19-year-old charged with carjacking couple at gunpoint in West Philly

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A 19-year-old has been charged in connection with a violent carjacking in West Philadelphia earlier this year.

It happened on April 4 as a man was dropping off his girlfriend.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says a masked Xavier Peterson held the couple at gunpoint as the boyfriend was parking his Subaru CrossTrek, forced them out of the car, then hopped in and sped off…

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