A woman was taken at gunpoint in a carjacking Sunday afternoon in St. Paul and released a short while later.
Shortly before 1:30 p.m. officers were called to Herbert Street and Rose Avenue East on a report of a carjacking in which a woman was taken against her will along with the vehicle, according to Nikki Muehlhausen, public information officer with the St. Paul Police Department.
A woman was soon spotted driving the vehicle near 7th Street and Arcade Street.
At one point, a woman, believed to be the woman forced against her will to go with the carjackers, got out of the car. The stolen vehicle then accelerated away from squad cars that began a pursuit.
After a short pursuit, the car thief crashed into another vehicle at 2 p.m. at Maryland Avenue over the 35W bridge.
Police took a man and another woman, who was in the car at the time, into custody. No one was injured, but the man is being treated at an area hospital for an unrelated condition.
The crime remains under investigation.
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