By Kelly Fisher
May 14, 2021
The Cleveland Division of Police revealed the suspect vehicle at the center of the armed carjacking of kidnapping survivor
Gina DeJesus.
It happened in the area of West 127th Street and Triskett Avenue around 1:40 a.m. on Thursday morning (May 13).
Authorities are on the lookout for a silver 2015 Toyota Camry, according to information from Cleveland Police.
Two men exited a silver sedan that cut DeJesus off, and ordered her to get out of her car while pointing a gun at her. DeJesus complied and handed over her keys. The thieves also got away with her purse and credit cards, according to reports.
Gina DeJesus at gunpoint on Thursday (May 13).
The FBI is assisting with the case, joining a violent crime task force with members of the Cleveland Police Department, the Fox 8 I-Team confirmed on Friday morning (May 14).
The carjacking reportedly happened near West 127th Street and Triskett Road before 2 a.m. Two men exited a silver sedan that cut DeJesus off, and ordered her to get out of her car while pointing a gun at her. DeJesus complied and handed over her keys. The thieves also got away with her purse and credit cards, according to reports.
DeJesus and her cousin co-founded Cleveland Missing (the Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults), a nonprofit organization that that aims to help families of missing persons.
By Kelly Fisher
Gina DeJesus is OK after being carjacked at gunpoint, police say.
DeJesus, a kidnapping survivor who recently celebrated the eighth anniversary of her escape to freedom with
Amanda Berry and
Michelle Knight (now
Lily Rose Lee), reportedly stopped on the side of the road near West 127th Street and Triskett Road. That’s when a silver sedan cut her off and wouldn’t allow her to leave. It was around 1:50 a.m. on Thursday (May 13),
DeJesus apparently told responding officers that one of two men to exit the sedan pointed a gun at her and told her to get out of the car. DeJesus got out, handed over her keys and walked away.