Expand / Collapse search
☰

11-year-old charged with attempted carjacking on Chicago's South Side

By Emmanuel Camarillo
Published  July 11, 2022 6:31pm CDT
Carjackings
Sun-Times Media Wire

Juveniles driving carjacking trend in Chicago

Sadly, a 17-year-old is not the youngest suspect that members of Chicago's carjacking task force have seen. They arrested a well-known 11-year-old that was part of a carjacking crew, and it was not his first time.

CHICAGO - An 11-year-old boy is accused of trying to carjack a woman Monday in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side, and two teens are charged with a carjacking in Lincoln Park the previous day.

The 11-year-old is charged with one felony count of aggravated attempted vehicular hijacking with a firearm, Chicago police said.

He attempted to take a vehicle by force from a 48-year-old woman in the 3400 block of South Giles Avenue, police said. The boy was arrested moments later around the block, in the 3500 block of South Calumet Avenue.

SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 32 CHICAGO ON YOUTUBE

The boy was expected to appear in juvenile court Tuesday.

On Sunday, two boys 17 and 14, carjacked a 40-year-old woman in Lincoln Park in the 2200 block of North Orchard Street, police said.

They were arrested hours later and charged with one felony count each of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, police said.