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Published Jan. 3, 2024, 3:37 p.m. ET
Car thefts in the Big Apple have surged a staggering 191% compared to before the COVID pandemic, according to NYPD data released Wednesday — as Mayor Eric Adams declared that “crime is down” and New York City had turned a corner.
A total of 15,802 vehicles were ripped off across the five boroughs through Dec. 31, an alarming uptick from the 5,438 stolen back in 2019, according to the year-end review of crime statistics.
Ten teens were charged on Monday in a string of carjackings in Washington, D.C., authorities said, amid what law enforcement calls a sharp rise in the crime in the nation’s capital.
The 10 suspects are believed to be involved in two separate carjacking rings in D.C., authorities said: The teens, who are being charged as adults, are allegedly responsible for at least 15 vehicle thefts and held victims at gunpoint, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, said at a news conference.
Keep Reading: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/10-teens-accused-dc-carjacking-rings-claiming-grand/story?id=105561158
A 4-year-old boy was fatally shot in front of his parents in what Southern California authorities described as an “unimaginable” road rage incident involving two suspects who allegedly chased down the victim’s family and unleashed a barrage of gunfire on their vehicle.
The fatal shooting occurred Friday night in Los Angeles County after the assailants allegedly cut off the family’s car on a highway in Lancaster, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Keep reading: https://abc7chicago.com/4-year-old-shot-in-road-rage-shooting-child-killed/14197511/
