Rochester Police are investigating four carjackings in the city that happened late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
The first incident was reported around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the 300 block of Dunn St. Police say that there were multiple suspects in that incident, with at least one armed with a handgun.
RPD says after that vehicle was taken from the victim, police tried to pull over the car on Steko Av. around 1:40 a.m., and it crashed into a tree.
They say everyone in the vehicle took off, but one male juvenile was arrested a short distance from the crash. There were no injuries. The suspect is described as a 16-year-old male whose case will be handled in Family Court, per New York State law. Police are still looking for other suspects.
Then, two more incidents were reported at around 1:00 a.m. One of them was in the 100 block of Webster Ave. Police reported multiple suspects, with at least one person armed with a handgun, forcibly taking a vehicle.
Another incident happened in the 1100 block of E. Main St., also with multiple suspects, and at least one person armed with a gun, who police say took a vehicle from an Uber driver.
The fourth incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the 400 block of W. Ridge Rd., also with multiple suspects and at least one person armed with a gun who took a vehicle from the driver.
There were no injuries in any of these incidents and RPD is asking anyone with information to call 911.
