Woman recounts terrifying moments of early morning Chicago carjacking
She said 'I'm coming home from work ready to die.' Thank god she's alive, but after this she is really shaken up. She felt sick. She said she honestly doesn't know how to feel."
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She said 'I'm coming home from work ready to die.' Thank god she's alive, but after this she is really shaken up. She felt sick. She said she honestly doesn't know how to feel."
An offender is charged with carjacking a man in the Austin neighborhood back in May.
The victim, who has a concealed carry license, shot back, hitting the man in the chest.
Police said a 34-year-old woman left the driver's side door open as she was pumping gas in the 600 block of North LaSalle Street around 6:45 p.m., when someone got into the car and drove off.
The boy was identified as the offender who attempted to take a vehicle from a man in West Lawn.
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Chilling photos released Tuesday displayed the moment when unsuspecting customers at a gas station were met with a man pointing a gun and demanding their car keys.
Chilling photos released Tuesday displayed the moment when unsuspecting customers at a gas station were met with a man pointing a gun and demanding their car keys.
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The armed robberies and carjackings in the Logan Square, Wicker Park, and West Town neighborhoods.
The offenders tend to hijack a vehicle, often an Uber, and use it to commit armed robberies or other carjackings, police said.
"We still have to be asking ourselves why our young people, they're usually young people, out with guns sticking people up to take their cars. That's a question we have to keep asking ourselves, and a federal case now and again is not going to solve that problem."
The gun used in the carjacking was used in several other robberies, according to police.
Chicago police are warning the public of armed robberies and carjackings that occurred Saturday morning throughout the city.
Four teens are charged with carjacking a man in the Roseland neighborhood Friday afternoon.
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.
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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.
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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.
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