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A carjacking crew stole a BMW at gunpoint in Queens early Tuesday — after which crashed right into a Mercedes with their accomplices inside whereas making an attempt to make a getaway, authorities mentioned.
Five males held up a 39-year-old man and stole his BMW X5 and cellphone round 1:30 a.m. at 164th Street and Chapin Parkway in Jamaica Hills, cops mentioned.
Some of the suspects obtained into the BMW, whereas others hopped right into a Mercedes-Benz to flee, authorities mentioned.
When cops tried to cease the crew, the drivers of every automobile tried to get away — however crashed into one another, police mentioned.
It’s unclear how many individuals had been inside every car.
Three of the suspects had been arrested with expenses pending.
Two of them had been taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and the opposite to NewYork Presbyterian-Queens, all with minor accidents, authorities mentioned.
The two different suspects obtained away on foot and weren’t caught till later within the morning.
The gun was not recovered.
The incident is the most recent in a collection of current carjackings citywide.
Last week, a person crashed his Mercedes right into a metropolis bus within the Bronx whereas making an attempt to dodge an assailant, then carjacked a man placing a child in a Honda, solely to smash that car right into a bicycle owner after which a tree, cops mentioned.
That chaotic ordeal got here hours after one other wild scene when a teenage duo carjacked a person of his 2022 BMW at gunpoint in Midtown — threatening, “I’m going to blow your brains out. I’m going to kill you” — earlier than taking it on a joyride uptown and putting three cop automobiles on their tail, cops and police sources mentioned.
