A young person has been arrested in reference to the armed carjacking of an FBI agent in Washington, D.C. final month, the Metropolitan Police Division introduced Tuesday night time.
Devonta Lynch, 17, of southeast D.C., was arrested on Monday in reference to the Nov. 29 crime within the 100 block of twelfth Road NE. Lynch is being charged as an grownup underneath Title 16, Metro police mentioned.
Lynch was allegedly one in every of two suspects who approached the agent, who was getting out of their car, and stole the car at gunpoint at round 3:44 p.m final Wednesday.
The automobile was discovered about 25 minutes later within the 1000 block of fifteenth Road SE.
FBI AGENT CARJACKED IN WASHINGTON, DC: POLICE
The suspects needed within the carjacking of an FBI agent on Wednesday, Nov. 29, in accordance with the FBI. It is unclear which individual is Lynch. (FBI)
Metro police didn’t say if a second arrest has been made.
The FBI Washington Field Office’s Violent Crimes Task Force is helping Metro police within the investigation, which stays lively, and a joint reward of as much as $20,000 is on the market for info that results in the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) accountable.
Ideas might be known as in to police at 202-727-9099 or examined to the division’s tip line at 50411.
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Metropolitan police and the FBI Washington Discipline Workplace’s Violent Crimes Process Drive are providing a joint reward of $20,000 for info resulting in the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) answerable for the armed carjacking. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Photographs)
Carjackings have skyrocketed in D.C. over the previous 12 months, in accordance with a carjacking crime statistics web page from Metro police. As of Tuesday, there have been 924 carjackings in 2023 and 77% of them concerned firearms. In 2022, Metro police reported 429 carjackings in the identical time interval.
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The bulk (64%) of carjacking arrests inside the metropolis contain juveniles, with 15 years previous and 16 years previous being the most typical ages for offenders.
