Man carjacked at gunpoint near 79th Street Red Line station

Monday, December 24, 2018
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was carjacked near the 79th Street Red Line on Chicago's South Side Monday morning, Chicago police said.

Police said the victim had just dropped someone off in the 7900-block of South Lafayette Avenue. Two men who were wearing ski masks walked up, pulled out a gun and ordered the man out of his car, police said.
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The thieves took the man's Chevy Malibu and drove off, police said. The victim was not hurt.

Police are investigating. No one is in custody.
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