Carjacking

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Videos – Chicago Epidemic

~ 2 Investigators: Arrests Few As Carjackings Spike – YouTube

~ An Eye-Opening Look At The Chicago Carjacking Epidemic – YouTube

~ Carjacking Epidemic In Chicago Isn’t Letting Up, And Residents Say It Can’t Be Allowed To Get Worse – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Carjacking incidents in Chicago are up 127% over last year, police data show. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Chicago police struggle to quell surging carjackings across city – YouTube

~ Chicago Police Taking Aim At Spike In Citywide Carjackings, – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Law Enforcement Address Skyrocketing Number of Chicago Carjackings – NBC Chicago – VIDEO

~ More carjackings hit the city as Chicago police lay out plan to tackle crime – YouTube

~ ONLY ON 2- Out-Of-Town Victim Speaks After Fighting Off Carjackers Who Put Gun To His Chest Right In Loop – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ ‘Our residents are afraid’- City leaders seek solutions for carjacking surge – YouTube

~ Police Search For Crew Of Carjackers, Many Victims Of Carjacking Epidemic Say They Don’t Feel Safe – YouTube

~ Video captured a brazen armed carjacking over the weekend that took place in broad daylight on a heavily-trafficked Chicago street as a couple waited in line to get a carwash – NBC Chicago – VIDEO

~ With Another Rash Of Carjackings This Weekend, Victims Want Solutions Rather Than Just Reports Of Patterns – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Chicago Epidemic

Videos – Child / Teen Offenders

~ 4 teens charged in series of Chicago carjackings as city grapples with – YouTube

~ 5 Teens Charged In Armed Carjacking In The Loop – CBS Chicago

~ 14-Year-Old Charged With Chicago Carjackings – YouTube

~ 14-Year-Old Charged In Multiple Carjackings Expected In Court Tuesday – YouTube

~ A 16-year-old boy was arrested in connection with a Chicago carjacking that triggered a police chase on the South Side, police said. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Carjacking Suspects Just 10 Years Old? – YouTube

~ Chicago Teen Charged As Adult In Crime Spree, Including Murder – YouTube

~ Group of Divvy bike riders carjack 82-year-old man in Streeterville – YouTube

~ Many Chicago Carjacking Arrests Involve Juveniles — Are Penalties Sufficient To Solve Problem? – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Police: 3 Teens Charged In Carjackings Might Be Tied To Carjacking Ring – YouTube

~ Teen Carjacking Suspect Arrested Again – YouTube

~ Teen Carjacking Suspect Arrested Again With Gun, Stolen Car – YouTube

~ Teens Charged With Carjacking – YouTube

~ Teens Suspected In Carjacking, Police Pursuit From Chicago To Indiana – YouTube

Mainstream News – Child / Teen Offenders

Videos – Multiple Carjackings Every Day

~ Police: Multiple armed carjackings within 3-hour span Tuesday night in Chicago – WGN-TV

Mainstream News – Multiple Carjackings Every Day

Videos – Spanning Every Neighborhood

~ 2 carjacked at gunpoint near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Carjackers Have Struck In River North, South Chicago, Uptown This Weekend – YouTube

~ Four Carjackings Reported Within Hours On North And Near Northwest Sides; Police Say They’re Working To Fight Spike – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Police warn of recent vehicular hijackings, robberies across city – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Thieves with guns have targeted at least four people on Chicago’s North Side over the past few days. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Wacker Drive Car Jacking – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

Videos – Spanning Every Neighborhood

Videos – Carjacking in the Suburbs

~ According to Chicago police sources, there have been at least 120 carjackings in the city since the beginning of the year – that’s only 18 days. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Carjacking epidemic spills into the suburbs – FOX 32 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Carjacking epidemic spills into the suburbs – YouTube

~ Chicago police ar struggling to quell the surge of carjackings across the city. There have been at least 144 reported in the first 21 days of the year. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Carjacking in the Suburbs

Videos – Carjacking Children Inside Vehicles

~ A Chicago mother stepped in and helped rescue two children who were victims of a horrifying carjacking on Friday night in Jefferson Park. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports. – NBC 5 Chicago – VIDEO

~ A mother was hurt trying to save her child who was in her vehicle as it was carjacked on Chicago’s North Side Saturday – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ A woman suspected in two carjackings, including one where an 8-year-old boy had to jump out of a moving car has been charged, according to the Chicago Police Department – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ A vehicle with three kids inside was stolen Sunday in West Rogers Park on the North Side, according to police. Sandra Torres reports. – NBC Chicago – VIDEO

~ Car stolen with children inside on South Side – YouTube

~ Carjacker In Chicago Steals Car With Children Inside, But Oldest Child Fends Off Carjacker – YouTube

~ Carjacker Steals Family SUV With 3 Kids Inside In West Rogers Park – YouTube

~ Carjackers drive off with two small children in the car in Chicago – YouTube

~ Carjackers Steal Vehicle With Teens Inside – YouTube

~ Carjacking Arrest: Veronica Harden Charged With Stealing Car With 8-Year-Old Boy Inside – YouTube

