Ansonia Police Search for Suspect in Attempted Carjacking

Police are searching for the man who attempted to steal a woman's car in Ansonia on Tuesday. 

The man approached the woman after she got out of her car on Howard Avenue on Tuesday evening, police said. 

The suspect pointed a handgun at the woman and demanded her car keys. The victim complied but the suspect fled the scene when he was confronted by the woman's mother.

Police said the man ran north on Howard Street towards Grove Street.

Ansonia police responded to Howard Avenue at 8:35 p.m.

The suspect is described as being 5 feet 5 inches tall, in his early twenties, with short dark hair and wearing a gray jacket.

Anyone with information is asked to call Ansonia Police at (203) 735-1885.

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