Carjacking Investigated

Kalamazoo, MI:  On May 25, 2008, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to reported carjacking in the 600 block of Riverview Drive.  The victim reported that he’d been accosted by two men, both armed with handguns, and that his vehicle had been stolen.

Investigating officers learned that the victim had parked his vehicle in a parking lot and was returning to the car when two men approached him.  Both men were armed with semi-automatic handguns.  One of the suspects fired a single shot and demanded that the victim relinquish the keys to his car.  No one was injured when the weapon was fired.  The victim turned over his keys and both suspects fled in his car northbound on Riverview Dr.

The stolen car is a 1999, Cadillac Escalade, chrome wheels, bearing Michigan personalized license plate “JALA.”  The suspects are both black males, approximately 30 years old, wearing dark hooded sweatshirts and armed with handguns.  The victim reported that both suspects walked from a gold Dodge Intrepid, which had been parked across the street.  Neither the Dodge Intrepid nor the stolen Cadillac Escalade has been located.

Anyone who may have information about this robbery is asked to contact Public Safety at 337-994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100 or www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com.