By Tim Clifford

Carjackers on Palm Avenue
A man living on the 1600 block of Palm Ave. S.W. narrowly escaped an early morning carjacking outside of his home on Aug. 27. While one suspect was taken into custody shortly after the incident the main suspect in this case remain on the loose and extremely dangerous.

At 6:31 a.m. the victim had just finished getting ready for work and was getting into his car to leave. At the front of the driveway is an electronic gate which the victim had to wait for to open. As soon as he pulled out of his driveway he looked both ways down the street. To his left he saw two black males with bandanas on their faces waiting on the other side of the gate.

The main suspect sported a blue bandana and began walking quickly towards the victim’s car with a handgun out. The victim hit the gas and sped away northbound on Palm Avenue S.W. before the suspects could reach his car door. As he was dialing 911 the victim looked in his rearview mirror and saw both suspects running away southbound.

Circling back around the block the victim watched the two suspects as they were running down the street and began giving dispatchers more information. As the suspects were running down the street the one with the gun spotted the victim and began running toward his car. The victim sped away again, apparently just in time, as he told responding officers that he saw the victim drawing the gun out of his waistband.

Police managed to apprehend one of the suspects who is a juvenile. The other suspect got away and left behind his blue bandana. A K-9 unit used the bandana to pick up a scent but lost the trail shortly afterward. The suspect remains at large.

Crimes reported between Aug. 28 and Sep. 4

Burglaries by block: 3300 block of 59 Ave. S.W., 3800 block of 35 Ave. S.W., 6000 block of 42 Ave. S.W., 7300 block of 36 Ave. S.W., 8800 block of 25 Ave. S.W., 9200 block of 31 Ave. S.W., 800 block of S. Sullivan St., 1400 block of S. Henderson St.

Car prowls by block: 36 Ave. S.W./ S.W. Stevens St., 3600 block of 35 Ave. S.W., 4100 block of Fauntleroy WY S.W., 4000 block of 26 Ave. S.W., Lincoln Park WY S.W./ Murray Ave. S.W., 7900 block of Delridge WY S.W., 9000 block of 30 Ave. S.W., 9200 block of 31 Ave. S.W.

Car thefts by block: 6000 block of California Ave. S.W., 6500 block of Sylvan WY S.W., 7100 block of Fauntleroy WY S.W., 8000 block of 5 Ave. S., 8800 block of 10 Ave. S.W., 9200 block of 4 Ave. S.W., 9200 block of 12 Ave. S.W., 9400 block of 11 Ave. S.W., 9000 block of 31 Ave. S.W., 2600 block of S.W. Barton St.