:Murder of Mohammad Anwar
{{Short description|2021 murder in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| image =
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| title = Murder of Mohammad Anwar
| type = Murder, carjacking
| weapon = Stun gun
| victim = Mohammad Anwar, aged 66
| location = Near Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
| date = {{start date and age|2021|3|23}}
| assailants = Two unnamed teenage girls
| litigation =
| charges =
| verdict = Pleaded guilty
| convictions = Felony murder{{Infobox event
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| child = yes
| sentence = Juvenile detention until the age of 21, or until deemed rehabilitated}}
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The murder of Mohammad Anwar occurred on March 23, 2021, as a result of a daylight carjacking by two teenage girls next to Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
Victim
Anwar, 66, who immigrated to Springfield, Virginia in 2014, was a father and grandfather, survived by a wife and two adult children in the United States, while his four grandchildren live in Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mohammad-anwar-uber-driver-killed_n_60608fe9c5b65d1c28168b90|title=2 Teen Girls Charged With Murder In Carjacking Death Of Uber Eats Driver|first=Hayley|last=Miller|date=March 28, 2021|website=HuffPost|access-date=2021-10-13}} He was working as an Uber Eats driver in the Navy Yard area of D.C. when two teen girls assaulted him with a stun gun and crashed his Honda Accord while attempting to hijack it.{{cite news|last=Massimo|first=Rick|title=2 girls charged with fatal carjacking in DC|work=WTOP-FM|date=2021-03-24|url=https://wtop.com/dc/2021/03/2-teen-girls-charged-with-fatal-carjacking-in-dc/|access-date=2021-07-06}}
Anwar was ejected from the car during the carjacking,{{cite news |last=Casiano |first=Louis |title=Girl, 14, sentenced in death of Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/girl-juvenile-killing-uber-eats-mohammad-anwar |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=Fox News |date=6 July 2021}} landing on the sidewalk in front of Nationals Park, severely injured and unresponsive. He later died at a hospital.{{cite web |last=Burke |first=Minyvonne |date=7 July 2021 |title=Teens get maximum sentence in death of Uber Eats driver |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teens-get-maximum-sentence-death-uber-eats-driver-n1273276 |website=NBC News |language=en}} The two hijackers were helped from the car by National Guardsmen stationed near the stadium as part of Operation Capitol Response.
Perpetrators
The perpetrators were both teenagers, one age 13 from southeast Washington, D.C., and another 15 from Fort Washington, Maryland. Police said it was not the first recent crime for one of the two.{{cite news|last1=Watts|first1=Lindsay |last2=Matthews|first2=David |date=2021-03-28|url=https://www.fox5dc.com/news/shocking-video-shows-deadly-dc-uber-eats-carjacking-by-teen-girls|title=Shocking video shows deadly DC Uber Eats carjacking by teen girls|work=WTTG|access-date=2022-01-09}} Both were arrested at the scene and charged with felony murder and carjacking the same day, pleading "not involved" (the juvenile equivalent of not guilty).{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Shomari|title=Girls, 13 and 15, Charged With Murder After Armed Carjacking Near Nationals Park|work=WRC-TV|date=2021-03-24|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/two-girls-13-and-15-used-stun-gun-in-fatal-armed-carjacking-near-nationals-park-police-say/2617947/|access-date=2021-07-06}} Some observers called for the girls to be tried as adults, but District of Columbia law prohibits 13-year olds from being tried as adults, and the prosecutor in the case did not wish to try the 15-year old suspect as an adult.{{cite news|last=Ramirez|first=Stephanie|date=2021-04-01|title=DC teens in fatal armed carjacking to reportedly get plea deal|url=https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-teens-in-fatal-armed-carjacking-to-reportedly-get-plea-deal|work=WTTG|access-date=2021-04-05}}
Prosecutors offered the two suspects plea bargains, allowing them to plead guilty to felony murder in exchange for dismissing other charges. Prosecutors announced that the 15-year old accepted this deal on May 11, 2021, and that the 13-year old accepted on June 3, 2021.{{cite news|title=Girl, 15, pleads guilty to murder in fatal carjacking of Uber Eats driver in D.C.|last=Duggan|first=Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/fatal-carjacking-girl-pleads-guilty/2021/05/11/c3515a88-b26d-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2021-05-11|access-date=2021-06-05}}{{cite news|title=13-Year-Old Girl Pleads Guilty for DC Carjacking That Killed Uber Eats Driver|last=Smith|first=Cory|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/13-year-old-girl-pleads-guilty-for-dc-carjacking-that-killed-uber-eats-driver/2690990/|work=WRC-TV|date=2021-06-03|access-date=2021-06-05}} The 15-year old received the maximum sentence allowed by law and was remanded to the care of a youth agency until deemed rehabilitated or reaching the age of 21; the younger girl (age 14 at time of sentencing) received the same sentence on July 6, 2021.{{cite news|title='You killed a whole family': Teen sentenced in carjacking that took immigrant's life|last=Jouvenal|first=Justin|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/carjacking-dc-anwar-sentencing/2021/06/04/a657b8b2-c548-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2021-06-04|access-date=2021-06-05}}{{cite news|title=Girl, 14, sentenced to youth agency custody in carjacking death of Uber Eats driver|last=Duggan|first=Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-carjacking-girl-sentenced/2021/07/06/8718663e-de8b-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2021-07-06|access-date=2021-07-06}}
Response
Mayor Muriel Bowser was criticized after sharing a video on preventing auto thefts in response to the killing, as the crime was carjacking, which had tripled in the Navy Yard area over the previous year.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-mayor-bowser-auto-theft-mohammad-anwar|title=DC mayor takes heat for sharing 'preventing auto thefts' video amid silence on Mohammad Anwar's death|first=Evie|last=Fordham|date=March 28, 2021|work=Fox News|access-date=2021-10-13}}
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