New video shows customer carjack rideshare driver in Back of the Yards, police say

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
New video shows customer carjacks rideshare driver on South Side: CPD
New dashcam video showed a customer carjack their rideshare driver in the Back of the Yards on Hermitage Avenue on Sunday, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dashcam video has been released after a rideshare driver was carjacked at gunpoint by his own customer, Chicago police said.

The crime happened on Sunday at about 1:15 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, according to police.

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Police said the driver, a 47-year-old man, was dropping off a customer at the 4500-block of S. Hermitage Avenue.

After arriving to the destination, the male customer pulled out a gun and demanded the vehicle, according to police.

The suspect drove off with the vehicle. Chicago police said no injuries were reported.

New video released Friday shows the crime. Anyone who recognizes the suspect seen in the video has been asked to call police.

Nobody is in custody.

Chicago police did not say which company the rideshare driver was working for at the time.

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