Video shows Marine veteran wrestle armed teen to ground after alleged robbery attempt
“I was afraid for my life,” Jheyco Borda said.
Those moments of the marine veteran were captured on security camera got into a fight with a group of young people Allegedly, one of them approached him, pointing a gun at his face.
Borda wrestled the teenager to the ground after the suspect pointed a gun at him in Oxon Hill. maryland Wednesday afternoon. Towards the end of the recording, a gunshot was heard.
Fox News Digital spoke with Borda: “I was fixing my car; it was a normal day for me and I saw the young people [come] with. “The man put the gun to my head and asked me for my car keys, my phone, everything, any valuables I had.”
A screenshot from the surveillance video shows a teenage suspect allegedly pointing a gun at Jheyco Borda’s face on Wednesday.
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Borda said that six young people, four men and two women, attacked him.
During the fight he said: The young man’s gun exploded Shots were opened from the back of his truck. Miraculously, no one was hit.
As for how he could have stopped the attack before things escalated further, he said: “I just got ready and adrenaline kicked in and some training“
Jheyco Borda says he used his training as a former Marine to stop an attack by a group of teenagers who tried to steal his truck and valuables at gunpoint.
Board He served in the Marine Corps and credits combat training with saving his life.
he said My brother also stepped in. To stop the attack by confronting the young people also seen in that video.
A group of hooded young suspects allegedly tried to carjack a victim at gunpoint in broad daylight; however, the victim’s training in the Marine Corps prevented the attack.
Borda said it wasn’t the first time this happened. crime This incident happened on his street. He said two years ago a group of teenagers, or possibly young adults, stole a vehicle at the same location.
“My car was right there,” he said.
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Prince George’s County Police Department It has been confirmed to Fox News Digital that two of the teenagers, both men, have been arrested and that they are still investigating the involvement of four other teenagers in the crime.
Original article source: In the video, the maritime veteran is seen wrestling with the armed youth after the alleged robbery attempt
