Two Houston teens are facing charges after they carjacked a man last weekend, holding a gun to the victim's head and forcing him to teach them how to drive the vehicle’s stick shift, Click2Houston.com reported.
"The suspects were unfamiliar with the operation of a standard transmission and they tried to get the victim to show them how to drive the standard while he was being held at gunpoint," Stefan Happ, an inspector, told the station.
The victim explained the stick shift, and the teens took off with the vehicle. The crash course, however, proved insufficient and the suspects were reportedly forced to abandon the car a few blocks away and flee the old-fashion way: by running.
They were caught a short time later.
"The officers were chasing the vehicle and apparently they had issues operating the vehicle," Happ told the station.
The alleged robbers are 17 and 15 years old. The 17 year old was charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
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