A 22-year-old Chicago man posed as a possible automotive purchaser to carjack the car’s proprietor at gunpoint, then crashed moments later in entrance of a Chicago police patrol automotive. Prosecutors stated Michael Phillips organized a check drive of a grey 2008 Mercedes sedan and met on the sufferer’s dwelling within the 5400 block of West Potomac Avenue round 11 a.m. on April 3.
Throughout the drive, Phillips allegedly pressed a gun to the again of the sufferer’s head and stated, “You wish to die? I’ll kill you.” The sufferer acquired out of the automotive.
Moments later, a CPD officer noticed the Mercedes touring on Armitage Avenue with no license plates, tires screeching, and swerving lane to lane, based on a CPD report. The officer then noticed the motive force lose management whereas turning north from Armitage onto Laporte Avenue, placing two parked vehicles. Phillips bailed out of the motive force’s seat and ran, the report stated. Officers chased him and took him into custody after a foot chase.
Whereas officers have been operating the automotive’s possession data, they heard a radio dispatch describing a theft by which two males had met with a lady’s husband to buy a car, held him at gunpoint, and pushed off in his 2008 Mercedes sedan, the CPD report stated. They introduced the sufferer to the crash scene, and he allegedly recognized Phillips as the person who put the gun to his head and took his Mercedes.
Phillips had two lively warrants out of Wisconsin on the time of the hijacking, officers stated. He was detained by Choose Luciano Panici, Jr. on a cost of aggravated vehicular hijacking.
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