8-year-old arrested in Alabama for stealing car at gunpoint, getting into police chase: cops



An 8-year-old boy has been arrested in Alabama for allegedly stealing a car at gunpoint and then leading authorities on a chase, police said.

The young boy, who has not been named publicly, allegedly carjacked an adult at gunpoint around 11 a.m. on West Fairview Avenue in Montgomery, Major Saba Coleman told WSFA.

The child refused to pull over for police on East South Boulevard and Norman Bridge Road, prompting a chase that ended when the boy crashed the stolen car into another vehicle at West Fairview Avenue and South Court Street.
The 8-year-old was arrested and is being held at the Montgomery County Youth Detention Facility on charges of first-degree robbery, attempting to elude and certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm.
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