Carjackers Strike At Shopping Center In Woodbury: Police

WOODBURY, MN — A woman was forced to run to safety at a nearby business after carjackers targeted her Wednesday evening in the parking lot of the Woodbury Lakes shopping center, according to police.

Woodbury police said they were called around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday to a carjacking at the shopping center, where two men reportedly parked their SUV next to a woman as soon as she got out of her vehicle and demanded her keys and purse.

One of the men kept his hand in his pocket and implied he had a weapon, police said.

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The woman ran to a business at the shopping center, and the two men drove away in the SUV and the woman’s 2014 white Jeep Cherokee, which has a Minnesota license number of NKU703, according to police.

Police said they believe the men arrived in a silver Nissan Rogue with a Minnesota license number of 0054CD, which was stolen in a carjacking in St. Louis Park.

Woodbury police are asking residents to call 911 if they see either vehicle.

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The department also said an unoccupied vehicle was stolen Tuesday after it was left running in a driveway, urging residents to “be mindful of leaving running cars unattended.”

Two 13-year-old boys were arrested Sunday after officers chased a stolen car on I-94, and police allege at least one was also involved in a car theft Saturday afternoon in Woodbury.

Woodbury police said they were called around 1 p.m. Saturday after a resident's car was stolen from the city's Seasons neighborhood. The resident said they were unloading groceries when a teen calmly approached their car, jumped in and started to drive away, police said.

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The resident hung onto the door for a short while before letting go, but they did not suffer serious injuries, police said. The stolen Kia was later found in St. Paul, according to police.