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1 in custody after man carjacked at gunpoint in his Kirkwood driveway

Police said a masked man with a gun forced someone out of the car and sped off

KIRKWOOD, Mo. — A person was taken into custody after a carjacking in a residential neighborhood in Kirkwood, Missouri, Thursday afternoon.

Kyley King said he had just pulled into the driveway at his home, near the intersection of Dickson Street and Meadow Ridge Lane, when a man approached his vehicle.

"Somebody opened my door, and he had a gun in my face," King said. "He told me to take my coat off and empty my pockets. He threw everything in the car and told me to get down on the ground."

 Police said King did what the man said, and the man jumped in the car and sped off.

He fled east on Interstate 44 until Kirkwood officers stopped chasing him.

A few minutes later, St. Louis police found the car and took a person into custody near the intersection of Genevieve and Thekla avenues in north St. Louis.

King's wife, Sara King, said they got a call from police less than an hour after the incident to inform them their vehicle was found and the suspect was arrested. 

"That was amazing," Sara King said. 

However, the couple said they're angry that someone did this to them at their home, while all three of their children were home in the middle of the afternoon. 

King said doorbell surveillance camera footage from a neighbor shows someone followed her husband to their home. 

The investigation is ongoing.

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