Boy arrested for carjacking woman at gunpoint in Bucktown

CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with carjacking a woman at gunpoint Wednesday in Bucktown on the Northwest Side.

The 44-year-old woman was driving in the 2000 block of North Damen Avenue when the boy carjacked her using a firearm, Chicago police said.

Police arrested the teenager Wednesday about 8:25 p.m. in the 100 block of South Hamlin Boulevard in Garfield Park, police said.

The teen is charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.

He is expected in juvenile court on Thursday.