~ Chicago police are searching for the man who was caught on camera stealing a Chevy Malibu from the South Side gas station that had two young children in the back seat – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ ‘It Was Traumatizing’- Teen Saves Siblings by Fending Off Carjacking Suspect – NBC Chicago – VIDEO

~ Police Search For Man Who Stole Vehicle With Kids Inside – YouTube

~ Woman, 2 Kids Safe After Carjacker Drove Them From Wheeling To Chicago – YouTube

Mainstream News – Carjacking Children Inside Vehicles

Videos – Targeting Ride Share and Delivery Drivers

~ Carjacking Crisis Takes Horrific Turn As Rideshare Driver Is Shot Dead By His Own Passenger On West Side – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Chicago Carjackings Give Rideshare Drivers Pause; ‘A Lot Of Drivers Are Just Not Driving At Night’ – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Rideshare Drivers Feel Like ‘Sitting Ducks’ As Chicago Carjacking Crisis Continues – CBS Chicago – VIDEO

~ Teen arrested after allegedly carjacking food delivery driver in Fulton Market District – YouTube

~ Uber Driver Recounts Experience Of Being Carjacked By Teenage Girl – YouTube

Mainstream News – Targeting Ride Share and Delivery Drivers

Videos – Targeting Women

~ Amid Carjacking Epidemic, Woman Asks Men To Stand Up And Keep Watch – YouTube

~ Chicago Police Investigating Several Carjackings, Violent Robberies Targeting Women – NBC Chicago – VIDEO

~ Grandmother Speaks After Being Carjacked At Knifepoint In Chicago Lawn – YouTube

~ One woman recalls the terrifying moment three armed carjackers demanded her phone and car keys outside her Bellwood home. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Suspect Arrested In Near West Side Carjacking – YouTube

~ Women fear being targeted, alderman declares ‘state of emergency’ in South Side ward – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Targeting Women

Videos – Woman Paralyzed

~ Family of mother critically wounded in Aurora carjacking speaks out – ABC7 Chicago – YouTube

“Kim Weibring, a mother of two, said she gave the suspects what they wanted and they shot her anyway.”

~ 2 People Charged In Aurora Carjacking In Wendy’s Parking Lot That Left Woman Paralyzed – YouTube

~ Aurora Police Capture Suspects Connected To Carjacking – YouTube

~ The individuals involved in the Aurora carjacking have been tied to other carjackings across Chicagoland area. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Woman Paralyzed

Videos – Shooting People

~ Teen Arrested In Bucktown Carjacking In Which Man Was Shot – YouTube

Mainstream News – Shooting People

Videos – Shooting Police

~ Three CPD Officers Wounded In Shootout With Carjacking Suspect At Grand Central District Station; Gunman Also Shot, 2 Other Officers Suffer Chest Pains – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ A source with direct knowledge of what happened said the suspect was fighting with officers, and would not allow them to handcuff him as they were trying to get him into a police wagon. Officers eventually cuffed his hands in front of his body and placed him into the wagon. – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the shooting turned the police station that many in the area considered a safe spot into a crime scene – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ As CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole reported, the urgency of getting the officer to the hospital was clear. An ambulance first passed by, followed by about 20 police cruisers trailing swiftly behind – one right after the other. – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Dozens of evidence markers were seen – likely for shell casings – all over the parking lot. – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ “I want to strongly emphasize the inherent dangers that these and all Chicago police officers experience every, every day protecting the residents of Chicago. When they leave home, they leave their loved ones, and put their stars on, and risk everything. They risk everything protecting all of us,” Brown said. – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

~ The officer was reported to be stabilized and in the ICU late Thursday. – CBS 2 Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Shooting Police

Videos – Carjacking Off Duty Police

~ Off-duty CPD officer carjacked at gunpoint in Kenwood, community activist says CPD adding 40 more officers to carjacking unit, mayor says – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Three teenagers have been charged in a string of Chicago carjackings, including one involving an off-duty CPD officer. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Carjacking Off Duty Police

Videos – Murder of Retired Chicago Firefighter Dwain Williams

~ A retired Chicago firefighter was killed in a shooting during an attempted armed carjacking in the city’s Morgan Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Chicago police release footage of retired firefighter’s murder – Fox News – VIDEO

~ Chicago police released video of the attempted carjacking and shootout that killed a retired Chicago firefighter in Morgan Park. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ CPD release surveillance video of Morgan Park shooting that killed retired Chicago firefighter – YouTube

~ Lawyer says slain retired firefighter was targeted by carjackers looking to hack into Jeep – YouTube

~ Police Release Video In Shooting That Killed Retired Fire Lt. Dwain Williams – YouTube

~ In Chicago 2 Murder Suspects Arrested for the Murder of Lt. Dwain Williams. – YouTube

~ Second teen charged in murder of retired Chicago firefighter – YouTube

~ Teen charged in retired Chicago firefighter’s shooting death – YouTube

~ Teen Charged With Murder Of Retired CFD Lieutenant Dwain Williams In Morgan Park Carjacking – YouTube

~ Community holds emotional tribute to retired CFD firefighter killed during attempted carjacking – YouTube

