10 Carjackings In 10 Days On North Side

CHICAGO — The North Side has been hit by a string of carjackings, police warned in a community alert. In each theft, the offenders targeted a victim who was either alone in their car or alone on the street, police warned in the alert.

In each incident, carjackers pulled out at least one handgun and threatened the victim, before stealing their vehicle, police said. In some incidents, the victims were pulled from their vehicles.

On Thursday at 12:30 a.m., a delivery driver was carjacked at Halsted and Dickens, police said. A few minutes later, there was a second carjacking at Halsted and Willow.

Police said the carjackings occurred in the following locations:

• 1400 block of W. Sunnyside Ave. on Oct. 1 at around 10:30 p.m.
• 2900 block of N. Paulina St. on Oct. 3, 2018 at around 9:45 p.m.
• 3600 block of N. Greenview Ave. on Oct. 3 at around 10 p.m.
• 2300 block of W. Waveland Ave. on Oct. 3 at around 11:45 p.m.
• 4200 block of N. Hazel St. on Oct. 8 at around 3 p.m.
• 2400 block of W. Leland Ave. on Oct. 9 at around 9 p.m.
• 2600 block of N. Greenview Ave. on Oct. 9 at around 9:15 p.m.
• 1600 block of W. Barry Ave. on Oct. 10 at around 11:45 p.m.
• 800 block of W. Dickens Ave. on Oct. 11 at around 12:30 a.m.
• 800 block of W. Willow St. on Oct. 11 at around 12:45 a.m.

Anyone with information is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.

Patch file photo by Amber Fisher