Carjackings

The Twin Cities area, including suburban communities, have experienced a surge in violent offenses over the past two years, including carjackings.  This is also a broader national trend, with several other communities across the nation experiencing carjackings.  These violent crimes impact all residents. 

Media coverage of carjackings in Minnesota:

• WCCO: Man Charged With Carjacking Driver, Holding Him Hostage In Abandoned Minneapolis Gas Station
• WCCO: Twin Cities Carjacking Crisis: A Closer Look At The Data
• MPR: Three carjackers arrested after close call with toddler in St. Paul
• KARE11: Alert issued following carjacking near U of M
• KSTP: Milwaukee man arrested in carjacking, shooting of St. Paul rideshare driver

Media coverage of carjackings from across the nation:

• WSOC-TV: ‘Still in shock’: Woman attacked, carjacked in CVS parking lot on Easter, police say
• CNN: ‘It’s a disturbing trend.’ Cities see large increases in carjackings during pandemic
• WKRC: 72-year-old grandmother beat up and carjacked
• Chicago Sun-Times: Family’s frantic search ends at hospital where they find father in a coma after a carjacking
• WCSC: 4 teens arrested in brutal carjacking that severed elderly woman’s arm, killed her
• WAFB: Husband pleads for violent crime solutions after wife’s brutal carjacking at Costco