The Brief
- While working on his pickup truck on Wednesday afternoon, former Marine Jheyco Borda was surrounded by four teenagers who demanded his vehicle and valuables.
- Borda said he used a split-second distraction to disarm one of the suspects.
- With the help of his brother, Borda said he managed to overpower and pin down the suspects until Prince George’s County police arrived to take them into custody.
OXON HILL, MD. – An afternoon working on a pickup truck reportedly turned into a life-or-death struggle for an Oxon Hill man Wednesday afternoon, when a group of teenagers pointed a gun at his face in an attempted robbery.
What we know:
Jheyco Borda, a former Marine trained in hand-to-hand combat, says he was working on his vehicle near Oxon Hill High School around 4:30 p.m. when four teenagers approached him on the sidewalk. He says the suspects, dressed in hooded sweatshirts, surrounded Borda and demanded his car keys, phone and other valuables.…