MUSKEGON, MI – A 17-year-old Muskegon man is in custody for an alleged attempted carjacking that took place 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 at Mercy Health’s Hackley Campus, 1700 Clinton St.
No one was injured in the incident.
Two Mercy Health employees were headed out to their parked cars after an evening shift at the time the crime occurred, police said.
The two individuals reported they often use a “buddy system” when going to their cars.
The employees observed a group of three males outside the building as they were walking, said Muskegon Police Detective Captain Shawn Bride.
The group split up with one man heading off in another direction.
When one of the two employees, a woman, entered her car, she heard a knock on her car door, looked up and saw two males, one of them holding a sawed-off shotgun, Bride said.
The man with the gun allegedly said, “Get out of the car, give us your keys now,” according to Bride.
“The intent was obviously to steal the car, but she didn’t allow that to happen,” Bride said. The woman left the car, but took the keys with her.
“She basically jumps out of her car and runs away,” Bride said.
The woman headed toward a hospital entrance.
The suspects fled on foot.
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