Armed Carjacking Reported Near University Of Minnesota Campus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Safety officials at the University of Minnesota say an armed carjacking was reported Monday morning near the Twin Cities campus.
According to a university safety bulletin, the carjacking happened around 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of Fulton and Ontario streets. The victim reported that the suspect displayed a handgun.
The suspect was described as a thin teenage boy, standing about 5-feet, 10-inches tall, and wearing a black sweater.
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Over the last few months, carjackings have become increasingly common in the Twin Cities. The uptick in carjackings led the Minneapolis Police Department to create a new system to track them.
When Minneapolis police started tracking carjackings in September, they were happening at a rate of about two per day.