WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WTVD) -- An "armed and dangerous" man remained on the run Monday night after carjacking a woman at a Raleigh shopping center and leading police on a chase this afternoon up into Wake Forest
Police suspended their search but are asking for neighbors in the area of Durham Road and Tyler Run Drive to stay vigilant.
It all started about 3 p.m. with terrifying moments for one woman, who police say was carjacked at Triangle Town Center by an armed man who approached her in the Hobby Lobby parking lot and demanded her purse. When she handed it over, he took her keys are stole her brand-new Mercedes crossover-type car.
She worked with Raleigh Police to use GPS tracking - ultimately following the car up to Wake Forest about 15 minutes away.
The carjacking victim was not injured.
Officers there tried to pull the car over. The driver led them on a short chase before stopping the car in the wooded Tyler Run subdivision - and taking off on foot.
That prompted law enforcement to send out a warning to neighbors in the area to lock their doors and call 911 if they saw anything suspicious.
Forensics teams documented the scene and took fingerprints - as police used the remaining daylight to try to track down the suspect.
Having no luck, investigators called off the search around 6 p.m., with officials saying they believed the suspect, who was described as in his mid-20s and wearing a black hoodie, may have left the area by then.
This marks at least the third manhunt in Wake County in just the last week - with law enforcement searching for an armed man who ran when they tried to serve a warrant near Zebulon last Monday.
The following day, last Tuesday, law enforcement searched for a man near Wendell who jumped out and ran after leading authorities on a chase that caused multiple car crashes.
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