On January 19,2025 around 9:30 PM, District 6 officers responded to a call for a carjacking. When officers arrived, they met with a 17-year-old and his mother who stated he was carjacked by two unknown individuals at Mimika and Lillian.
The 17-year-old reported that he was driving on Mimika toward Lillian when he came to a stop at the stop sign. While stopped, two unknown males approached his car on foot from the rear armed with handguns. The two unknown suspects forced the 17-year-old out of his car and struck him in the head with a handgun before taking off in his vehicle.
The 17-year-old went home and waited for his mother before contacting police.
St. Louis County later spotted and pursued the carjacked vehicle where two 16-year-old boys were arrested. The vehicle was recovered.