An 18-year-old man has been charged with carjacking a driver within the Loop two years in the past, when he was nonetheless a juvenile, Chicago police stated Wednesday. CPD said that the person was arrested yesterday on the Cook dinner County Juvenile Short-term Detention Middle, positioned within the 1100 block of South Hamilton Avenue, indicating that he should still produce other pending juvenile instances.
The September 24, 2023, carjacking was tied to a different crime that occurred minutes earlier, when a gaggle of “Kia Boys” stole a Chicago police officer’s private car outdoors Metropolis Corridor.
“Kia Boys” is a slang time period for auto thieves who exploit safety flaws to steal Kia and Hyundai automobiles. In accordance with a CPD report, they broke a window of the officer’s Hyundai Tucson round 11:50 p.m. on September 23 within the 100 block of North LaSalle Road — the identical block the place Metropolis Corridor is positioned.
Officers discovered the stolen Tucson deserted about two hours later on the scene of an armed carjacking just some blocks away, with its steering column stripped.
Police stated the carjacking sufferer was driving within the first block of East Ida B. Wells Drive round 1:50 a.m. when he noticed 5 males with handguns leap out of a stolen Hyundai and seize a 21-year-old girl on the sidewalk.
He stopped and ran to assist the lady however was crushed within the head with weapons and robbed, in accordance with CPD. The attackers fled in his Toyota, leaving the Hyundai on the scene. Each victims later went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for therapy of minor accidents.
Whereas police didn’t publicly verify that the Hyundai recovered on the scene was the officer’s stolen car, CWBChicago verified the connection via police stories.
Officers later discovered the Toyota deserted within the 1200 block of West Fullerton Avenue, close to DePaul College’s Lincoln Park campus.
CPD didn’t determine the 18-year-old suspect as a result of the case is being prosecuted as a juvenile matter beneath state legislation. The division stated he’s charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen motorized vehicle.
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