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Juvenile, 17, charged after woman, children carjacked on West Side

Related video: Man in custody after woman, 2 children carjacked on West Side

CHICAGO (WGN) — A 17-year-old boy faces multiple felonies charges after a woman with two children was carjacked on the city’s West Side, Chicago police announced Tuesday.

The formal charges come one day after a 26-year-old woman was sitting inside a vehicle with two boys, ages 1 and 6-years-old, in the 2700 block of West Lexington Street in East Garfield Park around 4:20 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17.

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According to police, she was approached by two males who implied they had a weapon. The woman and 1-year-old boy were then forced out of the vehicle.

The males then fled in the woman’s vehicle with the 6-year-old boy still inside, police added. After a short distance, the boy was forced outside of the vehicle as well.

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The offenders then fled again and crashed the vehicle on the Eisenhower Expressway.

No injuries were reported. Police said the arrest occurred around 4:35 a.m., less than 20 minutes after the alleged carjacking.

In addition to carjacking, the male juvenile faces felony charges of unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle and fleeing police.

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