There are 3 article(s) tagged Carjacking:

• April 2022

  • Crime Crisis: Two women, 2 violent crimes, and the psychological scars that remain

    A woman who was carjacked and another whose son was killed don’t know one another. But they share a bond. Both lives were devastated by violent crime. 

    By Don Wade April 22, 2022

• December 2020

  • Police look for ways to fight back as carjacking cases rise

    Carjackings are “basically a crime of opportunity,” said Lt. Jimmy Lewis of MPD’s Violent Crimes Unit. And this year, he said, police are seeing guns used more often during the crimes.

    By Yolanda Jones December 06, 2020

• September 2020

  • Calkins: How a sophomore basketball player at BTW wound up dead at a Kroger gas station

    A year ago, Cameron Pryor was on a winning team. On Monday, he was killed trying to carjack an SUV. His shooting may have been ruled justified, but the path that took him to that Kroger was a civic tragedy.

    By Geoff Calkins September 25, 2020