Man tries to carjack 3 women within hours of each other across LA

Attempted carjacker targets 3 women in 1 day: LAPD

Officials believe a suspect identified as Maurice Latorre is responsible for three separate carjackings in Lincoln Heights and Boyle Heights, and he's still on the run.

LOS ANGELES - Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department said the search continues for the man accused of attempting to tried to carjack three women, including one woman who appeared to be getting into the car with her young children

Authorities said all three attempted carjackings happened on Sunday, Nov. 9, within miles of each other, and each of them was caught on security footage. LAPD offiicials identifed 49-year-old Maurice Latorre as the suspect in all three attacks.

The first one happened around 10 a.m. at a gas station on North Broadway in Lincoln Heights. Security footage showed a man in a black hoodie, who police identified as Latorre, leaning against the building while seemingly watching a woman who was pumping her gas. As the woman finished pumping the gas, the man approached her. As she tried to get into her car, the man forced his way into the car, pushing the woman into the passenger's seat. According to the LAPD, he then demanded the woman's keys as he tried to force his way into the car.

The woman was eventually able to push the man out of the car, and he casually walked off.

Man tries to carjack three women in same day

The Los Angeles Police Department is searching for Maurice Lattore, who they said tried to carjack three separate women in one day in Lincoln Heights and Boyle Heights. (Video courtesy of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Just a few hours later and just blocks away, police said the same man approached a different woman who was walking to her car in a parking lot, along with young children. Surveillance video showed the man grabbing the driver's side door, trying to get into the car. Another woman and two young girls were on the other side of the car. The man seemed to smash the window as the other three rushed into the car, screaming. Again, the man calmly walked off.

Just before 5 p.m. that day, there was a similar scene at another gas station on E Cesar E Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights. A woman was pumping gas when a man in a hoodie approached a woman and began talking to her. The two talked for over a minute. Then, as the woman finished up pumping gas, she walked around the car to get back in the driver's seat. But, as she did, Latorre rushed the car, forced the door back open and pulled the woman to the ground. The two struggled off camera, before the woman was seen running back to her car.

Police described Latorre as Latino with black hair and black eyes. He is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Anyone with information on Latorre or the attempted carjackings is asked to contact the LAPD.