A Washington, D.C., Uber Eats driver is dead after two teenagers attempted to carjack him, sending him fleeing for his life and ultimately flipping his car.
Police say two girls, aged 13 and 15, attempted to carjack the man near Nationals Park in Washington’s southeast neighborhood, causing him to flee, flip his car, and eject from his seat onto the sidewalk on Tuesday, according to NBC 4 Washington.
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EXCLUSIVE: Law enforcement sources tell me 2 teenage girls, ages 13 & 15, are accused of an armed car jacking in SE Washington, DC. The car crashed & flipped over near Nats Park. The victim landed on the sidewalk & died at a hospital. Police arrested 2 suspects: @nbcwashington. pic.twitter.com/S5sqKE5gKc
— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) March 24, 2021
Video of the altercation quickly went viral on social media.
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
In the video, a black female in an orange hoodie can be seen struggling with the driver before the car speeds off. After the crash, a black female in a gray shirt is pulled from the car by what appears to be military personnel, and the driver can be seen lying on the sidewalk several feet away from the flipped car.
“I saw all the police cars first. Then, I saw the car, and I thought, ‘This must be a movie scene or something,'” Pamela Johnson, a Washington resident and bystander, said about the scene.
The victim has been identified as 66-year-old Mohammad Anwar, a father and grandfather who was originally from Pakistan.
“He was a hardworking immigrant who came to the U.S. in 2014 to build a better life for himself and his family,” Anwar’s family said in a statement. “The loss for his family is immeasurable.”
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A GoFundMe page established to support the family has raised over $70,000 in less than a day.
Over $72k raised in 11 hours for family and funeral of Uber Eats driver murdered on the job. Mohammad Anwar, a father & grandfather, was killed when teen girls tried to carjack him in DC https://t.co/xhAwFZoETs
— Lindsay Watts (@LindsayAWatts) March 25, 2021
The police say a Taser was involved in the incident and that both females are in custody charged with felony murder and armed carjacking.
