14-year-old girl, 18-year-old man facing multiple felony charges, CPD says
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 14-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man are facing charges after police said they were involved in a South Loop carjacking and kidnapping.
Chicago police said armed thieves carjacked a vehicle, with a woman and a child still inside, in the South Loop on Tuesday at about 2:30 p.m. The carjacking happened in the 400 block of West Harrison Street around 2:30 p.m.
A 29-year-old woman and a 1-year-old girl were in the backseat when two people got into the car and began driving, police said.
Police said as the car approached West Harrison and South Paulina streets on the Near West Side, the carjackers forced the victims out of the vehicle at gunpoint.
The victims were not injured in the incident.
Officers later found the car in the Bronzeville neighborhood's 3500 block of South King Drive. Two people were taken into custody.
A 14-year-old girl was charged with aggravated carjacking, aggravated kidnapping and possession of a stolen vehicle. Since the suspect is a minor, police did not reveal her identity.
An 18-year-old man, Taylen Byndum, is facing five felony charges for vehicular hijacking and a kidnapping while armed with a firearm.
No further information was immediately available.
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