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2 teens charged with armed carjacking on Chicago's Near West Side

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two teenage boys were charged in connection to an armed carjacking on the city's Near West Side.

Chicago police arrested the boys, 15 and 17, on Monday just after 9 p.m. in the 800 block of South Oakley Boulevard.

They were identified as the offenders who took a car from a 37-year-old man at gunpoint minutes earlier in the 2100 block of West Lexington Street.

Both were placed into custody and charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.

No further information was immediately available. 

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