Boy, 15, charged with armed carjacking 55-year-old man in Canaryville: Police

A 15-year-old boy is facing armed carjacking charges after a 55-year-old man's car was taken in Canaryville, police said. 

The boy is accused of getting inside the 55-year-old man's car armed, taking control of the vehicle, in the 4300 block of south Union Avenue, police said. 

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He was arrested hours later in the 6800 block of South Loomis Blvd.

The boy is facing charges of vehicular hijacking, possesses of a stolen vehicle, unlawful use of a weapon, four counts of resisting a peace offering and a city charge of high capacity magazine and metal piercing bullets, police said. 

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