Man Carjacked By Armed Suspect In Arlington's Lyon Village Shopping Center

ARLINGTON, VA — A man was carjacked in the Lyon Village Shopping Center’s parking lot early Thursday morning by several suspects, according to the Arlington County Police Department.

Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, a man was walking to his car in the shopping center parking lot when a vehicle approached and a male suspect got out. The suspect approached the victim while brandishing a firearm and demanded his vehicle.

The suspect then pushed the victim to the ground and stole his keys, wallet and personal items, police said. The suspect then fled the scene in the victim’s stolen vehicle, a blue 2023 Chevrolet Corvette with Virginia tags TYG4480, followed by the suspect’s vehicle, a gray sedan, which had about three occupants, according to police.

The victim suffered minor injuries but declined medical attention. The suspects are described as Black males, police said.

ARLnow reported Thursday that the incident is at least the 14th carjacking reported in Arlington so far this year, equaling the number of carjackings reported in all of 2022.

Dave Statter, publisher of news site STATter911.com, posted video early Thursday showing what "appears to be the blue 2023 Corvette just after it was taken at gunpoint near the 24-hour CVS in the Lyon Village Shopping Center."

"Notice the car going the wrong way on Langston Boulevard before turning down Spout Run Parkway," Statter said. "Also wondering if the car that speeds by on the right is connected to the carjackers."

Anyone with information about the carjacking can contact the Police Department's Tip Line at 703-228-4180 or ACPDTipline@arlingtonva.us, or anonymously through the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).