String Of Armed Carjackings Reported In Logan Square, Bucktown
In each incident, a group of males walked up to a driver, pulled out a gun and demanded the victim's vehicle, according to an alert from Chicago Police.
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In each incident, a group of males walked up to a driver, pulled out a gun and demanded the victim's vehicle, according to an alert from Chicago Police.
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At 9:02 p.m., a man was found shot to death in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Three armed carjackings were reported overnight across the North Side.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m., the 26-year-old was parking her silver Infiniti SUV in the 2900 block of North Whipple when two armed males emerged from a gangway and demanded her keys, according to Chicago Police.
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Barbara Martin, 52, was pulling out of a driveway near 115th and Oakley, when two men pulled up in another car. She told police one of them got out, threatened her with a gun, and ordered her to get out of the car and on the ground.
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In the most recent shooting, a 35-year-old man was shot multiple times about 12:30 a.m. Monday in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
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Both incidents involved women walking alone, and suspects who fled the scene in a gold Honda Odyssey minivan.
Police are warning residents about a string of recent residential burglaries in the Logan Square, Wicker Park, Bucktown and Noble Square neighborhoods.
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