A driver in Washington, D.C., fought off a would-be carjacker who jumped contained in the automotive and threatened them with a knife over the weekend, authorities mentioned, as carjackings within the metropolis thus far this yr sustain with final yr’s record-shattering numbers.
The feminine suspect tried to carjack the motive force round 10 a.m. Saturday within the 100 block of Kennedy Avenue Northwest because the sufferer was sitting within the operating automotive, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department mentioned.
The unidentified suspect entered the automobile and pulled a knife on the motive force earlier than demanding that the sufferer depart the automobile, in keeping with police.
The sufferer fought again to cease the girl from stealing the automotive, police mentioned.
Police launched surveillance pictures of a lady they are saying is needed in reference to an tried armed carjacking within the metropolis on Saturday morning. (D.C. Metropolitan Police Division )
The sufferer suffered a minor injury whereas the suspect fled the scene.
Surveillance cameras captured pictures of the girl suspected of attempting to carjack the sufferer.
Authorities requested anybody with information concerning the incident to contact police, who’re providing a reward of as much as $10,000 for data that results in an arrest or conviction within the case.
Up to now this yr, carjackings within the nation’s capital are maintaining with final yr’s record-shattering tempo.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEW RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME IN DC
On Tuesday, a tow truck driver intervened in a separate tried carjacking to rescue a 76-year-old sufferer at a fuel station, FOX5 DC reported. The great Samaritan pulled the suspect out of the sufferer’s automotive and held him on the bottom till police arrived.
Final month, former Trump administration official Mike Gill was shot and killed in a high-profile carjacking rampage.
As of Wednesday, there have been 75 reported citywide carjackings year-to-date in comparison with 83 reported throughout the identical interval final yr.
Carjackings within the metropolis practically doubled in 2023, with a reported 958 carjackings – a 97.9% spike – in comparison with 484 reported in 2022, public police knowledge reveals. The bulk (64%) of carjacking arrests throughout the metropolis concerned juveniles, with ages 15 and 16 the most typical ages for offenders.
