Chicago Teen Faces Charges for Carjacking and Kidnapping Woman and Baby in South Loop

CHICAGO (WLS) — A 14-year-old girl has been charged with three felonies after police said she reportedly was involved in a South Loop carjacking and kidnapping.

Chicago police stated that armed thieves took control of a vehicle in the South Loop area, while a woman and a child were still present inside, on Tuesday at approximately 2:30 p.m. This incident occurred in the 400-block of West Harrison Street around the same time.

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A 29-year-old woman and a 1-year-old girl were in the backseat when two people got into the car and began driving, police said.

Law enforcement mentioned that when the vehicle reached the intersection of West Harrison and South Paulina streets in the Near West Side neighborhood, the perpetrators used firearms to coerce the victims out of the car.

The victims were not injured in the incident.

Officers later found the car in the Bronzeville neighborhood’s 3500-block of South King Drive. Two people were taken into custody.

A 14-year-old girl was charged with aggravated carjacking, aggravated kidnapping and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Since the suspect is a minor, police did not reveal her identity.

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