DEVELOPING STORY: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia. The suspects demanded her keys and cell phone. The attack happened at FDR Park after a meeting with other elected leaders.
The Democrat congresswoman was not injured.
“She’s physically OK, but her vehicle and possessions are gone,” a spokesperson, Lauren Cox, told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
#BREAKING: A spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon confirmed to Eyewitness News the congressmember was carjacked at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon in FDR Park. https://t.co/zPiUnxfZgP
— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) December 22, 2021
Rep. @RepMGS was carjacked at gunpoint today. Thankfully she was physically unharmed. A statement from her spokesperson @LaurenCox08 pic.twitter.com/FF3mctxgtI
— Kristin Wilson (@kristin__wilson) December 22, 2021