Crime & Safety
Baby Caught Up In Delco Carjacking Thursday: Police
Upper Darby Police said the men seen here carjacked a man Thursday, not knowing a 2-month-old child was in the vehicle. No one was hurt.
UPPER DARBY, PA — A man was carjacked with his 2-month-old child still in the vehicle, and a gunshot was fired during the incident, Thursday in Delaware County, authorities said.
At about 3:10 p.m. Thursday, Upper Darby Township Police were called to West Chester Pike for a carjacking.
Police said a man who was waiting in his vehicle for his wife was approached by two male suspects.
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During a struggle, the suspects managed to take the vehicle, unaware that the child was still inside.
As the suspects drove west on West Chester Pike, they realized police were chasing them and abandoned the vehicle at North State Road and West Chester Pike.
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They then ran off into the Cobbs Creek Golf Course.
During the incident, a shot was fired by one of the suspects, striking a passing SEPTA bus.
No one was hurt, police said.
The suspects are still at large.
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