CHICAGO — A robber has been using an assault weapon to carjack drivers in Bucktown and Avondale, police said.
Three cars were stolen at gunpoint on Saturday, police said in a community alert.
In the incidents, the daytime robber pulled out an assault rifle before demanding the keys to the victim's car, police said.
The first carjacking happened at 11:42 a.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of North Western Avenue, police said.
The robber struck again at 4:35 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Sawyer Avenue. Another carjacking was reported at 8:15 p.m. in the 2600 block of North Elston Avenue, police said.
The robber is described as a black man, aged between 25 and 42 years old, standing between 5-foot-11 and 6-feet-4 and weighing 170 to 180 pounds, police said. He was seen wearing a maroon/burgundy cardigan, a brown polo, grey sweatpants and either a black baseball hat or a beige, floppy fishing hat.
Anyone with information on the cases is asked to call area detectives at 312-744-8263.
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