NEWARK, NJ – A driver was beaten with an unknown weapon, suffering damage to their face during a violent carjacking in the city of Newark on Monday.
Today, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara released images of the carjackers and is asking the public to help identify them.
According to the Newark Police Department, officers responded to a call about a stolen vehicle, but during the investigation, the officers determined that the victim’s vehicle was carjacked around 11:06 a.m. in the 300 block of Sixth Avenue. The suspects, two Black males, approached the victim and began arguing with him while he was near his white Nissan Altima.
One suspect snatched the victim’s keys and pulled out a weapon he used to strike the victim in the face. Both suspects fled in the vehicle, which was later recovered in the 400 block of 12th Street.
That suspect is described as a light-skin, black male with a thin build and a short haircut. Known on the street as “Baby Skee” or “Skee,” he is approximately 17 to 19 years old, 5’5″-5’7,” and weighs about 120 pounds. He was wearing a light-colored sweatshirt with a hood, dark-colored pants, and grey sneakers.
A second suspect was described by O’Hara as a dark-skinned black male with a short afro twist hairstyle and a slim build. He is approximately 17 to 19 years old, 5’7″-5-9,” and weighs about 130 pounds. He was wearing a dark sweatshirt with a hood, blue jeans, and blue Air Jordan 5 retro sneakers.