🌱 How a Swissvale carjacking ended in a crash and foot chase
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- How a Swissvale carjacking ended in a crash and foot chase
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📰 News we're reading
• Armed carjacking suspects crash stolen vehicle and run police say (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A man was robbed at gunpoint and his car stolen on Dickson Street in Swissvale, with the vehicle crashing shortly after at South Braddock Avenue and Roslyn Street. Two 19-year-olds have been charged in connection with the June 6 incident, though authorities haven’t released details on the victim’s injuries or confirmed whether both suspects are in custody. 
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