South Boston Police searching for man they say stole car at gunpoint The crime happened at the Centerville Shopping Center Published: Tags: At about 11 p.m., police responded to reports of the car theft at the Centerville Shopping Center. Authorities said the victim reported he was approached by a man who initially asked him for a cigarette. After a brief conversation, the victim was pulled from his car at gunpoint. The man police say stole the car fled the scene in the victim’s gold 2009 four-door Kia with Virginia license plate XRS-9608. Police describe the man as someone in his 20s to 30s and about five feet, seven inches to five feet, nine inches tall.