NORTH ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A close relative of the victims' family shares his chilling story about how a grandmother and her daughter-in-law were carjacked, just as she got there from the store.
It's the violent crime that led to a big police chase through rush hour traffic Wednesday evening.
He wants to move his family from a dangerous neighborhood, but can't afford to because of his disability and financial hardship. He has set up a GoFundMe in hopes people will help.
The thief hit car after car, before crashing near Harris Stowe in St. Louis. The chase left a lot of damage.
The carjacking left a family shaken. Police said three men threatened the 55-year-old grandmother and her daughter-in-law with a gun before taking her car in north St. Louis.
5 On Your Side spoke with a close relative of the victims and he's angry. He hears gunshots every night, but never thought that a crime would get so close.
Then his daughter and her mother-in-law were carjacked.
Aaron Carter said his daughter was only outside for what seemed like five minutes before three suspects approached her with a gun.
"She runs in and says daddy we just got robbed. I'm like 'in front of the house,' she says yes," said Carter.
Her 55-year-old mother-in-law had just stopped by to drop off nine cans of baby formula for her grandson in what Aaron said is a neighborhood on the edge.
"I don't like this situation. It's right in front of your house. It makes you very uncomfortable. It makes it to a point where you don't want to even walk out your house," said Carter.
The suspects took the grandmother's red Ford Fusion and demanded both women turn over their cell phones and purses. But as they were leaving, the daughter pleaded for her baby's formula. So, the suspects gave her only one of the nine cans.
"As far as this neighborhood, I never knew a neighborhood could be this bad," said Carter.
Carter said he is worried because the carjackers now have the keys to his house. He hopes to change his locks or move out, but he can't afford it yet because he's on disability.
"That's what makes me feel so bad, I feel so unsafe," he said.
Carter shared his home with two daughters and their six kids. But all that changed Wednesday, when he decided to move them out because the area is now too dangerous.
Now he is the only one left in the home.