The sun hadn't even set yet in
this Prince. Georges County Woman
says she dodged 2 bullets in one
day and I was like like that's
when it kind of like hit me like
what it's like today. Right now.
This is what you gonna do.
Car accident 1 morning in late 2018 and
walked away unscathed at the time she
lived here in Southeast DC and says she
returned home that evening in a rental car.
A key annoyed into a gun in her face and
he was like. Be give me the
keys to the car. And I was I.
Wait, wait.
I respond back, fight or flight
and I thought, and so it's at that
moment I'm literally begin to
like screaming yell and so at that
time you begin to like target at
the keys that were on my fingers.
I could die for real for real.
And I'm like in mass. Hysteria by
Xavier says the suspect who appeared
to be a teen, ran off with one set of
her keys and yelled he's coming back.
He's not done. I lived in fear for quite
some time now with the latest increase in
violent carjackings in the area by Xavier
says it's only adding to her anxiety.
The most recent police data shows
between January and April of this year,
there have been 207 carjackings in
the Washington area compared to 60
during the same period last year.
The hot spots DC and Prince Georges County.
There have been 70 so far this
year in Prince Georges,
including this one caught on camera at
a Bladensburg gas station in March.
The suspects shot at the driver but
missed at DC police headquarters.
They're dealing with a bigger problem
when it comes to carjackings,
says acting Police
Chief Robert Conti.
That's just what they like to do.
They just do it. They
enjoy committing crime 107 violent
carjacking so far in the district.
44 people have been arrested,
34 of them young children.
We had what? 12 year old?
A 13 year old? Their rules so to speak.
And you know, 13 year old should
not be out here putting guns in
somebody's face, taking the car?
That's that's not cool, you know.
And most of these cars are recovered
and they recovered. You know,
after a short joyride or something
like that, you telling
me that some
of these kids are carjacking for joyride,
just a joy ride. Yes, absolutely
cheap. County says.
In some cases they've also
recovered videos and pictures.
Posted to social media of
kids and teens bragging and
showing off their conquests.
So who are these
children in many instances? Is the same
kid. Investigators say many are
traveling down the same life Rd.
Some of the young suspects have
cases open with child and Family
Services indicating they've been
reported missing from home are
consistently absent from school
or their victims of abuse.
DC has a task force in place to
arrest these child carjackers,
but acting Chief Conti
says clearly that's not
enough. It is not solely a
law enforcement issue there.
Other entities that are involved,
community, parents, etc.
You know we have to make this.
This is not the cool thing to do.
This is not the popular thing to do.
Whether it's churches talking to kids
and community violence interrupters
talking to people in communal
kids and communities, this is all
hands on deck all hands on deck.
Especially after this recent case.
Two DC Girls 13 and 15
years old are charged as
juveniles with felony murder.
Their accused of killing an Uber.
Each driver in a botched
carjacking in southeast last month.
The two DC girls are back in court next week,
trying to strike a plea deal
with prosecutors is hard to watch.
People in community who are, you know.
Innocent victims in this case
be victimized by, you know,
some of the young people that
were trying to help some of the
young people that were trying to
help through police reform issues.
Still dealing with it, honestly speaking,
as provides a beer, she's sharing
her story because she wants
people to understand the impact,
even if it doesn't end in
death by Xavier says she
still living with the trauma
from the time she was almost carjacked.
She eventually moved away
to Prince Georges County and
spent months in therapy.
I never thought that in front of my home
like the place that's supposed to be.
Peace, Safety, and refuge.
I never thought that this would happen.