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WEBVTT A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN JUMPEDINTO ALLISON LUGINBILL'S CARTONIGHT AS SHE SAT IDLING ONFAIRVIEW AVENUE >> A GUY CAME UP, GOT INTO MYCAR, PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD, TOLDME TO UNLOCK MY PHONE, THEPASS CODE OF MY PHONE.AMANDA: THESE PHOTOS SHOWCINCINNATI POLICE RESPONDING ASHORT TIME AFTER.SHE SAYS SHE PANICKED WHEN THEGUN WAS POINTED AT HER HEAD.HE'LL LET ME AND SAID "I WILLSHOOT YOU, UNLOCK YO PHO."AMANDA: THEN THE 28-YEAR-OLDVICITM WAS TOLD TO GET OUT OFTHE CAR AND RUN, OR SHE WOULD BESHOT.THE MAN TOOK OFF WITH HER 2015HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEEN IN THISPHOTO.HE ALSO GOT HER WALLET,CHECKBOOK AND I-PAD.>> TAKE MY THINGS, TAKE MY CAR,TAKE MY STUFF, BUT I WASN'TTRYING TO GET HURT IN THEPROCESS.I WAS PANICKED AND I DIDN'TREALLY LOOK AT HIM TOO MUCH.AMANDA: LUGINBILL RAN HOME ANDUSED HER BOYFRIENDS PHONE TOCALL 911SHE SAYS SHE IS DOING OK, SHAKENUP, BUT GLAD TO BE ALIVE NOW SHE HOPES TO WARN OTHERSLIVING AROUND U.C. TO BE ALERT.I STILL WOULD NEVER THINK INBROAD DAYLIGHT SOMEONE WOULDJUST COME UP TO MY CAR, OPEN THEDOOR AND GET IN.I DEFINLETY WANT EVERYBODY TOKNOW TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOURSURROUNDINGS, NO MATTER WHAT'SGOING ON.AMANDA: THE CAR AGAIN IS ASILVER 2015 HYUNDAI ELANTRAWITH A LICENSE PLATE GIL 6198.POLICE TONIGHT SAY THE SUSPEIS A YOUNG BLACK MALE, MEDIUMCOMPLEXION, BETWEEN 20 AND25-YEARS-OLD.HE IS ARMED.ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULDCONTACT CINCINNATI POLICE.

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A young woman was carjacked at gunpoint Thursday just blocks away from the University of Cincinnati campus in Clifton Heights. Cincinnati police responded to the call at the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Warner Street.The victim, Allison Luginbill, 28, is the daughter of a WLWT photographer. She is doing OK, but wanted to speak out to help track down the man responsible and hopefully get her car back.Luginbill said she was idling on Fairview Avenue when a man jumped into her car and pointed a gun at her. “A guy came up, got into my car, put a gun to my head, told me to unlock my phone, the passcode on my phone,” Luginbill said. Luginbill said she panicked when the gun was pointed at her head, as she accidentally put in the wrong passcode the first time. “He yelled at me, and said, 'I will shoot you, unlock your phone,'” Luginbill said. The victim was told to get out of the car and run, or she would be shot. The suspect drove off with her silver 2015 Hyundai Elantra. The car has a dent on the driver’s side and a noticeable scratch. The left taillight also is broken. Luginbill said the man also got her wallet, checkbook and iPad. “Take my things, take my car, take my stuff, but I wasn't trying to get hurt in the process. I was panicked and I didn't really look at him too much,” Luginbill said. She ran home a short distance away and used her boyfriend’s phone to call 911. She tells us she is shaken up, but glad to be alive. Now she hopes to warn others living around the University of Cincinnati to be alert. “I still would never think in broad daylight someone would just come up to my car, open the door and get in. I definitely want everybody to know to pay attention to your surroundings, no matter what's going on,” Luginbill said. Cincinnati police say the suspect is a young black male, between 20 and 25 years old, with medium complexion and armed with a gun. They are looking for a silver Hyundai Elantra with Ohio plates GIL 6198. Anyone with information about the suspect is urged to contact Cincinnati police or Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040.