Couple Carjacked at Gunpoint on Sunday Afternoon in Providence
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Couple Carjacked at Gunpoint on Sunday Afternoon in Providence
The incident occurred in a commercial parking lot on Smith Street, during what was supposed to be a clothing sale.
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About Incident
Shortly after 4 PM on Sunday, police responded to Advance Auto Parts at 539 Smith Street, for a report of a carjacking.
Police met with the couple — a man and woman in their 20s — who said they had gone to the location to sell some clothing out of their vehicle.
According to the male victim, he was showing some clothes to a man, when another male went into a different vehicle, and approached him from behind with a gun.
The suspect then took the victims’ car and fled.
Police said that the victims want to press charges.
Latest in Carjackings in City This Year
In June, a man was reportedly assaulted during a carjacking on Thayer Street on Providence’s East Side.
In March, a man told police he was carjacked by men in ski masks while leaving a club in the city.