14-year-old boy charged with 6 carjackings, 6 robberies on North Side, West Loop

CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with 14 felonies in reference to a violent crime spree on Sunday, in addition to an tried hijacking in June.

The boy was a part of a gaggle that carjacked and robbed 4 folks within the 1900 block of West Irving Park round 5:40 a.m. Sunday, in keeping with CPD. As CWBChicago reported that morning, a carjacker driving a white automobile pulled in entrance of the sufferer’s Mazda CX3 to dam their path, and two gunmen received out, took the victims’ valuables, after which drove away with the Mazda. CPD stated the victims have been two 22-year-old males and a person and a girl who have been each 21.

About an hour later, the boy and his accomplices carjacked and robbed two victims within the 300 block of West Belmont, not removed from Belmont Harbor. Two males with weapons robbed the couple, a 31-year-old girl and a 34-year-old man, and drove away with their blue BMW X3. A 3rd robber remained within the beforehand hijacked Mazda, in keeping with preliminary data.

CPD stated the boy additionally participated within the tried carjacking of a 55-year-old girl within the 1100 block of West Jackson on June 27 and stole a automobile on July 12.

He’s charged with six counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, six counts of armed theft with a firearm, tried vehicular hijacking with a firearm, possessing a stolen motorcar, and two counts of misdemeanor resisting.

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