GARY — A man who carjacked a woman at gunpoint at a gas station on U.S. 20 in Porter was later seriously injured when he jumped off a 30-foot-high bridge embankment following a police-involved shooting in Gary, according to Indiana State Police.
The suspect was later flown to a Chicago hospital, while an alleged accomplice was captured and is being held in the Lake County Jail, according to ISP.
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