MIAMI TOWNSHIP — A man who had his car stolen from him in broad daylight by an armed carjacker last week, found his vehicle dumped less than a mile from where it was taken.
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Officers are looking for the suspect they’ve identified as a white or light-skinned male in his 20s or 30s with curly brown hair and a thin build. He was seen on doorbell camera footage wearing a pink sweatshirt and black pants at the time of incident.
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The suspect had a black semi-automatic gun on him at the time of the crime, according to Miami Township Sergeant Ray Swallen.
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The car owner was sitting in his car Friday morning making phone calls for work when the suspect opened the door and told him to get out, according to his wife, Baylea Flowers.
“He heard the gun click back,” Flowers said.
Following the carjacker’s orders, Flowers’ husband got out of the car and the thief took off in it. He called the police and then called Flowers to tell her what happened.
“I was freaked out, I wasn’t home, and neither were my kids. We were worried. My first thing was ‘Oh my gosh.’ What if my kids were in the back seat of the car?” Flowers said.
The stolen vehicle was taken from the area of Eastbrook Drive.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, Flowers’ husband drove around the area during his lunch break in search of his car. He found it near the apartment complex at Sagebrook Drive, less than a mile away from where the car was stolen.
Officers believe the suspect may have left the Sagebrook area in a blue Chevy Cruze.
This type of violence happening in broad daylight is rare, according to Swallen.
“We don’t normally see crimes of violence in mid-day, in broad daylight, I can’t remember the last time we had actual carjacking,” Swallen said.
Flowers’ family has lived in the area for three years and said they’ve never felt this unsafe.
“We’ve got two small children and I don’t even want them playing outside. If people are going to walk around here with guns, the last thing I want to do is let my kid play at the park,” Flowers said.
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