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A young person has been arrested in reference to the armed carjacking of an FBI agent in Washington, D.C. final month, the Metropolitan Police Division introduced Tuesday night time.
Devonta Lynch, 17, of southeast D.C., was arrested on Monday in reference to the Nov. 29 crime within the 100 block of twelfth Road NE. Lynch is being charged as an grownup beneath Title 16, Metro police mentioned.
Lynch was allegedly one among two suspects who approached the agent, who was getting out of their automobile, and stole the automotive at gunpoint at round 3:44 p.m final Wednesday.
The automotive was discovered about 25 minutes later within the 1000 block of fifteenth Road SE.
FBI AGENT CARJACKED IN WASHINGTON, DC: POLICE
The suspects wished within the carjacking of an FBI agent on Wednesday, Nov. 29, in line with the FBI. It is unclear which individual is Lynch. (FBI)
Metro police didn’t say if a second arrest has been made.
The FBI Washington Discipline Workplace’s Violent Crimes Activity Drive is helping Metro police within the investigation, which stays lively, and a joint reward of as much as $20,000 is accessible for data that results in the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) accountable.
Suggestions will be referred to as in to police at 202-727-9099 or examined to the division’s tip line at 50411.
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Metropolitan police and the FBI Washington Discipline Workplace’s Violent Crimes Activity Drive are providing a joint reward of $20,000 for data resulting in the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) accountable for the armed carjacking. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Photos)
Carjackings have skyrocketed in D.C. over the previous yr, in line with a carjacking crime statistics web page from Metro police. As of Tuesday, there have been 924 carjackings in 2023 and 77% of them concerned firearms. In 2022, Metro police reported 429 carjackings in the identical time interval.
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The bulk (64%) of carjacking arrests throughout the metropolis contain juveniles, with 15 years outdated and 16 years outdated being the commonest ages for offenders.
