DPD releases mugshot of attempted carjacker

Suspect is parole absconder

DETROIT – Detroit police released a mugshot of a man who attempted a carjacking on Detroit's east side.

Roosevelt Evans, 45, is wanted by police in connection to the carjacking attempt on Sept. 22.

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Police said a 42-year-old man was putting air in his tires at a BP gas station at East Outer Drive and Harper Avenue when the carjacker jumped into the car and drove away.

The man fired shots at the car and it crashed into a nearby pole.

The carjacker then got out and confronted the man with a crowbar before fleeing the scene.

Evans is an absconder from parole and matched his mugshot from the surveillance video at the gas station.

Authorities are asking the public for help in locating Evans.


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