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Chicago rideshare driver carjacked at gunpoint on South Side, police say
A rideshare driver in Chicago was carjacked at gunpoint on the city’s South Side early Sunday morning.
CHICAGO - A man has been arrested and charged eight months after a rideshare driver was carjacked at gunpoint on Chicago’s South Side.
What we know:
On April 13, officers responded to the 4500 block of South Hermitage Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood around 1:15 a.m.
Police said a 47-year-old driver was dropping off a passenger when the rider pulled out a gun and demanded the driver step out of the vehicle. The driver complied, and the suspect drove off. No injuries were reported.
Police now say an 18-year-old man, who was a juvenile at the time of the incident, was arrested last Thursday in connection with the case. He was taken into custody in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue around 6:48 p.m.
He has been charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm.
What we don't know:
Police did not share how the suspect was identified in the investigation.
What's next:
The man was scheduled for a juvenile detention hearing last Friday. It remains unclear what came out of that court hearing.
NOTE: The video at the top of this story is dated.
The Source: The information in this story came from the Chicago Police Department.