2 teenagers arrested in DC carjacking case

D.C. police have arrested two teenage boys in a carjacking case that occurred Friday afternoon.

The incident happened around 4:50 p.m. Friday in the 4000 block of Clay Place NE in D.C.



According to police, the suspects approached a vehicle and brandished a firearm before demanding the victim’s vehicle.

The victim complied and the juvenile suspects took property from the victim before fleeing the scene in the stolen vehicle.

On Friday evening, the two suspects — a 16-year-old male from Southeast D.C. and a 13-year-old male from Capitol Heights, Maryland — were arrested and charged with armed carjacking with a gun.

At the time of arrest, the victim’s vehicle and the suspect’s handgun were recovered.

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Ciara Wells

Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.

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