Woman Carjacked at Santa Clarita Gas Station

Valencia, Santa Clarita, CA: A woman was carjacked after pulling into a busy Valencia gas station on Monday, Oct. 10, in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita.

The brazen, daytime crime occurred shortly before 5 p.m. at the Shell fuel station near the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway.

Sheriff’s deputies believe the suspect left his Ohio-registered vehicle at the scene before taking off in the woman’s Infiniti SUV.

Deputies found several signs used by panhandlers inside the suspect’s ditched vehicle. The stolen SUV was last located in the Los Angeles Police Department’s area near Laurel Canyon Boulevard and State Route 118. About 40 minutes later, however, the suspect remains outstanding as of 6 p.m.

This marks the second carjacking in Santa Clarita in recent weeks.

Austin Dave, Video Journalist / KNN