Chicago man, teen charged after 63-year-old carjacked at gunpoint, police say

The Brief

  • An 18-year-old Chicago man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged in connection with an armed carjacking on the South Side.
  • Police said the pair took a vehicle at gunpoint from a 63-year-old man in the South Chicago neighborhood.
  • Both suspects were arrested less than 24 hours later by the Citywide Robbery Task Force.

CHICAGO A Chicago man and a teenage boy were arrested less than 24 hours after they allegedly carjacked a 63-year-old man at gunpoint on the city’s South Side.

The backstory:

Police said Allen Johnson, 18, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested Thursday in the 2300 block of East 79th Street in South Shore.

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