Video shows carjacking suspect ditching car on DuSable LSD before prompting Northwestern lockdown

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Video shows carjacking suspect running from police on DuSable LSD
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A carjacking suspect ran onto Northwestern University's Chicago campus Monday after video shows him ditching a vehicle on DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New video shows a carjacking suspect who police say ditched a stolen car on DuSable Lake Shore Drive Monday afternoon.

The man ran onto Northwestern University's Chicago campus after officers boxed-in a stolen car he was allegedly driving.

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Police said the man had taken the car at gunpoint about half an hour earlier in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

The incident prompted an hour-long lockdown on the university campus. Charges against the suspect are pending.