Video making the rounds on social media shows a Chicago man being carjacked while other drivers just pass by as if it were any other time or day in the city.
X user @CPD1617Scanner posted video of the incident on the social media platform. The videos shows two cars, both of which contained alleged armed carjackers, pinning a driver’s vehicle against the edge of the road in order to take it.
As the carjacking unfolded, other drivers simply passed by.
Dramatic video shows the moment a man is carjacked by 2 carloads of armed men near Wabansia and Western on September 2, 2023 in #Chicago
— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) September 19, 2023
The man was boxed in and subsequently forced to the ground by the armed men and they proceeded to take his car and his belongings. https://t.co/XGj9Mht5cX pic.twitter.com/nFnikZAhZo
FOX News reported the incident. “The crime took place at night and the victim was idling with his lights on when, seemingly out of nowhere, an SUV and a sedan coming from the opposite direction serve [sic] across several lanes of traffic and envelop the vehicle, blocking a potential escape,” the outlet said. “The front-seat passenger of the SUV, angled in front of the victim’s vehicle, then exits and points a firearm directly at the victim.”
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