Four teens are facing charges after an armed carjacking on Columbia Pike and a police chase that ended on I-395.
The carjacking happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the area of Penrose Square. Two suspects, one brandishing a gun, demanded a victim’s car keys and phone, according to Arlington County police.
Police located the vehicle on I-395 and a chase ensued, going into D.C. before making its way back into Arlington and ending on I-395 in the Shirlington area.
More, below, from an ACPD crime report.
CARJACKING, 2024-11090177, 2500 block of Columbia Pike. At approximately 6:29 p.m. on November 9, police were dispatched to the report of a robbery. Upon arrival, it was determined the male victim was walking to his parked vehicle when two masked suspects approached him, one suspect brandishing a firearm, and demanded his keys and cell phone. The suspects then entered his vehicle and fled the scene. A lookout for the vehicle was broadcast and an officer located it traveling on I-395 and attempted a traffic stop. The driver refused to stop the vehicle, and the officer initiated a vehicle pursuit. The vehicle subsequently became immobilized in the area of I-395 at Shirlington Road and the four suspects, all juvenile males in their teens, were taken into custody. During the course of the investigation, the victim’s cell phone was recovered near the scene of the carjacking. Suspect One was charged with Carjacking, Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Wearing a Mask in Public and Felony Eluding. Suspect Two was charged with Carjacking, Conspiracy to Commit a Felony and Wearing a Mask in Public. Suspects Three and Four were charged with Unauthorized Use of Vehicle.
Video of the chase was published by local public safety watcher Dave Statter.
Watch: Slow speed chase of armed carjacking suspects in Arlington. Taken from its owner on Columbia Pike near S. Barton St. just after 6:30 p.m. last night, the car was driven into DC on I-395N. @ArlingtonVaPD officers followed. Somewhere the car lost a tire. What was unusual… pic.twitter.com/w4dvzAw97h
— Dave Statter (@STATter911) November 10, 2024
This was at least the 9th carjacking in Arlington so far this year, after 18 were reported last year.
