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Petaluma police looking for man who carjacked vehicle in elementary school parking lot

PETALUMA (KRON) — Police are on the hunt for a man they say carjacked a vehicle Thursday morning in Petaluma.

It happened around 5 a.m. on Ellis Street in the parking lot of McKinley Elementary School.


A man approached a woman as she was sitting in her car and demanded her keys. 

And after the woman refused, police say the suspect acted as if he had a gun.

As the woman exited her car, the suspect threw her to ground before jumping in her 1997 gold Toyota Avalon and speeding off.

Police describe the suspect as a black man in his 30s though no other details are provided.

The license plate to that stolen Avalon is 6GON161.WHAT OTHERS ARE CLICKING ON:

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