Man Pistol-Whipped, Carjacked Outside Restaurant: North Haven PD

NORTH HAVEN, CT — A man was pistol-whipped in the head during a carjacking outside a restaurant Friday night in North Haven, according to police.

Police responded to the Tokyo 2 Restaurant, 117 Washington Ave., around 9:20 p.m. on the report of a carjacking. The victim told police he was approached by a group of two to three men as he was getting out of his vehicle to enter the restaurant.

The suspects ordered him out of the vehicle and struck him twice in the head with a gun, according to police. The suspects then took the keys and left with the victim’s car, along with the car they arrived in.

Just before the incident was reported, a patrol officer saw two vehicles speeding on Washington Avenue.

“The officer attempted to catch up to the vehicles as they entered I-91 South, although he was unable to catch the vehicles or justify a pursuit, considering at the time the officer only observed motor vehicle violations, as the carjacking had not yet been reported,” police wrote in a post on Facebook. “It was later learned one of the vehicles observed by the officer was in fact the victim’s vehicle.”

Anyone who may have been in the area or witnessed the incident is asked to contact North Haven police at 203-239-5321 ext. 240. Reference case number 20-19476.