Crime & Safety
Carjacking Involving Gun Reported On Skokie Boulevard: Police
The incident happened at around 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to Northbrook police.
NORTHBROOK, IL — Police are investigating a carjacking that happened at around 6 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Skokie Boulevard. A person told police that his Range Rover was stolen while he was inside a store in the 800 block of Skokie Boulevard, according to a release.
The person said that a man, described as in his 20s, was in the car when he came out of store and displayed a handgun. The man then fled with the stolen car onto Dundee Road toward I-94.
Working with assisting agencies, the vehicle was recovered in Chicago a few hours later. No one was injured.
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