Decatur Police Alert: Carjacking in Kroger Parking Lot Monday Night
Decatur Metro | June 8, 2016 | 2:41 pmFrom Decatur PD just sent out this alert…
On Monday, June 6, 2016 at approximately 10:26 pm, Decatur Police responded to the Kroger parking lot at 720 Commerce Drive in reference to a hijacking of a motor vehicle. The victim stated she exited the store and walked to her vehicle and initially went to her trunk. She observed two males walking towards her on the sidewalk along Commerce Drive but did not think much of it. She walked to the driver’s side of her vehicle and the two males came up behind her. Suspect #1 displayed a black handgun and put it to the left side of her head and told her not to draw attention to herself. Suspect #1 grabbed her keys with an attached cardholder from her and entered the driver’s door. Suspect #2 entered the front passenger door. The suspects fled westbound on Commerce Drive in the victim’s vehicle, a 2008 Honda Accord. A witness reported seeing the suspects walking on the sidewalk along Commerce Drive toward Kroger just prior to the incident. The suspects were described as follows:
Suspect #1: black male, approximately 16-17 years old, approximately 5’7, dark complexion, wearing a maroon hoodie with white trim and dark pants or shorts armed with a black handgun
Suspect #2: black male, approximately 16-17 years old, approximately 5’7, dark complexion, wearing a dark hoodie and dark pants or shorts
The vehicle was found abandoned in southwest Atlanta the following morning.
Looks like the summer crime season has officially begun.