Chicago carjacking

A Chicago man encountered an extremely terrifying situation Saturday when a gunman opened fire on his car. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A ride share driver was beaten and carjacked Wednesday in Englewood after asking his passengers not to eat in his vehicle.

The Chicago Police Department announced Wednesday the launch of a new website for combating the city’s continuous carjackings, providing a space to better report the crimes and view photographs of offenders.

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.

An Albany Park woman accused of two recent Northwest Side carjackings was ordered held on $1 million bail Saturday for allegedly driving off with an 8-year-old boy in one incident and throwing a 64-year-old woman out of her vehicle in the other.

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.

Four teens were arrested Tuesday night after allegedly carjacking a man as he shoveled snow from a parking space in Noble Square on the Northwest Side.

Two people were carjacked on the same block Thursday night in Edgewater on Chicago’s North Side.

A Chicago business owner has taken steps to help the growing number of local carjacking victims and their families.

At least three carjackings were reported in Chicago Tuesday night, according to police, amid a concerning spike in incidents of the crime.

At least four carjackings were reported in Chicago on Thursday night, just hours after police vowed a crackdown amid a concerning spike in incidents of the crime.

As carjacking crimes increase throughout the Chicago area, police provided tips on the best practices to avoid becoming a victim.

At least four carjackings were reported in Chicago on Thursday night, just hours after police vowed a crackdown amid a concerning spike in incidents of the crime. Lauren Petty reports.

Two people in their 50s were carjacked in separate incidents Thursday on the South and West Sides, including a man who was beaten with a pipe in Austin.

Chicago police announced Thursday that the department will add more detectives and work with federal prosecutors to combat the city’s recent uptick in carjackings.

Chicago police are expected to address a rash of carjackings happening in the city and how the department plans to combat the recent spike, which they believe a single group could be behind.

Chicago police released new video showing a terrifying carjacking outside Willis Tower on Wednesday.

Police are searching for a group of men involved in a series of carjackings and armed robberies in Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

Police are searching for a group of men involved in a series of carjackings and armed robberies in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Sandra Torres reports.

Nearly two weeks after a horrific carjacking in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, the victim opened up to NBC 5 about the terrifying incident. Natalie Martinez has the details.