Cell phone video from witnesses shows police surrounding the reportedly stolen vehicle in the University of Illinois at Chicago area off I-290 near Ashland.
Maywood police requested Illinois State Police troopers' assistance to stop the stolen vehicle.
ISP officials said after troopers pursued the stolen vehicle, the suspect exited I-290 and fled on foot in the UIC area. The driver ran to another vehicle and took off, state police said.
No one is in custody.
No other details are known at this time.