Four sought in violent attempted carjacking of senior citizen

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Four sought in violent attempted carjacking of senior citizen

Police released video of four people attacking an older woman in an attempt to steal her car

By Jasmine Hilton
Today at 4:52 p.m. EDT

Prince George’s County investigators are looking to identify four people caught on camera assaulting an older woman in the Capitol Heights neighborhood in an attempt to steal her car last month, police said. ... At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Prince George’s County Police Chief Malik Aziz called the attack “truly disturbing” and “vicious.”

On March 29, about 6:40 p.m., Aziz said, four people approached a woman in her late 60s as she returned home from running errands. The woman was “pushed to the ground” and the four people demanded the keys to her car, Aziz said. They searched her pockets and “ripped” the items she was holding out of her hands, he said.

The four perpetrators fled after they got her keys, but one of them chased and tackled the woman to the ground again when she ran to a next-door neighbor for help, Aziz said.

The woman could be heard screaming in the video. She suffered two broken bones in the incident, Aziz said. The perpetrators left the area without taking her vehicle, he said.

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By Jasmine Hilton
Jasmine Hilton is a reporter covering crime and courts on the Metro desk. Twitter https://twitter.com/jas_hilton

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