Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

2 carjackers in LR rob out-of-towner

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Police say a north Arkansas man was robbed of his vehicle at gunpoint late Sunday as he was eating inside it in the parking lot of a pizza restaurant near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

The victim told authoritie­s that two masked gunmen approached his 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee shortly after 10 p.m. at the Little Caesars at 3412 S. University Ave., according to a report.

The robbers pointed black handguns at the 46-year-old Shirley resident, telling him to get out of his vehicle, police said. The gunmen then got in the SUV and fled south on University Avenue, an officer wrote in the report. In addition to the vehicle, the robbers made off with $100, a wallet, a box of tools, two spare tires and two cellphones, the report said.

Authoritie­s described one of the robbers as wearing a green hoodie and bluejeans. The other was wore a light-brown hoodie and bluejeans, police said. Each was described in the report as black, 18 to 25 years old, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing between 160 and 170 pounds.

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