Four teens arrested following armed carjacking in Baltimore's Pigtown neighborhood
BALTIMORE- Four teenagers were arrested after an armed carjacking Saturday night in Baltimore's Pigtown neighborhood.
Police responded shortly before 11 p.m. to reports of a carjacking in the 1100 block of Washington Boulevard.
"I don't come out much," Casshay Davis, from Pigtown, said. "I stay inside because of the stuff that's happening."
Davis lives in Pigtown where the most recent carjacking happened.
Baltimore Police said a 27-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint.
Investigators tell WJZ the suspects were two 15-year-olds and two 16-year-olds.
"I just feel like there's a lot of kids out here on the streets that doesn't have places to go, curricular activities to do, so they're just out here reckless," Davis said.
After the carjacking, police immediately started searching for the teens on the ground and in the air using Foxtrot, which is their helicopter.
The suspects were arrested about a mile away in the 800 block of Vine Street.
The owner of the car was not hurt.
This is just the latest carjacking involving young people to happen in our area recently.
On Jan. 4, three teens were arrested for a carjacking and robbery at a synagogue on Park Heights Avenue.
Three days later, on Jan. 7, a 77-year-old man and his son were attacked by four teens trying to steal their car in Bolton Hill.
The 77-year-old was badly injured and had to have brain surgery.
Those teens have not been caught yet.
Our Dennis Valera interviewed the victim's wife last week. She asked us not to share her identity.
"We need citizens help," the victim's wife told Dennis. "We need the help of the churches. We need the help of the schools."
The suspects in the carjacking that happened in Pigtown have been charged.
However, Davis says the amount of carjackings in the area are deeply concerning.
"It's sad because you're trying to enjoy yourself and you've got to worry about somebody taking your vehicle and you're just stranded and that's just dangerous," Davis said. "That can have you just shook up."
Police are reminding residents to stay vigilant, be aware of their surroundings and to not leave their cars running if they're are not in it.
