Two teenage girls have been charged with murder and carjacking for their alleged involvement in a case that led to the death of a 66-year-old Asian Food delivery driver in Washington, officials said.
The two girls, ages 13 and 15, were charged in Family court with felony murder, carrying a gun, reckless driving and carjacking, Fox-TV’s Baltimore affiliate reported.
A police homicide detective, Chad Leo, testified in court that witnesses told him the teenage girls and the driver, Mohammad Anwar, a Pakistani immigrant, argued loudly. The driver complained that the girls were trying to steal his car, witnesses said.
Officials did not reveal the identity of the two girls.
It was reported that when Anwar, an Uber Eats delivery driver, returned to his unlocked car after dropping off take-out food at a customer’s door on Tuesday afternoon (March 23), he was surprised to find that two girls had climbed into his car.
A social media shot shows one girl starting the car and another at the steering wheel of the car while Anwar is hanging on to the car.
The video footage shows the car traveling first on Van Street before hitting a tree box. The car then turned right on N Street before hitting other cars and flipping over, throwing Anwar from the car.
Anwar was pronounced dead before being taken to the hospital with broken ribs, a fractured pelvis and other serious injuries, according to Baltimore Fox.
According to the GoFundMe website, nearly $400,000 has been raised for Anwar’s family. Anwar was described as a “Pakistani immigrant who came to the United States to make a better Life for himself and his family” and was “just working last night to provide for his family when, tragically, his life was tragically taken away by violence.”
The GoFundMe site writes: “Details are still under investigation, but we do know that Anwar was making a delivery for Uber Eats when the two attackers tried to hold him up at the Navy Yard.”
The two girls are now in custody, and the next court trial is March 31, the report said.
“I think those people do have to be brought to justice and they have to eat their own words and take responsibility for their actions because someone died,” Pamela Johnson, a witness, told NBC4. “It’s serious.”
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