Twice in the past week criminals have pulled out guns and stolen cars from drivers in busy downtown Silver Spring.
A woman said she was horrified witnessing an armed carjacking in the parking lot of a Safeway grocery store on Thayer Avenue about 6:45 p.m. Thursday.
“They walked past my car and went to her car, pulled a big, black gun out,” she said. “I ducked.”
She said she could not believe what was happening – and how fast. She said she lives nearby and has become increasingly frustrated with crime in the area.
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The carjacking in the Safeway parking lot took place just six days after a man was carjacked at gunpoint in a parking lot around the corner in the 8200 block of Fenton Street.
No arrests have been made in either crime.
The Silver Spring Town Center is a $320 million public-private revitalization project that included funding from Montgomery County and the state of Maryland.
