OK, we have a joint task force going
that's investigating the recent rash of
carjackings in the city of Saint Louis.
At this time, there was multiple
units both with the Police
Department and federal agencies
that were doing some surveillance.
They actually were surveilling a
vehicle that was taken in a carjacking.
The gentleman that was
driving that vehicle exited
that vehicle and then entered
this vehicle. This vehicle
has been later determined to
also be taken in a carjacking in
South Saint Louis in December.
The occupants were covertly followed until
they deployed tire deflation devices,
at which time he fled,
got to this intersection,
violated the stop light.
And was struck by a citizen who was
going through the green electric signal
and it ended right here on the corner.
How many people were in the car and
what's the injuries, 3 occupants.
Everybody is stable that we know of.
There are no critical injuries and
we will continue our investigation
from there on
their relationship to recent carjackings.
Right now we believe it's
2 juveniles and adult,
but that has not been confirmed.
Was there an officer injured, no
body, males and females, males,
you need guns recovered at the scene. We
have not processed the vehicle yet.
We're going to tow that to a lab to have
it processed there and we'll go through
it there and find out if there's any
contraband in the vehicle at that time.
Which carjacking was it? The person
initially connected to it obviously
had several local class, we've had several.
Of them is taken in a carjacking and
might have been used in other carjackings.
That's something I don't want
to answer right now until we get
deeper into this investigation.
There anything you could say to
encourage the public that just the
fact that there's this joint federal,
local investigation underway that
you guys are on it, you're about
to solve this way from carjacking.
We are doing the best we can with all the
resources that we have at our disposal.
It is our number one priority right now
and we have all of our tactical units along
with other agencies helping us with that.
Do you have any indication of
how many players there might be?
The gangs that are taking these cars,
you got three here.
How many could there be? We
do not know all that's going to come
out and interviews and investigations.
What you said two of these people
are juveniles ones an adult. Well,
we haven't verified that. OK, you
think what happens next?
We understand there's been some
confusion over over their juveniles
that have been arrested or taken
into custody by police. What can
you tell the public? That if they're
out of the hospital that they're not
going to go back out on the street?
We take those juveniles to our juvenile
detention center and the booking center.
From there, the juvenile courts
will make that determination. Is
it out of your hands what happens to them
after they're delivered to juvenile court?
That is where our process ends and
juvenile court process takes control.
We have not confirmed that,
but right now we believe
two are juveniles. Do we believe this
is still connected to the homicide of
the 38 year old woman who was wrong? I
can't answer that question
right now either until we
do further investigation.
Tell us just on the lay of the
land where the pursuit originated,
where where one guy got in
another car, where was the spike
strip from sticking place?
That is part of an investigation too.
I don't need to be rude about it,
but right now there's a lot
of details that we need to.
It's been quick and we really need to.
Find out and we don't want to release
information that may relate to other.
Carjackings in
general, so it was in this general vicinity.
So can you, you mentioned federal agencies,
can you expand on what federal
agencies are assisting, trying to
get a handle on this challenge? So
with carjackings,
the FBI becomes involved in that.
It could be part of it Hobbs act.
So we're we're working closely with everyone
in the USA's office and the Circuit
Attorney's Office, everybody all together.
How fast was that car going
when it was cleaned from police?
I couldn't give you that exact information.
That would be part of an investigation too,
but it was not. It was not at it.
It didn't have tires to travel
at a very high rate of speed.
Were there injuries?
That's the person that hit the fleeing car.
Ohh, yeah. The citizen,
he's he refused treatment.
Thank you. Thank you.
Great job.
Thank you.