NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department reports two separate carjacking incidents that happened hours apart over the weekend.
The first carjacking happened around 11:00 p.m. in the Little Woods neighborhood Saturday, July 29. Reports show in the 7300 block of Shaw Avenue, a woman was leaving her home when she was held at gunpoint by a person wearing a camouflage ski mask demanding her keys, purse and phone.
The woman complied and the suspect, accompanied by a woman, fled the scene in her 2016 Black Range Rover.
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The second carjacking happened four hours later on Sunday, July 30 in the Gentilly Terrace area.
Reports show a man and a woman were parked in the 4200 block of Elysian Fields Avenue when they were approached by three men exiting a black jeep.
One of the suspects approached the driver’s side with a gun and ordered the victims to exit the vehicle. The man and woman complied and the suspects fled the scene taking a 2014 Dodge Charger.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of both vehicles or additional information about the incidents is asked to contact Seventh District detectives at (504)-658-6070 or Crimestoppers anonymously at (504)-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.
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