An Uber Eats driver in Washington, D.C. was caught on video trying to prevent two teenage girls from allegedly stealing his car moments before he was brutally killed after the vehicle sped away.
The girls, ages 13 and 15, were reportedly armed with a stun gun. They now face a range of felony charges following the death of Mohammad Anwar, 66, a Pakistani immigrant who lived in nearby Springfield, Va. NBC News said Anwar died at a hospital following the traumatic carjacking.
The outlet said the 13-year-old is from Southeast D.C., while the 15-year-old is from Fort Washington, Md. Their names have not been released due to their status as juveniles.
A graphic video taken by a bystander initially shows Anwar struggling with a black female in an orange hoodie from outside his vehicle shouting, “This is my car!” before the vehicle suddenly surges forward and continues down a street, BPR News explained
The bystander continues taking video as the car barrels seemingly out of control and disappears around a corner down the block before a loud crash is heard. At that, the bystander appears to run down the street to find the vehicle on its side after crashing into another vehicle. National Guard troops are seen pulling a black teen in a gray sweatshirt from the vehicle, with Anwar lying motionless, face down, against a gate on the sidewalk, BPR news summarized.
Reports noted that the two girls were booked into the Metropolitan Police Department on felony murder and carjacking charges. NBC News said the pair have already appeared in court.
Most shockingly, one of the suspects appears more concerned that her cell phone was in the overturned car than the fact she killed someone and his body was right in front of her eyes on the street
Opinion/News Entertainment outlet CNN drastically downplayed the murder in a watered-down tweet which drew criticism. The Opinion-based CNN tweeted: “police said the girls, 13 and 15, assaulted an Uber Eats driver with a Taser while carjacking him, which led to an accident in which he was fatally injured”, in an apparent effort to not tie the carjackers directly to the death.
The shocking video is below
Appalling footage of the carjacking near Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on Tuesday that resulted in the death of Pakistani immigrant & Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar. The teenage girls who police say used a Taser to steal the car face murder charges.pic.twitter.com/mOPnrLBf0t
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) March 27, 2021
