Grandma targeted by teen attempting to carjack her fights back: report
‘Baby, you better shoot me, because you’re not taking my car,’ grandma said
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A grandmother headed to chemotherapy in Washington, D.C., last week fought off a teenager who attempted to carjack her, police say.
"Next thing I know, he walked up talking about, 'Give me your keys, I got a gun.' I said, ‘Baby, you better shoot me, because you’re not taking my car,’" the woman who simply wants to be known as "Grandma" told WJLA-TV.
"He pushed me to the door and I got up, and I grabbed him and was hitting his a--, and hitting him and fighting him and I said, ‘You not going to take my car, youngin,'" she said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Grandma said when she called for help, neighbors jumped into action.
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A D.C. grandmother says neighbors responded when she called for help during an attempted carjacking. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
"They caught him and I said, ‘Oh, you going to jail today. You definitely going to jail, yes you are,’" she said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Grandma showed off a cut she alleges she got when the teen snatched her keys.
Metropolitan Police Department confirmed the incident took place last Friday involving a 15-year-old boy. They told the TV station there have been 82 carjackings in the city this year, with 63% of them involving guns and 14 arrests.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Metropolitan Police Department says there have been 82 carjacking so far this year, with 63% of them involving guns and only 14 arrests. (Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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The police report said the would-be carjacker left the scene in an ambulance, and Grandma said the teen is now in jail.
"And they said it’s a wonder he wasn’t dead," she said. "On 22nd Street? He must didn’t know where he was. Nobody has seen this boy before."