The carjacking happened last year in November, and since then the 11-year-old was placed on electronic monitoring. He is expected in court at 9 a.m.Chicago Weather Alert: Snow Pounds Chicago Area, Bringing Near-Whiteout Conditions And Making Roads Dangerous
Police said the boy was arrested in West Englewood, after he was identified as one of the multiple carjackers who stole a car at gunpoint from a 36-year-old woman and her 57-year-old mother on Nov. 19, 2021, near 110th Street and Harding Avenue. While investigating that case, police said the 11-year-old also was seen inside a vehicle that was reported stolen on Nov. 13 in the 7300 block of South Francisco Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood.
The boy has been charged with one felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to a vehicle.