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Teen charged with armed carjacking in Lake View

The teen allegedly approached a 25-year-old woman, Nov. 23 in the 1400 block of West Wolfram Street, showed a gun, and demanded her vehicle.

By Sun-Times Wire

A Chicago police star on a wall at headquarters. — A teen boy was arrested Jan. 20 for allegedly carjacking a woman in November.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday after allegedly carjacking a woman at gunpoint nearly two months ago in Lake View on the North Side.

The teen, who was not named because he is a minor, faces one felony count of armed vehicular hijacking, Chicago police said.

The teen allegedly approached a 25-year-old woman Nov. 23 in the 1400 block of West Wolfram Street, showed a gun and demanded her vehicle, police said.

He is scheduled to appear in juvenile court Thursday.

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