JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND — Armed thieves carjacked an off-duty Jersey City police officer who had just come out of a car wash on Saturday afternoon, driving away with his Mercedes as he fired shots at it, according to media reports.
The officer was standing beside his car after getting it washed at a car wash at Garfield Avenue and Caven Point Road, according to NJ.com. The car was running and the thieves jumped into it.
According to the report, the officer fired a round of shots at the car, then asked a person there to borrow his car so he could give chase. He chased the car on Carteret Avenue and lost sight of it, according to the report.
JC cop carjacked at car wash, then gives chase in stranger’s car
