Teen arrested after pulling knife on child and stealing car in Baltimore, police say

A 17-year-old was arrested for allegedly pulling a knife on an 8-year-old boy and then stealing a vehicle in Baltimore’s Federal Hill on Monday afternoon, according to police.

Police said a mother parked the car, kept it running, and left her son in the car as she walked into a bank. The suspect then got into the vehicle, assaulted the son, pulled a knife on him, and pushed him out of the vehicle before driving away.

Police used a tracking device to locate the vehicle three miles away in the 1500 block of Jefferson Street, where the 17-year-old was taken into custody.

Witness reacts to brazen carjacking

Al Soliman, who works at a shop across the street from the bank, told WJZ he saw the chaos unfold…

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