Police issue alert of recent armed carjackings in Austin area
Police are warning residents of recent armed carjackings in the Austin area.
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Police are warning residents of recent armed carjackings in the Austin area.
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Jin Lew's family reported him missing late last week – and it wasn't until they started calling around to local hospitals that they found him badly beaten.
Jin Lew’s family reported him missing late last week – and it wasn’t until they started calling around to local hospitals that they found him badly beaten. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Police later recovered the car in Humboldt Park.
A woman was carjacked in the Logan Square community Monday evening.
Six suspects were taken into custody following a pursuit Saturday morning.
With the uptick in carjackings in Chicago lately, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown on Friday announced a new strategy to combat them.
A woman was carjacked in the middle of the Loop while stopped at an intersection early Friday morning – in the second carjacking downtown in the past few days.
A woman was carjacked in the middle of the Loop while stopped at an intersection early Friday morning – in the second carjacking downtown in the past few days. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
A woman was carjacked in the middle of the Loop while stopped at an intersection early Friday morning – in the second carjacking downtown in the past few days. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
This is the second carjacking in The Loop this week.
Police say awareness and knowledge can help you prevent becoming a victim of carjackings.
After a carjacking and a Red Line attack downtown in the past 24 hours, Chicago Police said they will "ensure appropriate staffing for areas experiencing an increase in activity and crime patterns."
"I didn't want to get in front of the gun, I just wanted to act," one of the witnesses said.
Two juveniles are in custody, after a pregnant woman was carjacked at gunpoint in The Loop Tuesday night.
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A man was carjacked at gunpoint in Bucktown Tuesday evening.
Police said the victim was standing outside his vehicle in the 600 block of South Michigan Avenue around 5:30 a.m., when two men walked up and told him to run, or they would kill him.
A man was pushed to the ground by a carjacker on busy Broadway in East Lakeview late Monday.
A man was pushed to the ground by a carjacker on busy Broadway in East Lakeview late Monday.
A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city's West Side Thursday evening.
A man was shot and wounded in a carjacking in the South Loop Friday night.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
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Police said 52-year-old Victor Sessoms has been charged with one count of felony theft.
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The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
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Police said the driver was shot in the head, causing his car to crash into a building and then a parked car.
Police have said officers were investigating robberies near 55th and Pulaski, when they saw two suspects believed to be armed get into a Lexus and speed away.
Police said 52-year-old Victor Sessoms has been charged with one count of felony theft.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
Police have said officers were investigating robberies near 55th and Pulaski, when they saw two suspects believed to be armed get into a Lexus and speed away.
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The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
Police said 52-year-old Victor Sessoms has been charged with one count of felony theft.
Police have said officers were investigating robberies near 55th and Pulaski, when they saw two suspects believed to be armed get into a Lexus and speed away.
Earlier, thieves also broke into a restaurant in the South Loop.
Police are already looking ahead to the Thanksgiving Day Parade later this week.
