Oakland police arrest suspect in attempted carjacking caught on video, along with 2 others
OAKLAND — Oakland police said they arrested three people in connection to carjackings throughout the city, with one of them being a suspect in the attempted carjacking on Skyline Boulevard that was caught on video.
On Wednesday, officers found a suspect who was wanted in connection with the Skyline Boulevard incident.
The encounter led to a car chase as the driver refused to pull over for officers, according to police. Officers followed the car to the city of San Leandro, where the occupants got out of the car and tried to run away.
Oakland police said three people, two men and one male juvenile, had been in the car and all of them were arrested.
According to police, the three suspects are all Oakland residents and connected to armed carjackings in the following neighborhoods.
- Tompkins Avenue Neighborhood
- Crestmont Neighborhood
- Sequoyah Heights Neighborhood
- Piedmont Avenue Southeast Neighborhood
- Skyline-Hillcrest Estates Neighborhood
There have been several search warrants served in connection to the suspects. Police did not release the suspects' names.
Oakland police said they are still investigating any possible connections to other carjackings.
Video of the Skyline Boulevard attempted carjacking shows a woman driving when the car in front suddenly pulls up blocking the lane. Two young people jump out, one armed with a pistol. It takes a moment for the driver to react, but when the gunman raps on the window, she screams and swerves around the car and roars off. The driver was lucky, managing to escape.
According to Oakland police, there have been about 369 carjackings in the city so far this year. That's up 24 percent compared to the same time period two years ago when there were 298.
A different carjacking on Wednesday left three people, including two police officers, injured. Officers said they engaged in a short pursuit with the suspects and several other vehicles before the department's helicopter took over. The pursuit ended when one of the suspects struck a marked Oakland police patrol vehicle.
