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Ride-share drivers carjacked in Roseland: police

The carjacking happened in late December.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Ride-share drivers were carjacked in Dec. 2020, in Roseland on the Far South Side.

Sun-Times file

Police are alerting residents of a string of carjackings recently reported in Roseland on the Far South Side.

In each incident, ride-share drivers pick up one to three passengers and are directed to drop them off either in the 11300 or the 11400 block of South King Drive, Chicago police said.

Once they arrive, one of the passengers pulls out a gun and demands the vehicle, police said in a community alert.

The robberies happened:

  • about 2:20 a.m. Dec. 23,
  • about 12:30 p.m. Dec. 24,
  • about 1:35 a.m. Dec. 25; and
  • about 7:45 p.m. Dec. 26.

Anyone with information was asked to call Area Two police at 312-745-5250.

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