ST. LOUIS – Three teenagers and a preteen were arrested overnight for allegedly carjacking a food delivery driver.
According to a spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the carjacking happened around 12 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of North 20th Street in the city’s Carr Square neighborhood.
The victim, a 30-year-old man, was delivering food in the neighborhood when two males approached him, one of whom was carrying a rifle. The two suspects took the driver’s car, a white 2012 Cadillac CTS.
Approximately an hour later, police said District 6 officers spotted the Cadillac on Riverview near West Florissant and began a pursuit after the driver refused to pull over for a traffic stop.
Police deployed spike strips and deflated multiple tires on the Cadillac.
The Cadillac stopped near O’Fallon Park and three 15-year-olds and an 11-year-old ran from the vehicle. Officers chased the young boys down on foot and arrested them.
Police said they found an airsoft rifle in the vehicle, along with the victim’s property.
The four suspects were taken to the city’s Juvenile Detention Center.
