Teen charged with carjacking 62-year-old woman in Back of the Yards

CBS News Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) – A teenage boy was charged after carjacking a 62-year-old woman in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday afternoon.

Chicago police arrested the 17-year-old around 1:32 p.m. in the 3000 block of South Indiana Avenue.

He was identified as the suspect who took a vehicle from the victim at gunpoint, in the 1500 block of West 47th Street moments earlier.

The teen was taken into custody and charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.

No further information was available.

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Jeramie Bizzle

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.