A defiant Washington, D.C., grandmother was determined not to become the next carjacking statistic after being targeted by a teenager.
The would-be victim instead fought off her attacker, who was in need of an ambulance once all was said and done.
The grandmother, who declined to be publicly identified, was on her way to her chemotherapy treatment around 8:40 a.m. on Feb. 17 when she was confronted by a 15-year-old.
She was in her vehicle getting ready to start it when the teenager also entered her vehicle demanding the keys.
“The next thing I know, he walked up talking about, ‘Give me your keys, I got a gun’,” the grandmother told WJLA.
The steadfast grandmother told the teenager, “You better shoot me because you’re not taking my car today.”
The grandmother and the teen then got into a physical struggle. The woman’s hands had scars stemming from the altercation.
“He pushed me to the door then I got out and was hitting his a– and hitting him and fighting him, and I said, ‘you’re not going to take my car youngin’,” the woman said.
It’s unclear exactly how long the physical altercation lasted, but the grandmother reportedly screamed during the attack, which caught the attention of her grandson and a neighbor nearby.
“They all came out to help me then he ran across the street, and they caught him,” the woman said.
Police were called immediately after the teenager was apprehended by the woman’s grandson and neighbor.
“They caught him, and I said, ‘Oh, you’re going to jail today. You’re definitely going to jail, yes you are,” the grandmother said.
The elderly woman is a fixture in her neighborhood which sits on Washington D.C.’s southeast side near the Maryland border. She’s colloquially known as “grandma” to area residents. She said she had not seen the teenager before the attempted carjacking.
“On 22nd street? He must didn’t know where he was,” the grandmother…
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