ROBBER WHO SHOT MAN, CARJACKED FAMILY STILL SOUGHT.Byline: Staff and Wire Services NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Police on Friday sought the public's help in identifying a gunman who shot a man during a robbery, then terrorized a family after hijacking hijacking Crime of seizing possession or control of a vehicle from another by force or threat of force. Although by the late 20th century hijacking most frequently involved the seizure of an airplane and its forcible diversion to destinations chosen by the air pirates, when a Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. with the driver and children inside. The armed man, described as Latino, in his mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 20s, with dark features and wavy hair, was walking in the 11500 block of Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. on Feb. 14 when he tried to rob three men, police said. As the confrontation escalated, the assailant pulled out a handgun and shot a 33-year-old man in the head. The victim survived. After the incident, the victim's friends chased the gunman east on Victory, then north on Beck Avenue, where they lost him, police said. A few minutes later, the gunman ran up to a family in a Ford Explorer along Haynes Street, forced the person in the passenger seat out, then jumped in the vehicle with the driver and children still inside. The gunman forced the driver to take him to a Costco store in Burbank, where he robbed the man, then jumped out and ran away. The suspect, who might live in the Burbank area, is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 185 pounds, police said. Anyone with more information about the suspect is asked to call detectives at (818) 623-4045 during normal business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a , or (887) 529-3855 on nights and weekends. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: POLICE SKETCH sketch, a rapidly executed kind of pictorial note-taking. The sketch is not usually intended as an autonomous work of art, although many have been considered masterpieces in their own right. OF SUSPECTED GUNMAN |
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