Pizza delivery man victim of assault, carjacking in Perry Hall

Baltimore County police were investigating an assault and carjacking that took place just before 11 p.m. Wednesday evening in Perry Hall.

According to police, the suspect — described as a white man in his early 20s, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds — began to assault the victim, a pizza delivery man, outside his place of employment in the 4100 block of E. Joppa Road. The suspect punched the victim to the ground and took the delivery man's car keys and cell phone, police said, before fleeing in the victim's car — a 2007, two-door, black Honda Accord.

The suspect was wearing a black sweatshirt, a black hat and jeans, according to police. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP. Police said there was a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to a conviction.

In a previous version of this article, the location of the carjacking was incorrectly identified as Parkville. The Baltimore Sun regrets the error.