targeting freeland's 2012 silver range rover in the mall parking garage. he was about to get into the driver's side of the suv when he was approached by two of the men and shot. the range rover was later found about 10 miles away in newark. really the attack was just the latest in an epidemic of carjackings in essex county, new jersey. this year there have been 450 carjackings. that's an all-time high. according to the national insurance crime bureau, they say there was a national increase in car thefts in 2012 for the first time in eight years. and that number is expected to rise again this year. the nicb also says the new york, new jersey area has the highest number of suv and cuv thefts in the nation. just this week officials in the new york tri-state area sent out an alert warning drivers that more luxury cars are being targeted while technology has made it more difficult to steal cars it could be a reason we are seeing more violent

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