Carjackings

The Illinois county that includes Chicago is on pace to see more carjackings this year than it has in two decades

Police are warning of a pair of carjackings reported in Northwest Side neighborhoods.

A 16-year-old boy is charged with two recent carjackings in Douglas on the South Side as carjackings continue to rise over the previous year.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the killing of a 73-year-old Marine veteran who was beaten to death during an attempted carjacking in Hyde Park.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the killing of a 73-year-old Marine veteran who was beaten to death during an attempted carjacking in Hyde Park. Chris Hush reports.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the killing of a 73-year-old Marine veteran who was beaten to death during an attempted carjacking in Hyde Park.

As carjacking crimes continue across the area, Chicago police detailed what to do if people find themselves victims of their cars being stolen and how to prevent being involved in that situation.

Keith Cooper would have turned 74 years old later this month, but on Wednesday he was killed in a brazen attempted carjacking in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter shares the story.

A man attempting to carjack a woman in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood drove off in the car with her child still in the backseat, according to authorities.

At least five carjackings were reported during a 24-hour period from Saturday into Sunday in Chicago – a concerning trend that has community activists worried. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

At least five carjackings were reported during a 24-hour period from Saturday into Sunday in Chicago – a concerning trend that has community activists worried.

In the first two months of 2021, Chicago has already reported more than 350 carjackings.

Video captured a brazen armed carjacking over the weekend that took place in broad daylight on a heavily-trafficked Chicago street as a couple waited in line to get a carwash.

For the second time in one weekend, a vehicle was stolen in Chicago with children inside. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

While police have stepped up efforts to combat carjackings in Chicago, several more incidents have been reported in recent days. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Car owners are taking matters into their own hands, trying to find different ways to protect their cars from being stolen in Chicago with some spending hundreds of dollars on security installations.

Following a skyrocketing number of carjackings in Chicago, some drivers are taking steps to protect their vehicles and themselves. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

With the recent dramatic increase of carjackings in Chicago, rideshare drivers for companies such as Uber and Lyft have become understandably frightened, wondering if they could be the next victims. In mid-January, the Chicago Police Department issued an alert warning of seven several armed carjackings targeting rideshare drivers between Dec. 28 and Jan. 17. In each incident, drivers were summoned…

The percentage of arrests made in connection with carjackings in Cook County has fallen to 11% so far in 2021, the State’s Attorney’s office says, marking a third consecutive year of declines in the arrest rate for such incidents.

On Jan. 27, along the 7200 block of South East End Avenue in Chicago, a rideshare driver was picking up three people when she said they all displayed guns and demanded her car. The 36-year old driver was carjacked at gunpoint. What the thieves didn’t know was that the stolen Chevy Cruze was equipped with OnStar, a system that can…