A person suspected of a carjacking earlier Saturday within the North Metropolis neighborhood of San Diego was arrested in Yuma, AZ, authorities mentioned.
Shortly earlier than 5 a.m. Saturday, a person was filling his Lexus ES-300 with fuel at 2750 By way of De La Valle when one other man brandishing a handgun approached him, based on the San Diego Police Department.
The suspect demanded the sufferer’s automobile, pockets and mobile phone, then drove away within the Lexus, police mentioned, including that the sufferer wasn’t injured.
Responding officers discovered that the Lexus was positioned through monitoring in Yuma. Authorities notified the Yuma Police Division and Arizona Freeway Patrol, with the latter division trying to cease the suspect, who fled, police mentioned.
The APD caught the suspect following a automobile pursuit and took him into custody.
The SDPD’s Theft Unit is investigating the case, and requested anybody with related info to name 619-531-2299 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580- 8477.
–Metropolis Information Service
