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[quote=Anonymous]Yet another carjacking, just across Western on the MD side of Connecticut.

Dear Neighbors,

Unfortunately last evening I experienced something that no one should ever have to. Around 8:00pm I stopped to get gas at the Giant Gas Station on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase. While I was the only car there at the time, the station was well lit and attendants were inside. After I pumped my gas and proceeded to return to my car, I was approached by a young African-American male (late teens/early 20s) pointing a gun at me. I tried to get into my car, but he grabbed me from behind and pinned me down to the ground. As I was screaming for help he was searching for my keys. After he found them he made his way to the car. When I made an attempt to try to retrieve my belongings from the car (dumb of me I know – no lectures please) he hit me in the face with his gun and I fell to the ground. When I got up he then sped off headed down Connecticut Ave towards DC. The police were able to locate my car in Southeast, DC thanks to the car’s tracking system (Kahu) and are currently watching it to see if there is any further movement. If not, within the next few days it will get towed to a Montgomery County Police site for their forensic team to conduct a search for any evidence. For reference, I was driving a black 2018 Audi A3.

I am very lucky to be alive and never in a million years did I think something like this would happen to me, especially in Chevy Chase. Even when you think you do all of the right things you’re always vulnerable. I’m thinking that with so much focus on the upcoming inauguration that criminals will take advantage of this opportunity. As this was an armed carjacking the police are taking this incident very seriously and have every intention of finding the guy who did this.

What’s rather unfortunate is that the attendees at the gas station had no clue as to what had happened and did not hear any of my screams for help. When I banged on the door and begged for help and told them to call the police, I was told to calm down. No one asked me if I was ok and they also refused to let me in as I didn’t have a mask on (that was stolen too). When I yelled at them for not paying attention I was told that I was crazy for expecting them to have come out and to try to help me when there was a man with a gun outside. I said that what I expected from them was to not ignore my cries for help and to have called the police immediately. Time was wasted due to their negligence and I will definitely be filing a complaint. I do not intend to ever get gas there again as I would never feel safe. Also their total lack of compassion and understanding is just inexcusable.[/quote]

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