A Chicago man is being detained after prosecutors said he tried to carjack a Lyft driver during a terrifying encounter that was partially captured on video by a passing driver’s Meta glasses.
At about 5:30 p.m. on March 13, the 37-year-old female Lyft driver picked up Eli Brooks, 27, after he requested a ride in the app, prosecutors said. Once inside the car, Brooks introduced himself and asked her name. After she responded, the woman added that she did not speak much English.
During the trip, the pair encountered traffic, and Brooks began using hand gestures to direct the woman to take a different route, eventually guiding her into the Dan Ryan Woods and instructing her to stop in an empty parking lot, according to a detention filing…