Police: Chattanooga teens carjacked man when he stopped to talk to woman

Hollis Malone is suspected of working with other teens to carjack a man when he stopped to talk to a woman in Chattanooga.

Police have charged a 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man with carjacking after a Chattanooga man told police that three black males forced him out of his car at gunpoint Saturday night.

Ronald Blackwell, 19, told police that he was driving to Woodlawn Apartments to visit family around 10 p.m. Saturday when he saw a friend on the side of the road and stopped to talk to her. While talking, three people ran up to the car.

One man jumped in the passenger seat with a silver pistol and unlocked the doors so the other suspects could get in, the victim said. The males then forced Blackwell to give up his cellphone and get out of the car. All the suspects were armed with pistols, Blackwell said.

About two hours later — just after midnight — police found the stolen car across town in the College Hill Courts housing development. The driver of the vehicle drove away when police arrived and a “very lengthy pursuit involving multiple agencies” ensued, according to the affidavit.