young, who required 60 units of blood during surgery, is in critical but stable condition.

California Cop, Corrections Officer Arrested in Kidnap, Rape Case

April 5, 2010

According to Sgt. David McBride of the Ontario Police Department, the woman was walking to her car in the parking lot of Ontario Mills Mall when Westminster police Det. Anthony Nicholas Orban and California Corrections Officer Jeff Thomas Jelinek approached her.

Grand Theft Auto and Gangs

March 25, 2010

Gang members, especially juveniles, receive little incarceration and lots of probation for car crimes. To gang members this is like a dog with rubber teeth, lots of bark but no bite. Almost every gang member I came in contact with in East Los Angeles and South Central Los Angeles had several prior convictions for some type of car theft.

Transient Who Killed Los Angeles Airport Officer Gets Life

January 17, 2010

William Sadowski, 51, carjacked officer Thomas Scott's patrol vehicle in April 2005, dragging the officer for a quarter of a mile before striking a fire hydrant, killing the officer instantly.

New Orleans Officer Run Over by Carjacking Suspect Recovering from Injury

September 15, 2009

A New Orleans police officer mowed down by a carjacking suspect he was trying to apprehend last week is still recovering from a fractured arm, the commander of the New Orleans Police Department's 2nd District said Tuesday.

Plainclothes N.C. Cop Carjacked, Pursuit Ends in Fiery Fatal Crash

January 9, 2009

Police say that in their haste to get away, robbery suspects crashed one car and then carjacked an SUV from a plainclothes Gastonia police officer.

N.C. Carjacking Suspect Smacked with Frozen Turkey

November 25, 2008

Fred L. Ervin got his Thanksgiving turkey early this year. A passer-by armed with a frozen turkey used the bird as a cudgel upside Ervin's head Sunday while coming to the rescue of a woman outside a grocery store on Sunday, Fuquay-Varina police say.

Atlanta Carjack Suspect Shot Dead on I-85

September 18, 2008

A carjacking suspect was shot and killed by a DeKalb County police officer early Thursday along I-85 in northeast Atlanta, police said.

Suspect Fires at Police But Hits Auto Theft Suspect

September 11, 2008

An unknown assailant fired at New Orleans police officers Monday night after they interrupted an apparent auto theft, but the bullet hit one of the alleged thieves, according to police.

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