MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - Police took a 16-year-old boy into custody after a ritzy ride was stolen at gunpoint in Miami and wrecked in Miami Gardens, and the chaotic crash was caught on camera.
City of Miami Police units responded to the scene of the armed carjacking near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, at around 1:20 a.m. on Thursday.
Responding officers came into contact with two women who said they were inside a brand-new 2025 Chevrolet Corvette when they were approached by a male subject armed with a gun.
Detectives said the perpetrator demanded that the duo exit the car and leave the keys behind, all al gunpoint, before he took off in the victims’ sports convertible.
GPS traced the Corvette through Homestead and up the Florida Turnpike. It didn’t take long for police officers to wind up hot on the trail of the hot ride.
The carjacking culminated at the Shell gas station on Northwest 42nd Avenue and 183rd Street in Miami Gardens, 14 miles north of where the incident took place.
A surveillance camera at the gas station captured the moment that the Corvette zoomed into the parking lot, with police following behind, hit a pole and torpedoed into a parked SUV.
Investigators said the Corvette then smashed into a fence on a corner of the service station, and that’s when it came to a stop. No injuries were reported.
Minutes later, multiple police cruisers cornered the stolen Corvette. The chaos kicked up a notched as the security footage caught the teenage speedster running past the crashed SUV and a cruiser.
More police units arrived at the scene and took off after the crook.
Soon after, officers moved toward where the Corvette was crashed.
After an investigation, among the strewn pieces of car and fence, detectives said they retrieved a handgun and a black ski mask.
Officers located and detained the suspect, who was identified as Kelvin Jamari Thomas. He faces a charge of armed carjacking and a drug charge.
The teen appeared in juvenile court on Thursday afternoon. He has a second hearing on Friday morning.
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