The police found the car of a woman on fire at night in the old town, only a few minutes after she was carjacked at the Chicago History Museum.
The 36-year-old told the police that the carjacking took place around 2:41 am when she was in her white Honda SUV in the 1600 block of North Lasalle. She said a man showed a gun, forced her out of the car and went to the south.
About ten minutes later, 911 callers raised a vehicle on fire in the 1700 block of North Vine-accident three-quarters of a mile west of LaSalle Street. It turned out to be the woman’s vehicle.
No injuries were reported.
The suspect was described as a black man who wore a blue hoodie and black pants.
Tim Hecke is the managing partner of CWBCHICAGO. He started his career at KMOX, the legendary news radio station in St. Louis. From there he continued working at stations in Minneapolis, Chicago and New York City. Tim then went syndicated radio news and content services that served all 100 largest radio markets in America. He became the management partner of CWBCHICAGO in 2019. His e -mail address is tim@cwbchicago.com
