2 taken into custody after woman carjacked in Edgewater

The woman was walking in the 5500 block of North Kenmore Avenue when three people approached her and took the keys to her 2015 Lincoln sedan, police said.

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Two males were taken into custody Jan. 31, 2022, after a woman was carjacked in Edgewater.

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Two people were arrested Monday night after a woman was carjacked in Edgewater on the North Side.

The woman, 51, was walking in the 5500 block of North Kenmore Avenue when three people approached and took the keys to her 2015 Lincoln sedan about 10:50 p.m., Chicago police said.

Hours later, around 12:50 a.m., two of the three attackers were arrested in the 7000 block of South Princeton Avenue, police said.

The woman was not injured.

Charges were pending.

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