CHICAGO — A person with two carjacking circumstances pending in juvenile courtroom teamed up with a 13-year-old to carjack a person at gunpoint close to Goose Island, officers say.
Prosecutors stated the 13-year-old displayed a gun as he and Keondre Pitts, 18, robbed a person within the 700 block of West Division round 2:45 a.m. on October 9. They proceeded to drive away with the sufferer’s 2024 Honda Civic, an Illinois State Police report stated.
About half-hour later, the Chicago Police Division’s hijacking job drive broadcast the Civic’s license plate and site. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than two state troopers noticed the hijacked automobile at a purple gentle close to Lafayette and ninety fifth Avenue.
In keeping with the report, the troopers adopted the automotive, which sped away and entered the improper lane of visitors on ninety fifth Avenue. Moments later, Pitts and the 13-year-old bailed out of the automotive and tried to run away, officers stated. The state police report stated the 13-year-old threw a loaded 9-millimeter handgun as he ran from the troopers. It was recovered.
Decide David Kelly granted a state petition to maintain Pitts in custody pending trial. The decide cited video proof and the truth that Pitts already had two energetic vehicular hijacking circumstances in juvenile courtroom type earlier than he turned 18.
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