A teenager died Thursday after a man grabbed an iPad out of his hands and fled in an SUV that ran over the boy as he struggled to hold on to the tablet.
Investigators determined Arenas was walking carrying the iPad when a white vehicle, believed to be a Ford Explorer or Expedition manufactured between 2008 and 2010, stopped and a man exited the passenger side of the vehicle.
The man attempted to steal the iPad and started to drag the teen, who was trying to hold on to the device, police said.
Arenas was dragged to the vehicle, and the suspect got back into the SUV with the teen still grasping at the tablet or somehow being held by the suspect, according to a Metro news release.
The vehicle then fled the area westbound on Charleston Boulevard with Arenas still at the passenger side door. Arenas fell and was struck by the vehicle, police said.
That's so terrible, but he should've just let the tablet go. At best they could be tracked. He didn't have to lose his life over something so insubstantial.
RIP