Carjackings Target Two Drivers On Same Street In Edgewater Overnight

CHICAGO (CBS)--Carjackers targeted two drivers on the same street in Edgewater overnight.

The first incident took place around 11:40 p.m. near Broadway and Thorndale Avenue. Police said a man and his teenage son were in a blue Volvo when four men pulled up in a black Honda, and two of them got out and approached the Volvo approached with guns.

They demanded the victims get out of the car, and then drove off in the Volvo.

Not long after, at a stop sign on the same block, police said the men targeted a woman in a BMW. They got out of the carjacked Volvo, pointed a gun at the woman and then took off in her BMW, along with the Honda they first arrived in.

The offenders left the Volvo behind.

None of the victims were injured.

Police said the BMW was eventually found several miles away in an alley on 18th Street and Avers Avenue.

Police said the carjackers were likely teenagers.

No arrests have been made.

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