A woman waiting to pick up her kids from school Wednesday was carjacked at gunpoint just before students were let out of at St. Mary's Parish School in Hales Corners, Wisconsin.Two guys went up to her car and demanded her keys and phone at gunpoint.Hales Corners police were on high alert Thursday, keeping a close eye on the school pickup line.The carjacking happened right in front of Dennis Thurow."As soon as she got to my window, the black car took off, and I got her in the car, and we tried to get to where I could get behind them," Thurow said.Others waiting in line saw two cars race by."Two cars came flying by driving very fast for an area by a school," said Jessica Gutierrez, who was in the pickup line. Police said the surveillance video shows two cars driving off.They believe two guys stole the SUV, and a third person followed behind.Earlier Wednesday, police in Germantown, Wisconsin, investigated a similar armed carjacking at the Fairway Knoll Senior Living Center.The gunman there stole a black BMW with a similar make and model to the one seen at St. Mary's."There's been other carjackings in other communities that we're trying to speak with the other detectives and other officers involved to see if in any way they're connected," Hales Corners police Detective Chris Heckman said."How could that happen in a parent pickup line here?" a reporter asked from sister station WISN."That's a good question, middle of the day, witnesses around," Dennis Lypek said."I feel more prepared today. I'm more aware of my surroundings," Gutierrez said.But for the man who tried help the victim, he's still shaken."Just making me think if I could've done something better," Thurow said.Milwaukee police said officers were involved in a chase with the black BMW stolen in Germantown. They eventually ended the pursuit but found the car abandoned. The car stolen in Hales Corners was also found in Milwaukee, but they still haven't found the carjackers.
A woman waiting to pick up her kids from school Wednesday was carjacked at gunpoint just before students were let out of at St. Mary's Parish School in Hales Corners, Wisconsin.
Two guys went up to her car and demanded her keys and phone at gunpoint.
Hales Corners police were on high alert Thursday, keeping a close eye on the school pickup line.
The carjacking happened right in front of Dennis Thurow.
"As soon as she got to my window, the black car took off, and I got her in the car, and we tried to get to where I could get behind them," Thurow said.
Others waiting in line saw two cars race by.
"Two cars came flying by driving very fast for an area by a school," said Jessica Gutierrez, who was in the pickup line.
Police said the surveillance video shows two cars driving off.
They believe two guys stole the SUV, and a third person followed behind.
Earlier Wednesday, police in Germantown, Wisconsin, investigated a similar armed carjacking at the Fairway Knoll Senior Living Center.
The gunman there stole a black BMW with a similar make and model to the one seen at St. Mary's.
"There's been other carjackings in other communities that we're trying to speak with the other detectives and other officers involved to see if in any way they're connected," Hales Corners police Detective Chris Heckman said.
"How could that happen in a parent pickup line here?" a reporter asked from sister station WISN.
"That's a good question, middle of the day, witnesses around," Dennis Lypek said.
"I feel more prepared today. I'm more aware of my surroundings," Gutierrez said.
But for the man who tried help the victim, he's still shaken.
"Just making me think if I could've done something better," Thurow said.
Milwaukee police said officers were involved in a chase with the black BMW stolen in Germantown. They eventually ended the pursuit but found the car abandoned.
The car stolen in Hales Corners was also found in Milwaukee, but they still haven't found the carjackers.
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