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Suffolk man was killed during an attempted carjacking in Norfolk shortly after midnight Friday.

Alfred Jackson, 33, a passenger in a 1994 Honda, was shot during the carjacking in Norfolk’s Diggs Town’s community, said Senior Officer Chris Amos, spokesman for the Norfolk Police Department. The incident occurred in the 1400 block of Mellon Street.

After shots were fired, the car’s driver -whose name was not released – fled toward Chesapeake General Hospital, Amos said. Authorities finally stopped the car at a gas station in the 2200 block of North Battlefield Boulevard, where rescue workers pronounced Jackson dead at the scene.

The car’s driver has been cleared of any wrongdoing, Amos said.

No arrests have been made this far, Amos said.

The department is searching for a black male suspect with short dreadlocks for additional questioning, Amos said.

Amos refused to release additional information about the car-jacking.

Anyone with information should call the Norfolk Police Department’s non-emergency number at 664-6510.

allison.williams@suffolknewsherald.com