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Boy in Stolen Car Is Killed in Shootout After Owner Uses an App to Track Down His Vehicle, Denver Police Say

The car’s owner has not been arrested at this time, authorities said. The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the boy as 12-year-old Elias Armstrong.

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A 12-year-old boy in a stolen car was killed in a shootout after the car's owner used an app to track down his vehicle, Denver police said.

The owner told authorities his car was taken from East Northfield Boulevard and he tracked it down nearly 10 miles away in the area of West 12th Avenue and North Decatur Street, according to a news release from the police department.

As the owner approached the car, he "was involved in an exchange of gunfire with occupant(s) in the stolen vehicle," police said. Elias Armstrong, 12, was found inside the car with a gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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