Teen carjacking suspects shot at officers before Northeast Baltimore barricade, police say
BALTIMORE -- Carjacking suspects shot at police officers and then possibly barricaded themselves in a home Tuesday night in Northeast Baltimore, police said.
A 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old boy, and an 18-year-old man were arrested after the standoff, police said.
Police said officers were following a stolen Jeep Cherokee around 8:30 p.m.
That's when the occupants of the stolen vehicle began shooting at officers near the intersection of Wadsworth Way and Fenwick Avenue when someone began shooting at them—striking their car.
The suspects took off in the vehicle. Officers later spotted the stolen Jeep Cherokee in the 1800 block of Lydonlea Way, police said.
Those officers learned that several people had entered a house on the block, according to authorities.
SWAT officers were summoned to the site, and police began telling people to avoid the area.
WJZ staff saw more than a dozen officers in tactical gear meet up near the intersection of Lydonlea Way and Willowton Avenue on Tuesday night.
A group of neighborhood residents gathered at a nearby apartment complex and watched them as they headed down the block toward the house.
During the operation, officers found three weapons, according to authorities.
Officers learned that the 16-year-old boy had been arrested in the past and that one of those arrests was tied to a stolen automobile, police said.
The 17-year-old boy had been arrested in connection to a stolen vehicle, too, according to authorities.
The 18-year-old did not have an arrest history, police said.
The trio of young people were taken to Baltimore's Central Booking & Intake Center, which is where they are currently awaiting criminal charges, according to authorities.
Carlos Alves lives next to the house that was the center of the barricade situation on Tuesday night.
"We were watching TV and we heard the helicopter. That's it. . . . I didn't see anything because we didn't come out of the house," he said.
The incident left neighborhood residents feeling rattled because it was outside of the norm, they said.
"It's a nice neighborhood," Alves said. "It's quiet."
There have been a string of carjackings recently in Baltimore's various neighborhoods. There have been two in Canton in less than a week, according to authorities.
One carjacking happened at a gas station Tuesday morning on South Luzerne Street in Canton. Police said armed suspects stole a Jeep.
The other carjacking in Canton that police are investigating happened Friday on South Curley Street near the neighborhood's popular O'Donnell Square.
Darrell Benner, 57, was shot to death in Canton after he reportedly stepped in when his nephew was carjacked.
Police say a 15-year-old was shot after he tried to carjack an off-duty police officer in the 1300 block of Walker Avenue. around 3 a.m. Monday.
Baltimore Police have said that the number of carjackings has decreased this year even though there has been a string of them recently.
At this time last year, there were 466. There have been 309 so far in 2023.
Homicide detectives are investigating this incident, police said.
