A 14-year-old boy violently carjacked a 75-year-old lady downtown on Tuesday afternoon, solely to be caught about an hour later by Chicago police.
The sufferer was in a parking zone within the 500 block of West Taylor Road when the boy pushed her to the bottom, battered her, and stole her silver Ford Escape round 2:15 p.m., in accordance with a preliminary CPD report. EMS transported the girl to Stroger Hospital for therapy.
In the meantime, CPD started monitoring her automotive utilizing town’s community of license plate readers and caught up with the carjacker within the 1400 block of South Central Park Avenue shortly after 3:30 p.m., in accordance with police. He reportedly had the girl’s automotive keys in his possession when officers took him into custody.
CPD mentioned the boy is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking of a sufferer older than 60. No additional particulars can be found about him as a result of he’s a juvenile.
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