Parking lot safety tips following random carjacking, pursuit, shooting of mother in Oakland County

The Ingham County Sheriff’s Office is urging residents to stay alert and take precautions while walking through parking lots and parking garages, especially when alone, following a violent carjacking and shooting in Oakland County.

The warning comes after a woman in her 40s was seriously wounded Tuesday evening (May 19) during a random carjacking outside Baldwin Commons Plaza in Orion Township.

Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said investigators believe the suspect had been waiting in the parking lot, looking for a victim, before approaching the woman as she walked with her young son…

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