A video posted on Saturday exhibits the encounter unfolding in a minute and a half.
Two women, ages 13 and 15, had been charged with the homicide and carjacking of a Pakistani immigrant killed final week whereas working at his job delivering meals in Washington, D.C., in an incident a bystander captured on video.
Mohammad Anwar, 66, died when police mentioned the ladies, armed with a taser, sped off in his automobile as he clung to the motive force’s aspect with the door open and crashed seconds later simply outdoors the ballpark of the Washington Nationals.
A video posted on Saturday exhibits the encounter unfolding in a minute and a half, ending with Anwar’s Honda Accord on its aspect, the ladies climbing out and a fatally injured Anwar sprawled and immobile on the sidewalk.
By Sunday afternoon, the video had been seen not less than 5.5 million occasions on Twitter.
Police didn’t determine the juvenile suspects, one in every of whom is from the District of Columbia and the opposite is from neighboring Fort Washington, Maryland.
Anwar, who lived in suburban Springfield, Virginia, and was at his supply job for Uber Eats when he was killed, was described in a GoFundMe submit as “a hard-working Pakistani immigrant who got here to the US to create a greater life for him and his household.”
The GoFundMe marketing campaign, launched on behalf of his household, had raised greater than $500,000 by Sunday afternoon to cowl the prices of a funeral and to offer for his survivors.
“Anwar was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and buddy who all the time supplied a smile if you wanted one,” the household mentioned. “Phrases cannot describe how our household is feeling at the moment. Devastation, confusion, shock, anger, heartache, and anguish are only a few that come to thoughts.”
An Uber consultant instructed native radio station WTOP, “We’re devastated by this tragic information and our hearts exit to Mohammad’s household throughout this tough time.”
Carjackings in Washington have elevated to 46 within the first 5 weeks of the yr from eight in the identical interval a yr in the past, The Submit mentioned on Wednesday, citing police statistics. There have been a complete of 345 carjackings final yr, a rise of 143% from the prior yr, the newspaper mentioned.
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