Ferndale Police Searching For Carjacking Suspects

FERNDALE, MI — A pair of women narrowly escaped being carjacked at a Ferndale Wendy’s Restaurant late Monday night. The women were waiting in the drive through line at the restaurant on Woodward Avenue just south of Nine Mile Road at about 11 p.m. when a pair of men approached their vehicle.

Ferndale Police said one of the suspects went to the driver’s side window and pointed a silver handgun at the woman sitting in the passenger’s seat. The suspect ordered the women out of the car.

Instead of getting out of the car, however, the driver hit the gas pedal and sped away. The gunman was knocked to the ground by her car and the gun flew out of his hand.

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The Detroit News reported that neither woman had a cell phone on them during the incident. But they called 911 after returning home. Ferndale Police responded to the scene after the call, but the men had fled.

The gunman appeared to be 25-35 years old, approximately 6-feet tall with a mustache and a goatee. He was wearing gym shorts, t-shirt and a red baseball hat.

The Royal Oak Daily Tribune reported that the handgun was a chrome semi-automatic. The second suspect in the attempted Ferndale carjacking is described as being 18 to 25 years old, approximately 5-7 to 5-9 in height, wearing a white t-shirt and gym shorts.

Photo of Wendy's courtesy of Google Maps.