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Lightfoot says half the people arrested for carjackings are juveniles
The rise in Chicago carjackings was under the microscope on Monday.
CHICAGO - Chicago police issued a community alert Friday to Northwest Side residents after a trio of recent armed carjackings.
In each incident, a gunman approaches a victim while they are in or near their vehicle, shows a handgun and demands the victim's property and vehicle.
The gunman then flees the scene in the stolen vehicle. The carjackings happened at the following times and locations:
- At 7:43 p.m. on Jan. 31 in the 2700 block of North Spaulding Avenue in Logan Square
- At 11:20 p.m. on Feb. 4 in the 4900 block of North Whipple Street in Hollywood Park
- At 11:30 p.m. on Feb 4 in the 5800 block of North Spaulding Avenue in Albany Park
Anyone with information is asked to call Area Five detectives at (312) 746-7394.