Carjacking, Attempted Carjacking Reported Overnight In River North
There was a carjacking and attempted carjacking in River North Thursday night.
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There was a carjacking and attempted carjacking in River North Thursday night.
Police in Orland Park were searching for two suspects in a carjacking in a grocery store parking lot.
A driver was carjacked in broad daylight in the fashionable Gold Coast Monday afternoon, police said.
Police are investigating a reported carjacking on Wednesday in the 700 block of North Paulina in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
Police in Tinley Park were searching for two suspects after a woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own garage and a man was carjacked.
"The dude just hopped in, and he looks back, and I realize it's not my dad," Imama Muratab said. "He's like, 'Get out, or I'm going to shoot you,' and he starts speeding down the road. He's going in, like, a zig-zag pattern."
A witness to an armed carjacking followed the suspects, only to eventually have his own car stolen by the same offenders.
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The offenders demanded the keys to the victim's car, while armed with a handgun.
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The children were found unharmed by officers in the 4300 block of North McVicker.
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A second suspect is in custody, following a massive manhunt in southwest suburban Wilmington, after a high-speed chase ended in a crash overnight.
He was wanted in two violent crimes that rocked the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
A carjacking victim told detectives her offenders appeared to be 10 years old and armed.
A group of carjackers crashed into four parked cars Thursday night in West Englewood, and ran off before police could catch them.
Police sources tell CBS 2's Brad Edwards that Adam Bramwell, suspected in a Lincoln Park carjacking, also is a person of interest in a brutal knife attack on a recent DePaul University graduate on July 18.
Police late Wednesday were searching for a man in a carjacking and beating in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
An overnight carjacking ended with a stolen vehicle smashing into a CTA exit, all while passengers in the backseat attempted to fight the thief off.
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