Chaos erupted in Chicago's upscale Gold Coast neighborhood on Tuesday evening, as two armed perpetrators carjacked three individuals within just 20 minutes—one incident disturbingly close to Gov. JB Pritzker's mansion. According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the string of violent events began at 7:30 p.m. when a 26-year-old woman was thrown to the ground and kicked by the assailants who made off with her keys and property in the 1500 block of North State Parkway.
The crime wave quickly continued as the daring duo attempted to steal a 2008 Audi sedan. The owner, sitting in the car in the 1400 block of North Astor—where the governor's residence is located—was robbed of his wallet, reported CWB Chicago. Adding to the fiasco, the would-be-jackers couldn't manage the manual transmission, forcing them to abandon their plan.
Undeterred, at 7:50 p.m., the same men weren't stopped. They brandished a gun at a 33-year-old food delivery driver and fled in his 2019 Nissan Sentra on North DuSable Lake Shore Drive. The Illinois State Police, along with a task force, comprised of local and federal assets leveraging high-tech surveillance, located and arrested the suspects later that evening in the 7000 block of South Wood Street.
While Gov. Pritzker was safe in Springfield, the Illinois General Assembly was busy in session, and his Gold Coast block became a stage for the city's persistent plight of carjackings. Charges against the men detained in connection with the Astor Street and Lake Shore Drive incidents are pending, the Chicago Sun-Times outlined. Meanwhile, police continue to investigate the State Parkway mugging.
