Middletown Township police are investigating a carjacking that happened outside the Oxford Valley Mall Friday afternoon.
A man in his 20s was carjacked at knifepoint outside the Firestone auto repair shop on Middletown Boulevard around 3 p.m., police said.
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Detective Patrick Nicastro said the victim went to grab a lighter when the black male who asked for it pulled a folding knife. The suspect told the man to turn over his keys and made off with the 2013 black Chevrolet Malibu.
After a call to his father, the man went into the Firestone and dialed 9-1-1, the detective said.
“He was pretty shook up,” Nicastro said of the victim.
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The car was last seen heading west on East Lincoln Highway, according to police.
The man was returning to the auto repair business to check on his car after he dropped it off the night before, police said.
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Nicastro said investigators are checking security cameras near the location of the carjacking for clues.
Anyone with information is asked to call Middletown police at 215-949-1000.
