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Sandra Yi Reporting Police are still looking for the suspects behind a crime that triggered an Amber Alert.
Sgt. Bill Merritt: "He was trying to be a nice guy and give them all a ride when this happened."
Police issued that Amber Alert around 11 o'clock last night, after a man told them he and his girlfriend were carjacked at gunpoint in West Valley, and that she was still in the car with the suspects. The Amber Alert was quickly canceled, but the suspects are still out there.
Police say they know the name of one of the suspects, but aren't releasing that right now.
The suspects dropped the girl off in the area of 3600 West and Parkway Boulevard in West Valley City and haven't been seen since.
Lt. Bill Froehlich: "We just don't know what the motive is."
Police don't have a lot of answers, but say the victim's story is credible. They say last night 19-year old Trevor Miller offered to give a female friend a ride. The woman, who police say is in her 30s, showed up with two men and carjacked Miller.
Lt. Bill Froehlich, WVC Police Dept.: "He was pistol whipped, according to him, and he was hit with a modified baseball bat, as he put it, and had a gun held to his head."
Miller managed to get out of the car in the area of 37th West and 24th South, and called police from a nearby business. But his 16-year old girlfriend was still in the car, as the suspects drove away.
Police issued an Amber Alert that was canceled only eight minutes later when they were able to reach the girl on her cell phone. She told police the suspects dropped her off and she walked to a friend's house.
Lt. Bill Froehlich: "She was not hurt."
Police found Miller's car, but he told police a Ford Explorer had been following him. They believe the suspects took off in that car and police want to find them.
Lt. Bill Froehlich: "Anyone that's willing to hold a gun to someone's head and do the things that they did and pistol whip them after that. I'd say they're pretty dangerous and they're not exercising a whole lot of common sense."
The suspects are believed to be in a maroon Ford Explorer with Montana license plate. If you have any information, call the police.
