Uber driver recounts terrifying carjacking incident
The gun used in the carjacking was used in several other robberies, according to police.
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The gun used in the carjacking was used in several other robberies, according to police.
Four teens are charged with carjacking a man in the Roseland neighborhood Friday afternoon.
Chicago police are warning the public of armed robberies and carjackings that occurred Saturday morning throughout the city.
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.
A Chicago man is charged after carjacking an elderly woman in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood and assaulting another woman in Fuller Park Tuesday.
Three others were taken to the hospital as a result of the crash.
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.
