THE HUNT CONTINUES FOR A FEMALE SUSPECT WANTED IN MONDAY AFTERNOON’S VIOLENT CARJACKING IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 2:00 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE FOOTHILLS. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS A MAN AND WOMAN WERE SAID TO HAVE CARJACKED THE VEHICLE. POLICE DID LOCATE THE VEHICLE AND FOLLOWED IT TO CENTRAL AND SAN PABLO.
THE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE DROPPED A GUN AND TRIED TO RETRIEVE IT. THE WOMAN MANAGED TO GET THE GUN AND CONTINUED RUNNING. THE INCIDENT HAD LA MESA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEARBY ON LOCKOUT AS A PRECAUTION. THAT AFFECTED ABOUT 15 STUDENTS AND STAFF IN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
