Man carjacked at gunpoint in South Loop

CHICAGO - A 32-year-old man was carjacked Sunday in South Loop.

About 6:30 p.m., he was getting out of his vehicle in the first block of East 9th Street, when he was approached by several people, Chicago police said. One of the people pulled out a gun, struck the man in the neck, and demanded his car keys.

The man complied and handed over the key fob, police said. The group then fled west on 9th Street, in the man’s gray Volkswagen Atlas.