CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man was attacked by a group of juveniles who tried to steal his car Monday in the Loop, police said.
According to Chicago police, the 32-year-old man was sitting in his 2020 silver-colored Dodge Charger with a 35-year-old man in the passenger seat around 5:15 p.m. in the 100 block of West Randolph Street when a group of four boys and one girl approached the car.
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The group opened the driver’s side door and one of them pointed a handgun at the younger man before striking him in the head and chest multiple times, police said. After the man refused to give up his car, the group bit and choked him, the Sun-Times reported.
According to police, the other man tried to intervene, but was punched multiple times by the group.
Witnesses on the street yelled for police, causing the attackers to run away.
Officers responded to the scene and and found the group in the 100 block of West Lake Street, police said. They were taken into custody.
Police sources said the gun used in the attempted carjacking appears to be a replica.
Charges are pending. Area Three detectives are investigating.