A man who out of prison less than four months after serving time for multiple armed robberies and a carjacking died late Tuesday when he crashed a freshly-carjacked SUV on the West Side, according to Chicago police and court records.
Around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, a man was changing the tire on his 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the 4200 block of South Artesian Avenue when an armed, masked man approached and ordered him out of the vehicle, a CPD report stated. The victim complied. His girlfriend, who witnessed the carjacking live over FaceTime, immediately called 911.
Roughly 20 minutes later, officers were called to the 2800 block of West Van Buren Street, where the same Jeep had jumped a curb and slammed into a tree. Police said the driver was found unresponsive inside the SUV and was pronounced dead at the scene…