Detroit Carjack Victim Stuffed In Trunk Escapes, But Is Then Shot

DETROIT, MI — A 41-year-old man had a terrifying ordeal around 6 .m. Wednesday morning after he was carjacked in Detroit. In what police said appears to be a random crime, he was stuffed in the trunk of his vehicle and managed to escape, but was then shot by the masked abductor.

The victim had just pulled up to his girlfriend’s house on the 10700 block of Santa Marie Street when he was approached by three masked men and ordered at gunpoint to get in the trunk of his gray Chrysler 300. Police said he unlatched the trunk from the inside, jumped out about a mile from the abduction site and was running away when he was shot.

It’s unclear how many shots were fired, but one of them grazed the victim in the stomach, Officer Dan Donakowski told The Detroit News. He was taken to a Detroit hospital for treatment and was hospitalized in temporary serious condition.

Detroit police spokeswoman Jennifer Moreno told the Detroit Free Press that after the victim was shot on the 18000 block of Littlefield Street, he “began pounding on doors in the neighborhood, and they called 911.”

No arrests have been made and the man’s car, which has temporary tags, is still missing, The Detroit News reported.

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