~ EMOTIONAL PROCESSION- Retired Chicago Firefighter SHOT and KILLED – NewsNOW from FOX – YouTube

~ Family, friends and the community say a final goodbye to Lieutenant Dwain Williams, the retired firefighter shot and killed during an attempted carjacking last Thursday. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Family, Friends Remember Dwain Williams, Retired CFD Lieutenant Killed In Attempted Carjacking – YouTube

~ Funeral held for Chicago firefighter Lieutenant Dwain Williams – YouTube

~ Hundreds of people lined up for a fundraiser at the popcorn shop where retired Chicago firefighter Dwain Williams was shot and killed. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ OEMC Memorial Tribute to Lt. Dwain Williams, Chicago Fire Department – YouTube

Mainstream News – Murder of Retired Chicago Firefighter Dwain Williams

Videos – Teens Carjacking an Epidemic Across the US

~ 3 teens arrested for felony armed robbery in Fort Myers – YouTube

~ 13 and 14 year old girls arrested in violent carjacking – YouTube

~ 13-Year-Old, 16-Year-Old Charged In Fabian Mendez’s Fatal Carjacking In SE Baltimore – CBS Baltimore – VIDEO

~ 14-year-old girls accused of carjacking pizza delivery driver, police chase – YouTube

~ 82-year-old tackles teen in carjacking attempt – YouTube

~ Law enforcement warns of rise in carjackings by teens l GMA – YouTube

~ Milwaukee Teen Charged in Series of Violent Carjackings – YouTube

~ Residents are on edge after the crimes that happened in Northwest D.C. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. – NBC 4 Washington – VIDEO

~ Task force launched in DC that will tackle carjacking problem in DMV – WUSA 9 – VIDEO

~ Teen Charged In Nashville Fatal Crash After Carjacking – YouTube

~ Two 14-year-old girls accused of attacking, carjacking pizza driver – YouTube

Mainstream News – Teens Carjacking an Epidemic Across the US

Videos – Teen Girls Carjack and Murder Driver

~ Black 13 and 15 Y.O. Teen Girls Carjack and Murder Uber Eats Driver – Bitchute – VIDEO

~ Jerry Dunleavy on Twitter- “Appalling footage of the carjacking near Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on Tuesday that resulted in the death of Pakistani immigrant & Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar. The teenage girls who police say used a Taser to steal the car face murder charges.”

~ Plea Bargain Discussed for 2 Girls Charged in Fatal DC Carjacking – NBC4 Washington – VIDEO

~ Teen Girls Face Murder Charges for Uber Carjacking and Crash – YouTube

~ Teens charged in fatal DC carjacking to receive plea bargain- report – Fox News – VIDEO

~ Two Girls, 13 and 15, Accused of Deadly Armed Carjacking in Southeast DC, Sources Say – NBC4 Washington

~ Two Teen Girls Charged with Murder in Fatal Armed Carjacking Near Nationals Park – NBC4 Washington – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Teen Girls Carjack and Murder Driver

Videos News – Father to Be Murdered in Front of Pregnant Wife

~ 9-13-20 TN Pursuit of Homicide-Carjacking Suspect Ends with crash-apparent suicide – YouTube

~ Carjacking victim speaks out – WKRN News 2 – VIDEO

~ Deadly carjacking victims identified in Warren County – WKRN News 2 – VIDEO

~ Deadly shooting, carjacking update – VIDEO

~ Friends and families mourn the loss of man killed in front of his pregnant wife – VIDEO

~ Pregnant woman recovers following crash and husband’s death from violent carjacking – YouTube

~ New details in deadly crime spree – WKRN News 2 – VIDEO

~ The Warren County community is mourning after a horrific crime spree. – News Channel 5 Nashville – VIDEO

~ Two people were killed in a shooting and subsequent hostage situation on Interstate 24, Sunday. Investigators say the suspect died by suicide – News Channel 5 Nashville – VIDEO

~ Video surrounding deadly Coffee Co. carjacking released – YouTube

~ Warren County carjacking victim remembers husband on his birthday – WKRN News 2 – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Father to Be Murdered in Front of Pregnant Wife

~ Armed carjacking suspect shot dead in Minnesota, almost triggering another BLM march for ‘victim of police brutality’ — RT US

Videos – Self Defense

~ Firefighter Fatally Shoots Carjacking Teen – YouTube

~ Victim in attempted carjacking shoots 14-year-old suspect, Philly police say – YouTube

Podcast – Taking Action Within the Community

~ Chicago carjacking epidemic: Community ‘actionist’ describes efforts to curb crime – YouTube

Safety Tips

Always be aware of your surroundings. Don’t be distracted while stopped. Don’t get caught off guard. Always be paying attention!

Always “leave yourself an out” when driving. Don’t stop too close to the vehicle in front of you. Always leave enough space in between vehicles so that you can quickly turn out and drive away if necessary.

Videos – Safety Tips

~ It only takes seconds to become the victim of a carjacking. Security expert Moody Andrews explains what to do if you’re caught in a similar crime. – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

Mainstream News – Safety Tips

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