"He pushed me to the door and I got up, and I grabbed him and was hitting his a--, and hitting him and fighting him and I said, ‘You not going to take my car, youngin,'" she said.
Grandma said when she called for help, neighbors jumped into action.
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A D.C. grandmother says neighbors responded when she called for help during an attempted carjacking. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
"They caught him and I said, ‘Oh, you going to jail today. You definitely going to jail, yes you are,’" she said.
Grandma showed off a cut she alleges she got when the teen snatched her keys.
Metropolitan Police Department confirmed the incident took place last Friday involving a 15-year-old boy. They told the TV station there have been 82 carjackings in the city this year, with 63% of them involving guns and 14 arrests.
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Metropolitan Police Department says there have been 82 carjacking so far this year, with 63% of them involving guns and only 14 arrests. (Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The police report said the would-be carjacker left the scene in an ambulance, and Grandma said the teen is now in jail.
"And they said it’s a wonder he wasn’t dead," she said. "On 22nd Street? He must didn’t know where he was. Nobody has seen this boy before."