Chicago police issue alert of recent armed carjackings in Logan Square, West Town
Each incident happened during the early morning hours on Sept. 11.
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Each incident happened during the early morning hours on Sept. 11.
A 15-year-old boy is charged with assaulting and carjacking an elderly man in South Shore Friday.
all of the carjackings happened on the same day.
Demontae Riggins and Khaleel Ramsey both face aggravated vehicular hijacking charges.
The Vehicular Hijacking Task Force arrested the suspect Wednesday in West Lawn.
The boy faces three felony counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking, one felony count of attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking, and one felony count of aggravated assault.
Chicago Police said a group of two or three carjackers approached the victims as they were standing outside their vehicle, and demanded their vehicles at gunpoint.
A teen is charged after carjacking a man in the Englewood neighborhood Thursday.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with 11 counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and two counts of felony property damage.
Chicago police are warning residents of recent carjackings in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.
She said 'I'm coming home from work ready to die.' Thank god she's alive, but after this she is really shaken up. She felt sick. She said she honestly doesn't know how to feel."
An offender is charged with carjacking a man in the Austin neighborhood back in May.
The victim, who has a concealed carry license, shot back, hitting the man in the chest.
Police said a 34-year-old woman left the driver's side door open as she was pumping gas in the 600 block of North LaSalle Street around 6:45 p.m., when someone got into the car and drove off.
The boy was identified as the offender who attempted to take a vehicle from a man in West Lawn.
A man is shot after being carjacked in the West Englewood neighborhood Saturday morning.
Chilling photos released Tuesday displayed the moment when unsuspecting customers at a gas station were met with a man pointing a gun and demanding their car keys.
Chilling photos released Tuesday displayed the moment when unsuspecting customers at a gas station were met with a man pointing a gun and demanding their car keys.
Police said two 17-year-olds were arrested around noon Thursday, a few hours after they stole a vehicle at gunpoint from a 51-year-old man in the 7900 block of South King Drive.
The armed robberies and carjackings in the Logan Square, Wicker Park, and West Town neighborhoods.
The offenders tend to hijack a vehicle, often an Uber, and use it to commit armed robberies or other carjackings, police said.
"We still have to be asking ourselves why our young people, they're usually young people, out with guns sticking people up to take their cars. That's a question we have to keep asking ourselves, and a federal case now and again is not going to solve that problem."
The gun used in the carjacking was used in several other robberies, according to police.
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Chicago police are warning the public of armed robberies and carjackings that occurred Saturday morning throughout the city.
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