Teenager arrested in armed carjacking of FBI agent in Washington, DC

A youngster 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 evening.

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 below 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 automobile at gunpoint at round 3:44 p.m final Wednesday. 

The automobile 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 accordance with the FBI. It is unclear which particular person is Lynch. (FBI)

Metro police didn’t say if a second arrest has been made.

The FBI Washington Subject Workplace’s Violent Crimes Process Drive is helping Metro police within the investigation, which stays energetic, and a joint reward of as much as $20,000 is out there for data that results in the arrest and conviction of the particular person(s) accountable.

Ideas might 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 Subject Workplace’s Violent Crimes Process Drive are providing a joint reward of $20,000 for data resulting in the arrest and conviction of the particular person(s) chargeable for the armed carjacking. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Photographs)

Carjackings have skyrocketed in D.C. over the previous 12 months, in accordance 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 previous and 16 years previous being the most typical ages for offenders.