Teenager hospitalized after allegedly trying to carjack a DC grandmother: 'Baby, you better shoot me, because you’re not taking my car'



A teenager was hospitalized after trying to carjack a grandmother protected by her Washington, D.C., neighborhood.

The woman declined to go on camera, but she's known as "Grandma" by her neighbors who came to her rescue when a 15-year-old boy allegedly tried to carjack her with a gun.

“Next thing I know, he walked up talking about, 'give me your keys, I got a gun,'" she recalled to WJLA-TV. "I said, 'baby, you better shoot me, because you’re not taking my car. You're not taking this today, and I mean that!'"

The woman was on her way to receive chemotherapy when the incident unfolded in the 22nd Street Southeast neighborhood last Friday.

She said he got physical with her, but she fought back.

He pushed me to the door and I got up and I grabbed him and was hitting his ass, and hitting him and fighting him and I said, 'you not going to take my car, youngin,'" she added.

She said she called for help and neighbors came out to help her.

"They all came out to help me," she said.

The woman said the alleged carjacker ran across the street, but several neighbors chased after him.

"They caught him and I said, 'Oh, you going to jail today. You definitely going to jail, yes you are," she said.

WJLA reported that she showed them the scar she received from the boy grabbing her keys. A police report said the teenager left the scene in an ambulance.

Although the teenager reportedly claimed to have a gun, the grandmother said she didn't think he had a gun. Fox News reported that police recovered a fake gun at the scene.

She said he was lucky that he survived after neighbors got a hold of him.

"And they said it’s a wonder he wasn’t dead," she said. "On 22nd Street? He must didn’t know where he was."

Here's part of the interview with "Grandma":

\u201c\u201cNext thing I know, he walked up talking about, 'give me your keys, I got a gun.' I said, 'baby, you better shoot me, because you\u2019re not taking my car."\n\nSTORY: https://t.co/yxnrvHv5px\u201d
— 7News DC (@7News DC) 1677193200

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A Long Island grandma tricked a scammer to come to her home where police were waiting to drag him away



A grandmother from Long Island is being applauded for her quick thinking when a scammer allegedly called her with an alarming request.

Jean, who only wants her first name released over safety concerns, said a man called her on Thursday pretending to be her grandson and said that he had been arrested for drunk driving.

“He starts calling me ‘grandma,’ and then I’m like, I don’t have a grandson that drives, so I knew it was a scam,” Jean told WCBS-TV.

Jean said she was a former 911 dispatcher and wasn't fooled at all.

“I knew he was a real scammer. I just knew he wasn’t going to scam me,” she said.

She said she went along with the scam over several calls until someone claiming to be her grandson's lawyer said he needed $8,000 for bail.

“I told him I had the money in the house, and I figured, he’s not going to fall for that," Jean said. "Well, he fell for that hook, line and sinker."

She then called the police.

When a man arrived at her home pretending to a bail bondsman, Jean gave him a envelope filled not with cash but with paper towels.

Her security cameras caught police jumping in to chase the man down and arrest him.

The video shows Jean watching approvingly from her porch as the police take down her would-be scammer.

Police identified the man as 28-year-old Joshua Estrella Gomez from Mineola and charged him with attempted grand larceny in the third degree.

Police say the elderly are often targeted by shameless scammers.

“Speak to your families. Speak to your neighbors. Visit those that are vulnerable. Let them know, don’t listen to these scams,” said Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. “These individuals sit at home and have nothing else to do but think of a way to take advantage of our elderly.”

Here's the local news video about the incident:

Long Island Grandmother Credited With Taking Down Alleged Scammerwww.youtube.com