Another Buckhead Victim Describes Carjacking

The victim of a Wednesday night carjacking described his ordeal to a WSB-TV news reporter.

Mark Hutto explained how he and his wife were on the way home when their car was bumped in the rear at West Wesley and Howell Mill Road.

Hutto told WSB-TV that about 11 p.m. he got out of the car to see the carjacker pointing a gun at him. Two other men were in the rear car, he said. After he gave the carjacker his wallet, the suspect sped off in Hutto’s car and the men in the other car followed, the report said.

Atlanta Police are investigating to see if recent carjackings and armed robberies over the last week may be connected, including an incident on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, Wednesday morning.

In yet another incidient, one of the carjacking victims, who are Georgia Tech students, told WSB that the suspects seemed "pretty coordinated" and confronted them with a gun as soon as he opened his car door.

They took the students' wallets, cell phones and car keys, WSB reports.

The victim was being dropped off by a friend at his Pharr Road apartment on Friday night. He said he thinks the suspects were waiting in their cars across the street and watching them.

The men then drove away from the scene in three separate cars, which a police spokesman said is "unusual."

Two armed robberies committed on Sunday morning less than a mile away in the Piedmont Road Hampton Inn parking deck are also being investigated by police to see if they could be connected to the armed robbery of the GT students.

Two men ordered a man at gunpoint to give over his belongings and forced him into his trunk. They also demanded a woman's belongings at gunpoint and forced her into her car's backseat. Police were able to let the man out of his trunk when they arrived, WSB reports. 

APD advises motorists to not exit their vehicle if their car is bumped. Instead, stay inside with the vehicle in drive and the rolled windows up and call 911, the news report said.