Update: Reading Police Searching for Attempted Car Jacking Suspect

READING, MA - The Reading Police are asking residents to keep doors and windows locked as they are still actively searching for a man in the Franklin Street area wanted in an attempted carjacking.

At 12:26 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, the Reading Police Department received a report of an attempted carjacking in the lot of the Home Goods store at 1342 Main Street. The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival. The suspect is described as a clean shaven white male, in his twenties, approximately six feet tall, wearing a black sweatshirt with an unknown logo and a black baseball cap.

A thorough search of the area was conducted by Reading Police with the assistance of Massachusetts State Police K-9 teams, North Reading Police and the NEMLEC K-9 Unit. The suspect has not been located at this time. The Wood End Elementary School was put in a “Shelter in Place” due to a police investigation in the area. The school has been deemed safe and secure, and additional police were assigned to the area as a precaution. The Reading Police are still actively searching in the Franklin Street area.

Residents are advised to stay vigilante until the suspect is apprehended. Police are asking residents to keep doors and windows locked, and use extra caution. Anyone who sees this suspect, or anything out of the ordinary, should contact the Reading Police at 781-944-1212.