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The offenders produced a handgun and demanded the victims' car keys.
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The offenders produced a handgun and demanded the victims' car keys.
The boy was identified as one of the offenders who attempted to take a vehicle by force from a 48-year-old woman.
A father had to sprint away from the vehicle with his daughter after being confronted by a man with a gun.
The three subjects possessed handguns and forced the victim to give up his car keys.
A carjacking charge is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison.
With the start of the summer months, data show some types of crimes are on the rise, while some have decreased. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Chicago police issued a warning of armed robberies following a carjacking around the city Wednesday morning.
Police on the scene said a stolen vehicle from an earlier carjacking just blocks away was used as the getaway car.
Police identified Devonte Ladd, 18, as the offender who took a vehicle at gunpoint from a 20-year-old woman in the 100 block of West Marble Place.
Police said the teen used a gun to carjack two drivers on May 29 and a third driver on May 31.
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Deshawn Singleton, 30, of Chicago has been charged with vehicular hijacking, aggravated battery among other felony charges.
The boys were arrested around 5:30 p.m., just moments after trying to carjack a woman in the 3400 block of West Lexington Street.
The boys are both charged with felony counts of attempted carjacking. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
A West Side neighborhood was shocked to learn two people tried to carjack someone on their block this week. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Lew was heading home after visiting his son in the South Loop when he was attacked in Chinatown.
Afterward, the suspects took police on a high-speed chase through Northwest Indiana before one of them jumped off a bridge just to get away.
Afterward, the suspects took police on a high-speed chase through Northwest Indiana before one of them jumped off a bridge just to get away. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The 17-year-old boy is charged with one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking.
The Cook County Sheriff's office said there have been an average of five carjackings every day.
Three people barricaded themselves in an Englewood home after trying to carjack a woman, police said.
The suspects ran into a house in the 6100 block of South Carpenter Street and held police in a standoff after they tried to carjack the woman, police said.
Police are searching for a person who carjacked a man in Hoffman Estates early Friday morning.
Police are warning residents Thursday of armed carjackings in the West Lawn and Marquette Park neighborhoods.
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