Police capture carjacking suspect in South Los Angeles

A 25-year-old man is in custody after allegedly carjacking a motorist’s vehicle in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Chesterfield Square Sunday, authorities confirmed to KTLA.

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the area of Western and Slauson avenues on reports of the carjacking.

According to reports posted to the Citizen App, the carjacking suspect, who stole an orange Nissan Altima, was armed, though police have not confirmed that detail to KTLA.

In video footage of the carjacking aftermath, a large police presence was seen on the street near the Nissan, which had come to stop in an entrance to a sprawling strip shopping center.

The area outside the shopping center was cordoned off while police were investigating.

It’s unclear if the person driving the vehicle when it was stolen was injured.

No further information was provided.

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