Calumet City police SUV stolen as officers respond to attempted carjacking

CALUMET CITY - A Calumet City police SUV was stolen Tuesday morning as officers were responding to an attempted carjacking at a gas station.

Police were called to the scene of a carjacking attempt at a gas station off Sibley Road around 6:25 a.m., a Calumet City spokesperson said.

Four armed men fled in different directions when police arrived. As officers searched the area, one of the suspects returned to the gas station and drove off in a marked police SUV, the spokesperson said.

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The suspect got onto the Bishop Ford Freeway and exited near 99th and Green Streets, where he dumped the SUV and ran off, the spokesperson said. Officers used the vehicle’s GPS tracker to recover the SUV, which was not damaged.

No one is in custody.