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The suspect in a carjacking and potential kidnapping was arrested after a pursuit Wednesday morning in Mesa and Gilbert, according to Gilbert police.
The carjacking occurred in Phoenix, and the victim was able to contact police near Extension and Broadway roads in Mesa, where the driver refused to pull over for police, according to preliminary information provided by Nikolas Rasheta, a Mesa Police Department spokesperson.
The driver fled from the stolen vehicle on foot near Gilbert and Elliot roads in Gilbert, where he was later apprehended, according to a Gilbert police tweet. Gilbert police assisted in the arrest.
Police were treating the incident as a carjacking and kidnapping while they conduct their investigation, according to Mesa police post on Twitter.
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