Memphis Reporter OK After Being Carjacked in Company Car
A WREG reporter is OK after he was was carjacked at gunpoint at a gas station on Tuesday morning.
The Memphis CBS affiliate said it happened around 10:30 a.m. on a busy corner just about a mile east of WREG's studio and offices.
A man approached reporter Mike Suriani, who was working at the time, while he was at a gas pump. Suiriani got out of the station's white 2016 Toyota RAV4 when a man wearing a mask approached from the sidewalk and shouted to give him the car keys. The man had his hand on a gun that was sticking out of his pocket.
Suriani handed over the keys and the man drove off southbound on Third Street.
WREG said Suriani was unhurt.
The suspect got away with the Toyota and the camera gear inside. There was no WREG logo on the side, but the number 19 is on the bottom right bumper of the vehicle. The tag number is BHM 6360.
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