CHICAGO — An armed carjacker tried to flee from a Chicago Police Division helicopter by leaping on and off a shifting prepare, officers stated, however he ended up getting arrested (and hospitalized) anyway.
It began when a grey Mazda lower off a 35-year-old man as he drove within the 4400 block of South Keating round 1:45 p.m. on Monday, January 27. The Mazda’s passenger obtained out, pointed a gun on the man’s head, and ordered him out of the automobile, officers stated.
After permitting the sufferer to seize a bag from the passenger seat, the hijacker drove away together with his 2012 Dodge Durango.
A short while later, one of many CPD’s helicopter models positioned the hijacked SUV and commenced to observe it. The aircrew was watching as Gorostieta bailed out of the automobile and jumped onto a shifting prepare close to 79th and Central Park, in keeping with his arrest report.
The crew was nonetheless watching when Gorostieta jumped off the shifting prepare and ran right into a storage within the 3500 block of West 78th Place, the report stated. Cops discovered him hiding underneath a automobile contained in the storage. The report states that they took him to Christ Hospital for “accidents obtained previous to [police] arrival.”
Investigators decided that the Mazda he jumped out of had been stolen too, prosecutors stated.
Choose David Kelly detained him on costs of aggravated vehicular hijacking and felony trespass to a automobile.
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