Man throws bricks at cars and carjacks vehicle on highway, Westerville OH
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RobberyA man was throwing bricks at cars near Westerville and I-270, shattering a victim's windshield. The suspect then went to a nearby hotel and may have carjacked a person on the highway, threatening them with a weapon before fleeing in a gray vehicle.
Audio|Heard on: Columbus Police Zone 1
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Transcript:
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For the area of Westerville and I-270.
00:05
It's going to be for a 60.
00:08
Westerville advised us that there was a male black, bald, and a black shirt throwing bricks at cars.
00:15
There is a victim out of this who was hit with a brick, I guess, it shattered his windshield, a burgundy Honda course.
00:25
They supposedly pulled into the Sheets off of Emmerich, but Westerville also received another call that he was at the Aloft Hotel off Westerville and Heatherdown.
00:33
My attention called that victim back, but there was no answer.
00:36
Great.
00:38
Good. Westerville also received another call saying that the male that was selling the bricks,
00:44
possibly carjacked someone on 270.
00:48
They said that the male, their caller was not the victim, but witnessed the male threaten to shoot someone and get into a gray vehicle.
00:57
The vehicle was on 270, and I guess it was still on 270.
01:01
They're currently checking the area of their red roof.
01:04
I guess their colors hiding from them.
01:06
It's not really shit.
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Location mentioned:
Heatherdown Dr, Westerville, OH 43081
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