ELMHURST, Ill. (WLS) -- Elmhurst police are searching for a man who nearly carjacked a woman in her driveway after following her home from the grocery store.
The woman was pulling into her garage Wednesday morning in the 900-block of South Mitchell Avenue when she noticed a man pointing a gun at her. He then approached her car on the driver side and entered the garage, she told police.
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Scared for her safety, the woman pulled out of the garage quickly, almost striking the man. He then ran out of the garage to a car that was waiting nearby and the car drove northbound on Mitchell toward Harrison, police said. The car is described as a gray four-door sedan with tinted windows.
The woman said the car followed her from the Jewel Store at York Road and Butterfield Road.
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Police said the attempted carjacking might be related to another carjacking that happened in Westchester a short time later.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Elmhurst Police Department at 630-530-3050.