Residents in a Brooklyn neighborhood are on edge as an “armed and dangerous” suspect wanted in multiple carjackings and robberies remains on the run.
Video shows a woman’s struggle with the alleged carjacker in Brooklyn. It’s hard to make out, but the screams of “Call the police! Somebody call 911!” are unmistakable.
Kye Mooney got home shortly before witnessing the commotion on East 16th Street in Sheepshead Bay.
“It could have easily been me, yeah,” Mooney said.
Police warned residents to stay in their homes as they canvassed the entire neighborhood.
“We had no clue what was going on,” a resident said.
The suspect was armed with a gun when he tried to steal the 40-year-old woman’s Hyundai Sonata, police said.
“You’re like minding your business because you’re a New Yorker and you think someone is fighting over a parking spot when someone really someone is trying to fight for their car,” Mooney said.
The gunman was on a roll Monday evening just after 7 p.m. when police say he had already carjacked a black Mercedes a few blocks away.