Police looking for man who carjacked 95-year-old woman, drove off with her still inside

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The search is on for a man suspected of carjacking a 95-year-old woman on the city’s west side Monday afternoon.

Detroit police officials say a 95-year-old woman was sitting in the passenger seat of her red 2015 Chrysler 200 around 2 p.m. Monday near Woodward and McNichols when a man walked up to her car and asked her a question.

The suspect allegedly got in the driver’s seat of the car, and a struggle between the two ensued.

The suspect drove away while the woman was still sitting in the front seat. After a short ride, the driver stopped the car in the area of W. State Fair and Bauman, about a mile north of the carjacking scene, and the woman was allowed to exit as the suspect drove off.

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Officials say the woman was checked out by EMS, but refused treatment at the scene.

Detectives are investigating and looking for the suspect, who is described as a clean-shaven man, between 23-45 years old.

Anyone who knows something about the carjacking is asked to call the Detroit Police Department’s Commercial Auto Theft Unit at 313-596-2555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

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