One Person Injured In Carjacking, Car Chase
"He hit a pedestrian and I actually saw the pedestrian go in the air."
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"He hit a pedestrian and I actually saw the pedestrian go in the air."
Police say the victim held onto the rear door of the van and was dragged several feet.
A 19-year-old man who already was behind bars in another case has been charged with committing a carjacking and an armed robbery less than a week apart in January.
Police said a man forced the woman out of her vehicle at gunpoint around 11:10 p.m. Monday near 62nd and Albany.
A Streamwood man has been charged with carjacking and murder in a crash that killed a 69-year-old woman in the Goose Island neighborhood earlier this week.
The carjacker, a 29-year-old man, approached a 31-year-old man in his vehicle about 10:45 p.m. in the 200 block of West Walton, police said.
The woman ran away in fear and the suspect drove off in her vehicle, police said. No injuries were reported, and the suspect did not appear to have a weapon.
That arrest came the same day Police Supt. Eddie Johnson announced the formation of a new task force to combat the rise in carjackings in the Chicago area.
The woman was driving her gray 2011 Lexus north just after 2 p.m. on Sheridan Road near Davis Street when it was rear-ended by a black Acura, according to a statement from Evanston police.
The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Bucktown.
Police said the two suspects stole a lime green 2014 Ford Mustang from two men in their 20s around 9:15 p.m. Thursday near 115th and Church streets.
Just after 10 p.m., three people went up to the woman's white Volkswagen in the 500 block of North Austin and took it at gunpoint, according to Chicago Police.
Officers later saw the vehicle speeding, but didn't chase it, instead finding it crashed into a building at 3000 N. Laramie, police said.
The carjacking came on the heels of a series of purse snatchings in the Chinatown area.
The crime and chase spanned the western suburbs and ended in a collision in Forest Park, police say.
The confrontation was caught on camera at a North Side gas station, CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Noriyhea Evans, 18, is charged with one felony count of vehicular hijacking, police said.
A 26-year-old man was "robbed of his vehicle at gunpoint" at 11:13 p.m. Tuesday in the 6000 block of North Kedvale, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted Wednesday morning that three people of interest — one adult and two juveniles — were taken into custody overnight by 19th District officers, police said. Charges were pending.
About 1 a.m., a 32-year-old man was exiting his 2016 Volkswagon GTI in the 800 block of North Bishop when two armed males walked up and announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police.
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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