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Nine-year-old Stops Carjacking To Save Siblings

Submitted by C. S. Magor on Monday, 9 November 20092 Comments |

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Charleston, West Virginia police report that a nine-year-old boy prevented an attempted carjacking in order to save his younger siblings.

Malik Medford was waiting in his mother’s car at a convenience store with his 3-year-old, 19-month-old and 4-month-old brothers when a man, who has been identified as Jonathan Martin, allegedly attempted to swipe the car from the his mother.

carjackerBut for Malik’s quick thinking, he might have gotten away with the car, the boy pulled the keys from the ignition and hid them behind his back. He said that he “didn’t want the man to take his brothers and possibly kill them or others in a crash.”

In an attempt to get the keys, Martin is said to have slammed his head against the door. He then ran and tripped and was apprehended by police when they arrived on the scene. Martin is said to have confessed to trying to steal the car and apologized.

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