From Niesha Lofing and Sandy Louey:
Elk Grove police are looking for a man who stole a car at gunpoint early Friday, one day after two men took the vehicle of an 84-year-old man.
Friday's carjacking occurred at 5:26 a.m. at a Shell gas station at 8607 Elk Grove Blvd., a police dispatcher said.
The carjacker, described as a black male in his 30s, was armed with a handgun when he approached a 75-year-old man in a tan, 1993 Buick Park Avenue and took his car, she said.
The victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital.
The Buick's license plate number is 3EMX260.
On Thursday night, the carjacking took place at 5:05 p.m. in the parking lot of a shopping center at Sheldon Road and West Stockton Boulevard, according to a police report.
Two men approached the man who was sitting in his vehicle. One of the men had a kitchen knife and ordered the vehicle's owner to exit his car. The two carjackers drove away in the vehicle toward Highway 99, the report said. The stolen vehicle was later found in Sacramento.
The carjackers were described as African American men 17 to 18 years old, 140 pounds, and from 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-8, according to police.
Anyone with information on either crime is asked to call police at (916) 714-5115.
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