Tucson mayor carjacked at gunpoint in midtown

Tucson.com ^

[Historix]

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild was carjacked at gunpoint in midtown Saturday morning, officials said.

Shortly before 11 a.m., the mayor was leaving his home when he was greeted by a man holding a pistol, who demanded to know where his car was parked, Rothschild told the Star.

Rothschild said that he pointed to his city-owned Toyota Prius and the man demanded he hand over the keys.

The mayor complied, and the suspect left the scene in the Prius.

Rothschild, who did not have a security detail with him when the incident occurred, was not injured and says he's doing fine.

The suspect and vehicle are still at large, said Tucson Police Department spokesman, Sgt. Pete Dugan.

Robbery detectives with the Tucson Police Department are investigating the incident and have learned that prior to his run-in with the mayor, which happened in the area of North Tucson Boulevard and East 5th Street, the suspect unsuccessfully tried to take another car, Dugan said.

He also had a "small altercation" with a mail carrier before his confrontation with the mayor, leading police to believe that he wasn't targeting Rothschild, Dugan said.

"I've lived in the city for a very long time and I've never been a victim of any serious crime," Rothschild said. "Although we live in a safe community, this can happen at any time."

While nothing valuable was in the car, Rothschild is still hopeful that the vehicle will be recovered.

[DUMBGRUNT]

It almost worked for this one?

https://youtu.be/Rd1S3UFucnQ

[JudgemAll]

Yeah, driving that prius is a dead giveaway for carjackers now

[bgill]

Soros connections and direct funding:

Tucson, AZ city of Tuscon

Global Alliance for Justice, Tucson, AZ, parent of Refuse Fascism (Soros)

ActBlue Civic - a clearing house for Democrat party funds who receive money from directly from George Soros Global Alliance for Justice, Tucson, AZ

[Fungi]

HaHaHaHaHaHaHa.....Hijacked by reality. Too bad.

[GreenHornet]

Prius? Did the thief get his man purse,too?

Tuscon police carried out a series of raids at area hair salons and florist shops looking for the suspect.

[sheana]

In Tucson it’s more than likely.

[Lopeover]

This needs to happen to more democrats!

[dfwgator]

Good!

Maybe the Mayor will learn something after this.

[\/\/ayne]

Our Trump hating, illegal alien supporting Democrat Mayor loves groups like Planned Parenthood, ACLU and the Sierra Club according to his speech at the Women's March in Tucson.

However, the way the City of Tucson is structured the Mayor has little actual power. He's mainly just a figurehead.

The City also has an unusual election anomaly. Everyone can vote for any candidate of any ward. This system ensures that only Democrats are elected to the City Council in Tucson.

[WMarshal]

Poetic justice. Mayor Rothschild is an idiot who metaphorically breast-feeds every criminal, perverse, and stupid person in Tucson. He let the homeless pod people take over downtown sidewalks and between the crime and the poop all over the place downtown was dying a little over a year ago. It was so bad that even the neogothic, hippy, free-love business owners infesting downtown started to panic.

[Rome2000]

That explains it!

[blam]

"Prius? Did the thief get his man purse,too?"

Really.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I was under the impression that “carjacking” meant stealing the car with the driver in it. Wouldn’t that make this just a car theft?

[ASOC]

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/az/tucson/crime/#description

“For Tucson, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small).”

And thought it was bad in Anchorage....

I grew up in Tucson - left in the early 70’s and never looked back.

[bravo whiskey]

If by YOUR personal security is your ccw weapon and the car is driving away, you are on shaky legal ground as your life is not in danger. I understand the feeling but... The car is city owned? So no cost, except clean underwear, to the mayor. Drive a 5 speed and watch car thieves freak.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Bet it was a Mexican illegal alien, but they don’t want us to know.

[Peter ODonnell]

A low speed chase followed.

[artichokegrower]

An ecologically responsible carjacker

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Amish my ass...more likely Mexican illegal alien.

[VTenigma]

So cool!