Nashville Carjackings: Suspects on the Run After Area's Fifth Carjacking in 24 Hours

NASHVILLE, TN — In the fifth carjacking in the Nashville area in 24 hours, a man on his way to care for a pair of elderly people was held up on Rosewood Avenue. Even with the help of K-9 officers, Metro Police were unable to locate the suspects.

Around 9 a.m. Friday, the man pulled into a driveway of a home where he works as a caretaker for two elderly people suffering from dementia. Another car then pulled in behind him and blocked his exit. The victim told police two men got out of the car, pulled a gun and demanded his Toyota Camry. The suspects then fled, one in his Camry and the other in the car in which they arrived.

Cindy Moonrose, daughter of the patients, told WTVF she advised the victim to comply with the carjackers.

“I was thinking boy that’s what you’ve got to do because they’ll shoot you,” she told the station.

Police soon located the Camry at Hillside and Edgehill, but the car sped away and ditched the car at Ninth Avenue and Archer, continuing their escape on foot. K-9 units were called in but police were unable to locate the suspects.

Witnesses told police that they saw suspects dumping the victim's items out of the Camry as they escaped.

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