carjacking

D.C. police are looking for a man they say stole an ambulance Saturday morning. Just before 9 a.m., paramedics were on a call at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Chicago Street SE in Anacostia when, police say, a man entered the ambulance through the rear. The suspect then put his hand on a gun in his waistband while...

Police say the teen was one of four young people trying to steal a car when the vehicle’s owner opened fire. News4’s Pat Collins spoke with his mother about the tragedy.

A mother is mourning the death of her 18-year-old son, who was fatally shot Friday in Alexandria, Virginia, after police say he and three other teens tried to carjack a man at a gas station and the man opened fire.  Jordan Poteat was a student at Suitland High School in Maryland, his mother, Kelly Poteat Stubblefield, said Wednesday as...

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey has new details in Friday’s deadly attempted carjacking in Alexandria.

The suspect killed in an attempted carjacking in Alexandria Friday was 18 years old, and police say three other teens are charged.

One man is dead and another is injured after they were shot as they apparently attempted to steal a car, police said. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A driver apparently shot two people in an attempted carjacking in Alexandria. News4’s Walter Morris reports one man has died.

One man is dead and another is injured after they were shot as they apparently attempted to steal a car, police said.

Multiple people carjacked a victim in Northeast D.C. Tuesday night, police said. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

A 19-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday for carjacking an Uber driver at gunpoint last summer in Northeast D.C.  “I feel like a god,” prosecutors say the carjacker said on camera as he and an accomplice laughed about how much they had scared the victim. Jahlil Perry, of District Heights, Maryland, was sentenced to...

The victim recounted his ordeal and spoke about the aftermath of the crime, which includes a hefty care payment. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Police say the woman was returning home from the grocery store in Capitol Heights. Paul Wagner reports.

Prince George’s County police are seeking four suspects caught on video after a violent attack on a senior citizen last week in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The woman, who is in her 60s, suffered two broken bones after the assault and attempted carjacking, police said Thursday.  The suspects ripped belongings from the woman’s hands, stole her car keys and then...

A man working as an Uber driver was shot and wounded Friday night when two passengers carjacked him. News4’s Pat Collins spoke with the driver about the terrifying ordeal.

A man working as an Uber driver was shot and wounded in Southeast D.C. late Friday after passengers put two guns to his head and took his keys, he said in an interview with News4.  “They already had the car and the key, they just had to leave. But even when I was outside, one of them shot me...

A man working as an Uber driver was shot and wounded Friday night as two passengers carjacked him, police said. Here’s what the driver said in an interview Sunday.

An Uber driver was shot as two passengers carjacked him in Southeast D.C. Friday night, police said.

A 13-year-old boy is under arrest for allegedly committing five armed robberies in two hours in Prince George County. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports D.C. police say the teenager was also wanted in at least eight serious crimes in the District that same day.

A camera caught the moment a man pulled a knife on a woman and her child in Northeast DC and demanded their car. News4’s Paul Wagner has the chilling new evidence that police are now using.

D.C. and Prince George’s County announced they will work together sharing information to reduce violent carjackings, most of which are being committed by kids as young as 12.