CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago police are investigating a series of unrelated carjackings that took place throughout the city Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
According to Chicago police, there were five carjackings over a six hour period.
In the first reported incident, police said two men were in a Dodge Durango at a Clark gas station in the 1400 block of East 87th Street around 6:45 p.m. when two assailants pulled up in a stolen Mercedes Benz, approached the two men and forced them out of their vehicle at gunpoint.
The victims complied, and the suspects ditched the Mercedes and drove off in the Dodge.
No one was injured, and no one was in custody late Tuesday.
About two hours later, a 29-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint in Edgewater on the North Side.
The man was near his car at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of West Granville Avenue when two males approached him, Chicago police said.
One of the males pulled out a gun and pointed it at the man, demanding the keys to his 2015 Subaru Crosstrek, police said.
The man complied and the two carjackers drove off in the Subaru, police said. They were last seen southbound on Lake Shore Drive.
No injuries were reported. Area Three detectives are investigating.
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An hour later, an armed carjacking was reported in Kenwood on the South Side.
A 38-year-old woman was getting out of her car at about 9:30 p.m. in the 4400 block of South Oakwnwald Avenue when four males armed with handguns got out of a red hatchback and approached her, Chicago police said.
The carjackers took the woman’s purse and phone, police said. Some drove off in her car and others in the hatchback.
No injuries were reported, police said.
Police said the incident remains under investigation by Area One detectives and declined to provide further details.
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Around 10 p.m., a food delivery driver was carjacked in West Town on the Near West Side. The driver was delivering food to a home in the 900 block of West Washington Boulevard when he was pushed to the ground and someone stole his 2003 silver SUV, Chicago police said.
The driver was not injured, police said. Area Three detectives are investigating.
A second food delivery driver was carjacked Wednesday morning in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side.
The 56-year-old driver was delivering food around 12:30 a.m. in the 2900 block of West Walton Street, when a woman jumped in his 2005 Toyota Highlander that was left running and sped off, Chicago police said.
Area Five detectives are investigating.
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Last week, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said that there had already been 144 carjackings since the beginning of the year. The surge comes after 1,417 carjackings were reported in 2020, more than doubling those reported in 2019.
The spike has affected every corner of the city, prompting South Side Ald. Stephanie Coleman (16th) Tuesday night to urge her constituents to remain aware of their surroundings, declaring that the city was “in a state of emergency.”