Crime & Safety
Attempted Carjacking on Hanover Street
Early reports stated that the suspect was successful in stealing a vehicle, but police said the individual did not get away with anything.
What was initially reported to be a carjacking on Hanover Street Monday night was actually a case of attempted robbery, and the suspect fled the scene without scoring anything, a Boston Police spokesman said.
7News WHDH reported Tuesday morning that a gray sedan was stolen in a carjacking in the North End, but that was not the case.
According to police reports, at around 11:14 p.m. Monday evening, July 8, a vehicle pulled up behind another car on Hanover Street. The driver shut off the headlights, then approached the vehicle in front. The individual pulled down the hood of a sweatshirt and produced “either a knife or a syringe” and tried to gain access to the other person’s vehicle by pulling on the handle, according to a BPD spokesman.
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The victim yelled and blared the horn, and the suspect returned to the other vehicle and headed north on Bennett Street. Police searched the area but did not locate the individual, according to reports.
The incident remains under investigation.
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