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2 teens charged with carjacking man at gunpoint in Humboldt Park

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CHICAGO (CBS) – Two teens are charged after carjacking a man in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Wednesday.

The boys, 14 and 17, were each charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one felony count of possession of a stolen vehicle.

Police said the teens were arrested around 4:30 p.m. after officers observed the suspects inside the stolen vehicle while in traffic. 

They were identified as the people who, less than an hour earlier, took a vehicle at gunpoint from a 31-year-old male in the 800 block of North Kedzie Avenue, according to police. 

Officers initiated a traffic stop, at which time the boys attempted to flee on foot. Both were apprehended and placed into custody in Homan Square. 

No further information was immediately available. 

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