A 17-year-old suspected gang member was arrested for last week’s armed carjacking of an off-duty female FBI agent in Washington, DC, police said.
Schoolboy Devonta Lynch was arrested Monday and charged as an adult in connection with Wednesday afternoon’s attack as police continue to search for a second suspect.
He was arrested at the home, where police found a pistol magazine, two 50-count boxes of 9mm live ammunition — and a pair of black Nike shoes matching those worn during the carjacking, according to court documents cited by Fox 5 DC.
Devonta Lynch, 17, was arrested and charged as an adult for stealing an FBI agent’s car. The Metropolitan Police Department allegedly identified Lynch from surveillance video as the person driving the federal agent’s stolen car. Metropolitan Police Department
The federal agent said he was standing zipping up his jacket outside his car with the door open near the Lincoln Memorial when he fell to the ground.
He remembers lying on his back and looking up to see one of the attackers pointing a gun at him and demanding his keys and phone.
After a brief struggle, the FBI agent was overpowered and robbed of his property, the document said.
The two carjackers, believed to be gang members, abandoned the stolen car less than 30 minutes later and fled. Metropolitan Police Department An anonymous tip led police to 17-year-old Lynch’s DC home less than a week later. Metropolitan Police Department
The gunman and his accomplice then got into the agent’s car and sped off in the 100 block of 12th Street SE, leaving the agent with a cut lip, the filing said.
The victim’s car was found abandoned nearby about 15 minutes later — with surveillance footage capturing the suspect fleeing on foot, the document said.
The footage allegedly identified Lynch as the driver — and detectives also got an anonymous tip that he and another suspect were members of the Area 71 gang, the report said.
Police found pistol magazines, two 50-count boxes of 9mm live ammunition after searching Lynch’s home. Metropolitan Police Department
Lynch, a student at High Road Upper School, has also been charged with assault in an unrelated incident from November 9.
Lynch was ordered held at a juvenile detention facility without bond pending an initial court appearance set for Monday.
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