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Posted: 3:43 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, 2012

Victim speaks out to help catch carjacker

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By Daphne Young

Chamblee, GA —

A carjacking victim is speaking out to help catch a man who held her up at gunpoint earlier this month.

Chamblee Police have released a photo of the suspect who stole the woman's car,  purse, her laptop and all of her personal information.

The Chamblee woman tells Channel 2 Action News the man came up to her at the Chatsworth Apartment Complex Mail Center and demanded she hand over her car keys, cell phone and ATM PIN.

"I don't want to choose you.  Just lay down.  And, that's when I laid down on the ground and he cocked the gun and said don't move.  Just stay there," the victim says she was told by the suspect.

The woman cooperated and wasn't hurt.

Police say, "this act was pretty brazen.  I think that he's either done this before or it's just going to escalate and he's going to hurt someone."

Officers also say the man also attempted to use the victim's credit card 15 times before her card was frozen by the bank.

The woman's car was found six days later, near the same ATM machine.

Police are asking people to call Chamblee Police if you recognize the suspect.

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