Chicago police investigate whether teens involved in series of carjackings, sources say
Police sources said detectives have been showing photos of the suspects to witnesses in more than a dozen carjacking.
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Police sources said detectives have been showing photos of the suspects to witnesses in more than a dozen carjacking.
Three teens were all charged with felony attempted armed robbery in an incident in South Austin, as we first told you on Monday. Now we're learning the teens could be involved in more crimes. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot learned more about what detectives are looking into.
A 15-year-old boy is charged after carjacking a man Tuesday afternoon on the city's South Side.
According to the Chicago Police Department, the 34-year-old victim was inside a vehicle in the 6400 block of South Cicero Avenue just before 8 p.m. when he was approached by "multiple male offenders" with guns, who demanded his vehicle.
The victim and one of the attackers got into a fight outside the vehicle, then another fired shots.
The victim and one of the attackers got into a fight outside the vehicle, then another fired shots.
He was charged along with a 16-year-old, 17-year-old, and 18-year-old with the carjackings from last August.
The alleged carjackings and robberies all took place in mid-late August, according to Chicago police
CBS 2's Tara Molina has been breaking down robbery statistics by Chicago community area – and found that in particular, The Loop has seen a spike in a big way this year, and this month.
The crimes happened within minutes of each other in the early morning hours.
A 15-year-old boy is charged after carjacking a woman in the West Loop back in August.
Chicago police are investigating after a man was attacked and carjacked on the city's Northwest Side Thursday morning.
Chicago police are searching for a carjacker who followed a 26-year-old man into a building and demanded his car keys.
Chicago police are searching for the person who carjacked a 26-year-old man after following him into a building Tuesday.
Pherris Harrington, 26, has been charged with kidnapping, vehicular hijacking along with five other counts.
The baby's father was hurt after jumping on the hood of the moving car — trying to stop the suspected thief. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Pherris Harrington, 26, has been charged with kidnapping, vehicular hijacking along with five other counts. He will appear in bond court Tuesday.
A couple was robbed and carjacked while loading their car with laundry bags Saturday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, according to police.
Police say an unknown male approached the woman, snatched the keys from her hand, and fled the scene in a silver Toyota SUV.
A woman is carjacked while exiting her vehicle in the Wicker Park neighborhood Thursday night, according to police.
Two teens are charged after carjacking and robbing a man in the South Loop neighborhood Tuesday evening.
The robberies happened during the months of October and November.
Two teens are charged with carjacking and robbing an elderly man and woman on the city's South Side Friday.
A 14-year-old boy is charged with carjacking a woman on the city's Near West Side back in August.
Illinois state troopers spotted the Hyundai CRV just before one near 65th Street and Champlain Avenue. The suspects took off on the Kennedy Expressway before getting off at Damen Avenue. They got out of the car near Fullerton Avenue and ran away.
