Police warn of West Side carjackings

Police are warning residents of two carjackings that happened days apart in the Humboldt Park and East Garfield Park neighborhoods on the West Side.

In both incidents, a suspect approached the victims on the street, showed a handgun and took the victims’ vehicles and personal property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.

One vehicular hijacking happened about 1:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in the 3400 block of West Chicago, while the other occurred about 8:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in the 500 block of North Central Park, police said.

One suspect is described as a 190-pound black man, between 20 and 30 years old, with a tattoo by his right ear, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, police said. Another suspect is described as a black man, between 19 and 25 years old, standing between 5-feet-6 and 5-feet-9, weighing between 150 and 170 pounds and also wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information on the carjackings is asked to contact Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.