Police departments in the Essex County region were informed to be on the lookout for suspects occupying a vehicle responsible for an armed carjacking in Newark's North Ward Sunday morning.
The violent carjacking happened when three armed suspects ambushed the driver of a red Jeep Cherokee at gunpoint and stole the vehicle in the 70's block of Highland Avenue before 4:40 a.m.
The vehicle has a reported NY license plate number "JEH-5698."
Police say the suspects sped away in the jeep and remain at large.
There were no severe injuries immediately reported.