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Woman carjacked at gunpoint outside home in Benton Park

The woman said she was walking up to her home when a man approached her, pulled out a gun and demanded her keys.

ST. LOUIS — A woman was carjacked at gunpoint in Benton Park Thursday evening.

The 36-year-old told police she had just parked her 2016 Ford Fusion in the 3200 block of South Jefferson, which is right across the street from Benton Park. It was 8:26 p.m.

The woman said she was walking up to her home when a man approached her, pulled out a gun and demanded her keys. She complied. The suspect got in her car and drove off.

The woman wasn’t hurt and police not have found her vehicle.

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She described the thief as a man in his mid-30s, 5’10” with a thin build. He was wearing a black hoodie under a black puffy coat and light-colored pants.

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