Attempted carjacking fails

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

An attempted carjacking early Friday at Ohio and Madison avenues near the Youngstown State University campus failed when the victim floored the accelerator and drove toward Kilcawley House, saw a YSU police officer, stopped his vehicle and blew the horn.

The suspect, armed with a handgun, fled the vehicle.

The 19-year-old male victim told police he picked up two unidentified males at Kilcawley who wanted a ride to McDonald’s restaurant on Fifth Avenue. He said he felt sorry for them because it was raining.

After going to McDonald’s restaurant, he took them back to the area of Ohio and Madison and let them out. However, one of the men jumped back into the backseat of the vehicle, produced a handgun and demanded the car.