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Warning to women on Chicago's South Side: Beware of carjackers with guns

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  December 11, 2021 5:44pm CST
Near South Side
Sun-Times Media Wire

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CHICAGO - Chicago police are warning residents of a string of carjackings reported in December on the South Side.

In each incident, a woman was approached by two males with guns as she sat inside or stood just outside her vehicle, and who demanded her keys, Chicago police said in a community alert.

The robberies happened:

  • About midnight Dec. 2, in the 6800 block of South Dorchester Avenue;
  • About 1:45 p.m. Dec. 2, in the 7300 block of South Exchange Avenue;
  • About 4:45 p.m. Dec. 3, in the 6900 block of South Michigan Avenue; and
  • About 11 p.m. Dec. 8, in the 6600 block of South Evans Avenue.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Area One detectives at 312-747-8384.

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