Two Teens Charged with Murder In Carjacking of Uber Eats Driver

Two teenage girls were charged with carjacking and with murder in the death of an Uber Eats driver in Washington, D.C. The suspects, ages 13 and 15, allegedly attacked Mohammad Anwar, 66, with a taser inside his car, causing the car to flip on its side. Anwar was taken to the hospital, but did not survive; the two girls were pulled from the wreck and arrested at the scene. The carjacking received coverage from outlets across the political spectrum. Media outlets on all sides of the spectrum mentioned that Anwar was a Pakistani-American. However, outlets across the spectrum did not mention the races of the perpetrators, causing many on social media to compare coverage of the carjacking to coverage of the Atlanta shooting earlier this month, in which six Asian American women were killed. Some voices said the fact that media outlets are inconsistent in mentioning race when covering violence demonstrates bias.