Man Admits To Armed Carjacking In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — A guilty plea has been secured in connection with an armed carjacking that occurred at a busy intersection earlier this year.

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said Shamire Young, 20, of Philadelphia pleaded to carjacking.

The charge was filed after a March 11 incident at a gas station on Wissahickon Avenue near Lincoln Drive.

The victim pulled into the gas station in the early morning hours of March 11.

The victim went into the store while a passenger stayed in the vehicle.

Then, a dark vehicle pulled up alongside the victim’s parked vehicle, and three men armed with handguns got out.

When the victim tried to return to his vehicle, the men forced him into a cluster of nearby trees and forced the second victim out of the vehicle and into the same group of trees.

After physically assaulting the victim, the assailants got back into both vehicles, two in each, and sped away down Lincoln Drive toward Interstate 76.

Shortly after the incident, the victim’s stolen vehicle, owned by a local dealership and on loan to the victim, was located using the dealership’s tracking technology in the Kingsessing section of the city.

The Philadelphia Police Department conducted a forensic analysis of evidence found inside the vehicle, and identified Young as one of the carjackers.