Carjackers target victims in Little Village: police

A group of two to six men are wanted for three carjackings since mid-December.

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Police are searching for a group of males in connection to carjacking that began in December 2020 in Little Village.

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Police are searching for a group of people wanted in connection to three carjackings in Little Village since mid-December.

In each incident, two to six young men carjack a victim at gunpoint, Chicago police said in a community alert.

The carjackings happened:

  • about 1:50 a.m. Dec. 17 in the 3800 block of West 28th Street;
  • about 9:15 p.m. Dec. 22 in the 2800 block of South Avers Avenue; and
  • about 6:45 a.m. Jan. 9 in the 3900 block of West 31st Street.
  • about 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10 in the 3100 block of South Springfield Avenue.

Carjackings in Chicago more than doubled in 2020 compared with the year before.

Police asked anyone with tips to call Area Four detectives at 312-746-8253.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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