Rep. Henry Cuellar's carjacking highlights rising crime rate in nation's capital

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While violent crime is trending down nationwide, it's up 39% in Washington, D.C., compared with last year, and motor vehicle theft rose by 106%.

outside his apartment building Monday night —a disturbing episode that put a spotlight on the rising crime rates in the nation's capital, in defiance of national trends.

"Three guys came out of nowhere and they pointed guns at me," Cuellar said."I do have a black belt, but I recognize when you got three guns —I looked at one with a gun, another with a gun, a third one behind me. So they said they wanted my car. I said, 'Sure.'"The brazen robbery occurred eight months after Minnesota Rep.

"We've seen a number of cases in the data where carjackers are either live streaming their offense, or at least bragging about it," he said.

 

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