Dayton students carjacked on their way to school

November 17, 2004
WDTN Dayton (NBC Ch. 2) (click for complete story)

Two Colonel White students were carjacked while stopped at a local store to buy drinks. Police say they stopped at the AM PM Market on Salem Avenue to buy sodas.

The owner and driver of the car went in to by the sodas and his cousin stayed in the car. That is when the suspect came up, opened the driver’s door and got inside to steal the car. The suspect started driving away and that’s when the cousin bailed out of the car while it was moving.

The victims suspect they were after the chrome wheels on that car. They say they're mad about this. “Me and my wife work hard to give him the best. He has a nice car. He has spinners on his car. It’s the wheels. I was scared to get them when we got them but it was something that he wanted. And I try to give my kids what they want if they are doing good in school. He’s graduating this year. So he deserved it,” said the victim’s father.

Police tell us they have identified the suspect in this carjacking but they're not releasing his name just yet. They are hoping officers will be able to track him down or that he’ll turn himself in.

Commentary by OFCC Senate District 10 Coordinator Larry Moore:

These kids were lucky. They were not harmed and they got their car back. Tony Gordon was not so lucky the evening he was shot and killed in Dayton for his car.

When parents think about "giving their kids the best", as noted in the story, they need to also think about giving their kids the training to survive in an increasingly hostile urban jungle. While these young people are too young to own a handgun or get a CHL, there are self-awareness programs, such as the NRA's Refuse to Be A Victim, that teach people how to avoid sending signals to become easy victims. Perhaps our school system (with many failing in the basic math, science, English scores) are also failing to help prepare kids for the real world.

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Tony Gordon's murderers have never been brought to justice, and his family still grieves. The Dayton media has largely ignored their story and refused to promote a memorial fund dedicated to the victim's daughter and nephew. Why? Because instead of blaming the gun, his family spoke out, calling on the legislature to overturn laws that render innocent citizens defenseless.

During this Holiday season, please consider making a generous donation to the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund.