The NYPD is looking for two people in a series of Brooklyn and Queens carjackings last month -- one that involved a vehicle closely following, then rear-ending, its target each time, authorities say.
All four vehicle heists happened in a 12-day span in the two boroughs, police say. The first case in the pattern dates back to Sunday, Oct. 15, when cops say the carjackers rear-ended a driver at 194th Street and 112th Avenue. He got out of his car and two men in the one that rear-ended him confronted him with a gun. They drove off in both vehicles.
The 27-year-old victim in that case wasn't hurt.
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WATCH HEREFour days later, around 2:15 a.m. on Linden Place Oct. 19, cops say a Mercedes-Benz SUV driver was rear-ended by another car. Again, two men in the car that rear-ended the Benz confronted him when he got out of his vehicle. They didn't show a gun in that case, instead punching him and kicking him, cops say. They then drove off in the two cars.
The victim refused medical attention at the scene.
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SIGN UP The next carjacking came Friday, Oct. 21, when cops say a 52-year-old Ford sedan driver on Elton Street was rear-ended by another vehicle around 2:30 a.m. That case followed the same pattern as the others, cops say. The victim's phone was taken along with his car. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
The last known carjacking in the series was just before Halloween, around 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 27. That time, a 40-year-old in a BMW sedan was driving near Atlantic Avenue and Hendrix Street when another black sedan rear-ended him. He too was confronted by two men who got out of the sedan -- and that time they did have a gun. The two carjackers drove off in both vehicles, leaving the 40-year-old behind. No injuries were reported in that case.
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Cops released surveillance footage from the most recent incident. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
