MEMPHIS, Tenn. — According to the Memphis Police Department (MPD), a car stolen in Raleigh was used in multiple robberies before being abandoned.
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, a car was stolen in the 3200 block of Powers, police said. The car is a two-door dark blue Infinity Q60 with a temporary tag and a bumper sticker on the rear left that says, “Don’t follow me, I do crazy s**t.”
According to police, on Friday, Nov 10, at around 2:45 p.m., two people got out of that car and robbed a man at the gas pumps in the 1600 block of Getwell at gunpoint.
Later that day, at around 5:40 p.m., they pulled up at a store in the 2100 block of Perkins in the same car and robbed another man at the gas pumps, according to MPD.
On Sunday, Nov. 12, at around 2 a.m., the car was abandoned at a hotel in the 2700 block of S. Perkins, police said.
The car had several bullet holes in the driver’s door, a busted-out driver’s window and sunroof and what appeared to be blood in the driver’s seat, according to MPD. Two men exited the car. The passenger, who was armed with an AR-15-style rifle, was wearing a gray hoodie. The driver was wearing a red hoodie and carrying a black backpack. The two were picked up by a late-model black 2-door Dodge Challenger with a hood scoop.
Memphis police are still looking for the two men.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
