15-Year-Old Can't Drive Legally, Does Steal Cars: Nashville Police

MADISON, TN — Metro Police say a 15-year-old suspect is wanted in connection with two car thefts — including one carjacking — over the weekend in East Nashville.

The teenager is accused of stealing a Toyota Yaris in Madison and then carjacking a Lipscomb University grad student and stealing her Mitsubishi Outlander.

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Hilary Beamon, the victim in the carjacking, told News 2 she was waiting out Saturday afternoon's rain storm when someone got out of a speeding Yaris, approached her, opened her car and pulled a gun. She managed to keep her phone, calling 911. When police arrived, they told her about the connection between her carjacking and the stolen Yaris, both tied to a 15-year-old suspect.

“I have questions like why are you doing this? Do you not have anything better to do with your time? What makes you think this is OK? Why do you need this car at 15?” she told WKRN.

Beamon's still missing car is a 2016 silver Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The license plate is 6D5-0J8. It has a Lipscomb parking sticker on the rear window.

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