2 arrested after carjacking Lexus driver in Miami, 1 posts video of himself inside car on social media

MIAMI – A person and a youngster have been arrested Tuesday, hours after carjacking somebody in Miami who used to be placing air into the tires of his white 2022 Lexus, government mentioned.

The carjacking used to be reported in a while after 6 a.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Northwest 54th Street.

According to at least one of the suspect’s arrest experiences, Terry Mclendon, 17, and an unknown male approached the sufferer from in the back of and pointed weapons at him.

One of the suspects then informed the sufferer, “Give me your keys and wallet,” the record mentioned.

Police mentioned Mclendon then patted down the sufferer and took his car keys from his pants pocket.

According to the record, the sufferer walked away because the unidentified wrongdoer persisted pointing a gun at him.

Mclendon then were given into the sufferer’s car and fled north because the unidentified individual ran off and were given into an anticipating Ford Fiesta that the duo arrived in, government mentioned.

The sufferer reported to police that he left his Louis Vuitton pockets, containing his credit playing cards and driver’s license, inside his car when it used to be taken.

According to the record, an officer pulled over the Ford later in the day and took the driver, Tyquan Trayvon Ellis, 22, into custody for riding with a suspended license. A gun used to be additionally discovered below the entrance passenger seat, police mentioned.

Authorities mentioned Ellis claimed to were “coerced” and mentioned that law enforcement officials planted the gun inside the car, however police say he posted an Instagram video that presentations him sitting in the stolen Lexus previous in the day and that textual content messages between him and Mclendon contradicted his observation to detectives.

He used to be arrested on an armed carjacking rate.

As of Wednesday, he used to be being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with out bond.

Mclendon, in the meantime, is being held on the Juvenile Assessment Center.

Anyone with information in regards to the 3rd individual concerned in the carjacking is requested to name the Miami Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.