Lady Carjacked By 14-Year-Aged Outside the house Her Property

CHICAGO (CBS) — “I stated, ‘Take everything. Just don’t damage me.’”

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Only CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar spoke with the girl whose everyday living was put on the line for her vehicle when she was carjacked by a 14-calendar year-aged and terrorized exterior her property.

The suspect is in custody, but it arrived just after some excessive actions.

In Bucktown law enforcement are setting up a license plate reading digital camera to track these stolen automobiles ahead of they hit the expressway.

Friday night time the Dan Ryan was shut down for some time as police searched for a suspected carjacker and his gun. Traffic was backed up for miles as Illinois state law enforcement chased and arrested a gentleman they say stole a auto and tossed a gun on the train tracks.

“It happened speedy,” explained carjacking victim Tavashane Brown.

Brown was not carjacked Friday evening, but she is 1 of the additional than 150 carjacking victims just this year. Her car was taken this month in close proximity to 41st and Vincennes.

Relevant: An interactive map at this connection exhibits the adjust in the selection of carjackings in Chicago neighborhoods in between 2019 and 2020.

“They implied that they experienced guns,” she reported. “They advised me to get out. I gave them everything. I was like, ‘Look, listed here, acquire every thing. Just do not damage me.’”

Brown bought her car back again, and this 7 days a 14-yr-previous was arrested for carjacking her. The boy is also joined to 10 other carjackings and robberies just this thirty day period, like the carjacking of an off-obligation Chicago police officer. He has now experienced 11 previous referrals to juvenile court docket.

“Kids are out in this article executing this as if it is a recreation. They are terrorizing men and women and ruining lives,” Brown mentioned. “I’m thinking where by are the mom and dad, a 14-yr-outdated.”

Together with Brown’s motor vehicle and possessions, they also acquired her purse.

“My handgun was truly in my purse,” she stated. 

Her licensed and registered gun was in the palms of a little one. Sources say Brown’s gun was made use of in a string of other crimes and later recognized by it is one of a kind color. It was recovered on the boy throughout his arrest.

“That was the most significant point that they had, my gun now and could perhaps use this gun on other men and women,” she reported. “Thankfully I built it out and did not get hurt.”

Detectives will now meet up with with carjacking victims, which is what is carried out in homicide circumstances .  

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