Valet Drivers, Businesses On Near West Side On Alert After String Of Armed Carjackings

By CNN Newsource

Published January 7, 2022 1:44 PM

By Web staff

CHICAGO (WBBM) — Valet drivers and businesses on the Near West are being warned to be on alert after carjackings.

Chicago police said in one incident, an offender held a gun against a valet driver’s stomach and demanded keys to two cars.

A second offender drove off in one of them.

In another incident, police said a carjacker grabbed keys to multiple cars out of a valet’s box and threatened the driver with a gun before driving off.

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