12-Year-Old Arrested for Armed Carjacking in Democrat-Run D.C.
A 12-year-old boy was arrested by the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department in connection with a carjacking on Sunday.
FOX News reported a woman was driving the car around 1:00 p.m. Sunday when a suspect approached and demanded her keys. The woman believed she saw a gun in the suspect’s waistband.
The Washington Times noted that the woman refused to hand over her keys, and the suspect, believed to be the 12-year-old, ran away.
The boy was apprehended while fleeing, and police indicated he was armed when arrested.
The Metropolitan Police Department pointed out that the 12-year-old was “charged with armed carjacking (gun) and carrying a pistol without a license.”
Breitbart News explained that D.C. witnessed 166 homicides from January 1, 2023, through August 16, 2023, a 27-percent increase over the same time frame in 2022.
Robbery is also up, rising 63 percent from where it was at this point last year, and auto theft is up a whopping 114 percent.