Man reports being carjacked on N. Side of Youngstown

staff report

YOUNGSTOWN — A 50-year-old South Side resident told police he was carjacked while visiting a North Side neighborhood early Thursday.

The man told officers he parked his 2000 Ford Explorer in a parking lot at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Griffith Street at 11 p.m. Wednesday. Upon returning to the car, reports said, the man was approached from behind by a young male wearing a hoodie and brandishing a handgun.

Reports say the hooded thief took the man’s car keys and drove off in the truck.