An SUV carjacked Saturday afternoon outside a COVID-19 testing site in Brooklyn Park was found hours later in Minneapolis, police said.
Two people were in a Jeep Grand Cherokee, waiting for a third person who was being tested for COVID at a strip mall in the 8000 block of Brooklyn Boulevard when the carjacking occurred.
Brooklyn Park Police Sgt. Robert Roushar said the carjacker forced their way into the Jeep about 2:50 p.m. and struggled with the people inside. After forcing them out of the vehicle, the carjacker drove off, he said. No weapon was used, and no one was hurt.
Deputy Police Chief Mark Bruley said the Jeep was found at the intersection of 9th Street S. and 22nd Avenue S. in Minneapolis at 5:40 p.m. Saturday. It was being processed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's crime lab for fingerprints. Bruley said the vehicle did not appear to be damaged.
