Car stolen with violence at Ascot

Police are investigating a series of offences in Ascot including a car stolen with violence.

Around 7.20pm a single vehicle crash occurred on Towers Street. The driver fled the scene and used a firearm to threaten a man in a driveway on Yabba Street in an attempt to steal his car, but the car owner did not have the keys with him.

At 7.40pm another man in Kitchener Road was threaten by the same armed offender who demanded his car. The driver was able to remove his baby from the car before it was stolen by the offender.

The offender has a neck tattoo across his throat, two black circle earrings, with hair shaved on one side and a rats tail at the back. He was wearing a shirt with a dragon emblem.

The car is a Mercedes registration AMG211.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.

You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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