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   Two masked men carjacked an SUV in a south Minneapolis neighborhood in a   
   late-night ambush that saw a couple being pistol-whipped and one of the   
   victims forced to the ground with a gun aimed at the back of his head,   
   according to charges.   
      
   Havion Eddie Amaru Holmes, 22, of Minneapolis, was charged Monday in Hennepin   
   County District Court with first-degree carjacking, illegal firearm possession   
   and second-degree assault in connection with the incident about 3:15 a.m.   
   Saturday in the 3500    
   block of Aldrich Avenue S.   
      
   Holmes, arrested moments later after the SUV crashed, remains jailed in lieu   
   of $200,000 bail ahead of a court appearance on Sept. 23. A message was left   
   Tuesday afternoon with his attorney seeking a response to the allegations.   
      
   Holmes’ accomplice was still at large as of late Tuesday afternoon,   
   according to the criminal complaint.   
      
   Court records show that Holmes has convictions in Minnesota in recent years   
   for third-degree assault and burglary.   
      
   The 47-year-old driver told the Star Tribune that she and her boyfriend had   
   been out on a date and talking about their plans for the next day when   
   “there was a guy right there at the window. He said, ‘Open the [expletive]   
   window!’ ”   
      
   As the terrorizing experience unfolded, her boyfriend said to her as he was   
   held captive on the ground, “’Just let him take the car,’” said the   
   woman, whose identity is being withheld from this story out of concern for her   
   safety.   
      
   The suspects drove off with the woman’s SUV and her cellphone still in the   
   vehicle, she said. She used her boyfriend’s cellphone to call 911 just   
   before it died, she said.   
      
   The woman said one blow from a suspect’s gun bloodied her nose. Another to   
   her head gave her a concussion and lingering headaches. She said she has her   
   SUV back, but the crash left it totaled.   
      
   “I have lived 30 years in Minnesota,” she said, “and I’ve never had   
   anything like this happen.”   
      
   Last year, Minneapolis finished with half as many carjackings as 2021′s   
   record of 650, according to Police Department data. But that downward trend   
   has stopped as this year’s tally of 180 carjackings matches 2023′s pace,   
   the data showed.   
      
   According to the charges and a police report:   
      
   The woman told officers at the scene that she was dropping her boyfriend off   
   near his home in the 3500 block of Aldrich Avenue S. about 3:15 a.m. when two   
   masked men approached her SUV on each side and pointed guns at them.   
      
   The gunmen removed the man from the vehicle and “forced [him] to the ground   
   and pointed a gun at the back of [his] head,” the charges read. At one   
   point, he was hit in the back with a gun.   
      
   One of the suspects then struck the driver in the back of her head with his   
   gun. While she reached for her cellphone, the driver was hit in the face with   
   a gun and pulled out of the SUV.   
      
   The two drove off, leaving the couple behind.   
      
   Within a few minutes, however, other officers responding to the carjacking saw   
   the SUV go through a red light about five blocks to the south of the crime   
   scene. The officers tailed the SUV until it crashed near 31st Street W. and   
   Bryant Avenue S. Both    
   suspects ran from the SUV. Officers caught Holmes and seized two handguns, but   
   his accomplice got away.   
      
   Staff writer Jeff Hargarten contributed to this story.   
      
   https://www.startribune.com/charges-couple-carjacked-at-gunpoint   
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