Carjacker took vehicle from N. Attleborough driveway, tried to burn it

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. – A woman was held at gunpoint Monday afternoon while a carjacker stole her vehicle in her North Attleborough driveway.

The incident happened around 3 p.m., in the driveway of a home next to Briggs Nursery. The victim is the owner of the nursery and in her 70s.

“When you are our age, you get a little nervous,” Paul Briggs, the victim’s husband, said.

The woman had just returned home from grocery shopping when a man approached her with a knife and a gun the pushed her out of the way and took the vehicle.

"I just drove in when it all happened. I watched him drive out," Briggs said.

A short time later, the vehicle was found two miles away near Bishop Feehan High School and a source told Boston 25 News the suspect tried to burn the vehicle.

Bishop Feehan High School was placed in a temporary lockdown while police investigated and searched the area for a suspect. That lockdown has since been lifted.

The suspect has not been found or identified at this time. It's unclear if surveillance cameras from the nursery captured the suspect on video.

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