CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Two people were arrested early Thursday after allegedly carjacking a woman at gunpoint in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side and hiding from police SWAT teams inside a South Side building.
About 11 p.m. Wednesday, a male and female pointed a gun at a 52-year-old woman as she walked on a sidewalk in front of a residence in the 800 block of Fletcher, according to Chicago police. They forced her to hand over her purse, cell phone and the keys to her van.
.@Chicago_Police say a nearly 4 1/2 hour stand-off between police & two armed robbery suspects ended in their arrests shortly before 5AM. Robbery was in the Lakeview neighborhood. SWAT made arrests on 66th & Bishop in Englewood. @WBBMNewsradio pic.twitter.com/8O3hnApLDI
— Bernie Tafoya (@BernieTafoya)
January 24, 2019 Officers spotted the stolen van at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Lake Shore Drive and tailed the vehicle until it crashed in the 6600 block of South Bishop in Englewood, police said.
The male and female dashed inside a building on that block and refused to come out for hours, police said. SWAT teams staked the scene until breaking in shortly before 5 a.m., when the two were taken into custody.
.@Chicago_Police say SWAT arrested two suspects here on 66 & Bishop after a nearly 4 1/2 hour stand-off following a nearly 15 hour chase. The suspects allegedly held up a 52 year old woman on the North Side and took her minivan. Hear my stories @WBBMNewsradio. pic.twitter.com/tCEtsHF0tV
— Bernie Tafoya (@BernieTafoya)
January 24, 2019 No one was injured, police said. Charges are pending for the male and female.
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