WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — The victim of a carjacking in Southeast D.C. wants the kids she said are responsible to be held accountable.
A woman told DC News Now she entered the Safeway parking garage on 14th Street SE just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
She expected to get groceries but instead found herself the victim of an armed carjacking by kids.
The victim, who did not want to be identified for her own safety, said she saw two kids up to no good when she pulled into the garage.
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“I thought they were just going to like break into cars [and] steal things. No way did I think they were going to steal my car. They just looked too young to be that big of a threat,” the woman said.
She said she parked, popped her trunk to get her grocery bags, “And then turned around – and there was one of them, the taller one pointing the gun at me and said ‘give me your keys.’”
“So I tossed them in the air to distract him so I could run. I wanted to save my wallet and my phone,” she recounted.