WASHINGTON — Two 15-year-old girls are facing charges after police say they attempted to carjack one person and successfully took another car at knifepoint less than six hours later.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officers were called to the 1200 block of V Street just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.
When they arrived, the victim told officers they were moving their vehicle out of a parking space when the suspects tried to take the car. The victim drove away and called the police.
Less than six hours later, just after 2:15 a.m., officers were called to the 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue in Northwest.
According to a police report, the victim was found by officers bleeding from her right shoulder. The victim told officers she and another person were sitting in the car at a gas station when three girls walked up and surrounded the car before demanding the passenger get out. The passenger got out of the car and that is when the witness said one of the suspects sat down in the car and stabbed the driver in the shoulder with a pocket knife.
The driver got out of the car after she was stabbed and the three suspects reportedly got into the car and drove away in her car.
The victim was taken to an area hospital for help treating the stab wound. They are expected to survive.
A short time later, MPD says the stolen car was found with the two 15-year-old girls inside after a traffic accident in the 900 block of 17th Street, Northeast D.C. Both suspects were taken into custody. There is no word on what happened to the third suspect.
The suspects are only identified as 15-year-old girls, one is from Northeast D.C. and the other is from Herndon, Virginia.
The investigation remains active. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at (202) 727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411.
Three men who tried to carjack a man by hitting him with a wooden stick outside an Anytime Fitness were forced to flee when the potential victim fought back using his training in mixed martial arts, and one of the suspects didn't know how to drive a manual transmission.