By Kelly Fisher
Apr 30, 2021
Law enforcement agencies are investigating after two suspects carjacked a mom at gunpoint as she waited to pick up her children from a local Catholic school.
The incident marked the second armed carjacking in the area that day.
They both happened on Wednesday (April 28). The woman s car was stolen just before the school day ended at St. Mary’s Parish School in Hales Corners. It prompted a higher police presence in the area on Thursday (April 29).
Surveillance footage showed two cars fleeing form the scene. One of them was the victim’s car and the other was the car behind hers, driven by a man who apparently witnessed the carjacking and tried to help her chase the suspects down, according to witness testimony to
Parents on edge after Wisconsin mom carjacked at gunpoint in school pickup line Share Updated: 8:53 PM EDT Apr 30, 2021 Hillary Mintz Share Updated: 8:53 PM EDT Apr 30, 2021
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Show Transcript GUN, AND DEMANDED SHE GET OUT. HALES CORNERS POLICE OFFICERS KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON THE LONG PARENT PICK UP LINE OUTSIDE OF ST. MARY PARISH SCHOOL THURSDA ON HIGH ALTER AFTER JUST YESTERDAY, A GUNMAN STOLE A MOM’S CAR, WHILE SHE WAITED TO PICK UP HER KIDS. IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF DENNIS THUROW. AS SOON AS SHE GOT TO MY WINDOW, THE BLACK CAR TOOK OFF, AND I GOT HER IN THE CAR AND W TRIED TO GET TO WHERE I COULD GET BEHIND THEM. HILLARY: YOU TRIED TO GO AFTER THEM? YES. HILLAR OTHERS WAITING IN LINE SAW TWO CARS RACE BY. TWO CARS CAME FLYING BY, DRIVING VERY FAST FOR AN AREA BY A SCHOOL. HILLARY: POLICE SAY THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE TWO CARS DRIVING OFF. THEY BELIEVE TWO GUYS STOLE THE SUV, AND A THIRD SUSPECT FOLLO
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