SUITLAND, MD – Two teenage boys were arrested for a carjacking incident in Suitland on Tuesday. According to police, the boys, aged 14 and 15, are accused of carjacking a vehicle at gunpoint.
According to police, on Tuesday,at approximately 11:05 pm, officers responded to the 4800 block of Silver Hill Road in Suitland for the report of an armed carjacking.
“The victim advised officers he had just been carjacked at gunpoint. Oxon Hill Division IV patrol officers observed the carjacked vehicle approximately 45 minutes later near Branch Avenue and Curtis Drive in Temple Hills,” police said. “A pursuit was authorized which ended at Southern Avenue and Eastern Avenue in Southeast, Washington DC, when the suspects crashed into a tree.”
The suspects attempted to flee the scene but were taken into custody. A 3rd suspect is being determined.
The 15-year-old suspect was out on release after being arrested last year for another carjacking.
If anyone has information relevant to this investigation, they are asked to please call detectives at 301-516-3788.