Third Carjacking In Six Days Near Atlanta University Center

ATLANTA, GA -- Another person was carjacked near the Atlanta University Center Wednesday morning, the third such incident in six days. Police said a Lyft driver was robbed of his wallet and car keys after he dropped off a passenger near the Atlanta University Center on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard. The victim, Imani Dawson, told police he had parked on Cunningham Place and stepped out of his car to smoke a cigarette about 2:30 am when a burgundy sedan pulled up and three men jumped out, one brandishing a gun and another a crowbar.

On Tuesday morning, a Morehouse College student was carjacked when he was leaving a campus library shortly before 4 am and drove to his off-campus apartment on Founders Drive. That's when a man approached him soliciting drugs. The student refused when the suspect pulled a gun and told the victim to get out of the car. The suspect then told the victim to empty his pockets, and then stole his car.

Last week, another Morehouse College student was carjacked, only a few days after a Clark Atlanta student was shot in the SW Atlanta University Center.

The student, according to police, took a study break to get a late night snack. The victim is a 20-year-old political science major who was studying for his midterms who had just returned to his Westview Drive apartment complex after leaving the Cook Out on Northside Drive.

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The victim told police two men approached him, both wearing hooded sweatshirts, and one of them brandishing a handgun. They demanded his keys, car, cellphone and wallet, police said. After being robbed, the student contacted Morehouse security and called 911.

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The men stole the victim's vehicle, described as a 2007 Chevy Uplander van with Louisiana tag 867ACQ. The suspects are believed to be driving an older model black Toyota sedan.

In mid-September, an 18-year-old student at Clark Atlanta was shot overnight while driving in SW Atlanta.
Police said the student was shot in the back at the intersection of Lucille Avenue and Lawston Street. After she was shot, the victim crashed her Acura sedan. Police said bystanders and witnesses pulled the woman from her car. She was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment

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