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Chicago police: Teen arrested months after separate armed carjacking, robbery at gunpoint

By Nic Flosi
Published  April 1, 2026 7:25am CDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 32 Chicago

The Brief

    • A 16-year-old boy was arrested this week in connection with two armed incidents.
    • Police say he’s tied to a January carjacking and a November armed robbery.
    • Charges include vehicular hijacking with a firearm and armed robbery.

CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy is facing multiple felony charges after police say he was involved in two separate armed incidents on Chicago’s South Side months apart.

The backstory:

The teen was arrested Monday in the 700 block of East 111th Street, according to police. He was identified as one of the people involved in a carjacking on Jan. 25 in the 900 block of East 84th Place.

In that case, a 60-year-old man was forced to give up his vehicle at gunpoint.

The boy is also connected to an earlier incident on Nov. 21, 2025, in the 600 block of East 102nd Street, where a 38-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint.

The teen is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, armed robbery with a firearm, and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.

No further information was immediately available.

The Source: The information in this story came from the Chicago Police Department.

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