Cousins! An 8-year-old child has made headlines after a high-speed police chase for allegedly carjacking a vehicle at gunpoint!
Around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11th, near West Fairview Avenue in Montgomery, a little child is reported to have taken a car from an adult using a pistol.
According to the New York Post, local authorities were contacted and quickly began following the young boy along Norman Bridge Road. According to reports, he refused to pull over, which resulted in a chase.
The strange scenario didn’t end until the child allegedly crashed the stolen automobile into another vehicle at West Fairview Avenue and South Court Street.
There were no reported injuries, and the reported firearm was seized at the scene.
According to sources, the 8-year-old child was caught and is being held at the Montgomery County Youth Detention Facility on charges of first-degree robbery, attempting to evade, and certain persons prohibited from possessing a firearm.
According to a witness, the child stopped on Norman Bridge Road to pick up two adults.
“Whenever I realized it was a little boy, I knew I had to follow them and make sure no one got hit and that he got caught because I don’t want him driving all over Montgomery, causing more accidents or hurting himself or hurting other people,” witness “Snake,” Knapp told WSFA of the startling sighting.
He continues, “I think parents just really need to know where their kids are, what their kids are doing, and just talk to them about these kinds of things.”
Because the child is a minor, his identity and full name have not been revealed to the public.
According to Complex, a ten-year-old child stole an SUV in Michigan last month and was pursued by authorities. According to reports, the child intended to visit their mother in Detroit. When they were finally stopped by local authorities, they attempted to flee and were apprehended.
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