NOPD investigates a carjacking that escalated into a violent situation

NEW ORLEANS — Three men were carjacked early Friday morning in New Orleans, police said.

The incident happened around 2:56 a.m. at Lincoln Beach Boulevard and Jourdan Road, according to a New Orleans Police Department report. The victims were traveling in a 2003 Chrysler 300 when a group of five to six unknown suspects approached the vehicle.

One suspect opened the car door and took a firearm from the center console. The suspects initially let the men leave but followed them in a white SUV. When the victims reached a dead-end street, the suspects forced all three out of the car at gunpoint. Two of the victims were pistol-whipped during the encounter…

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