
CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with 14 felonies in connection with a violent crime spree on Sunday, as well as an attempted hijacking in June.
The boy was part of a group that carjacked and robbed four people in the 1900 block of West Irving Park around 5:40 a.m. Sunday, according to CPD. As CWBChicago reported that morning, a carjacker driving a white car pulled in front of the victim’s Mazda CX3 to block their path, and two gunmen got out, took the victims’ valuables, and then drove away with the Mazda. CPD said the victims were two 22-year-old men and a man and a woman who were both 21.
About an hour later, the boy and his accomplices carjacked and robbed two victims in the 300 block of West Belmont, not far from Belmont Harbor. Two men with guns robbed the couple, a 31-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man, and drove away with their blue BMW X3. A third robber remained in the previously hijacked Mazda, according to initial information.
CPD said the boy also participated in the attempted carjacking of a 55-year-old woman in the 1100 block of West Jackson on June 27 and stole a vehicle on July 12.
He is charged with six counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, six counts of armed robbery with a firearm, attempted vehicular hijacking with a firearm, possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and two counts of misdemeanor resisting.
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