Surveillance video shows West Oak Lane carjacking
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Newly-released surveillance video from Philadelphia police shows the moment two armed men carjacked a woman in West Oak Lane.
Police say the suspects pulled up to the gas station on the 1400 block of Cheltenham Avenue early in the morning on July 17.
They approached the woman sitting in her car at the gas pump and forced her out at gunpoint.
She was not hurt.
Both men then drove off in the two vehicles, one being a black Chevrolet sedan.
They were last seen driving westbound on Cheltenham Avenue.
"That's horrible, it's a shame. Thank God she wasn't hurt. Most of the time they take it for a joy ride," said Sophia Chamberlain of Fishtown.
People say the neighborhood has changed over the years.
"We know the neighborhood is not as good as it used to be. It's definitely turning," noted David Javeed of Northeast Philadelphia.
"It's crazy. See something like that in this neighborhood. It hasn't always been like that," explained Donnell Giddings of West Oak Lane.
With safety being a concern, people say they try to get gas during the day and not when it's dark at night.
"Everything gets locked - I only keep my front door open. Keys in the hand and your head on a swivel. It's just what you have to do. It doesn't matter if it's Philly or anywhere really," Chamberlain said.
Anyone with information can call or text Philadelphia police at 215-686-TIPS (8477) or submit an anonymous tip online.
