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Man Surrounded, Beaten And Carjacked In South Loop Garage, Police Say

 A group of men beat a man and stole his car from a parking garage near  8th Street and Wabash Wednesday night, police said.
A group of men beat a man and stole his car from a parking garage near 8th Street and Wabash Wednesday night, police said.
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CHICAGO — A group of men beat a man and stole his car in the South Loop on Wednesday night, police said.

At 11:19 p.m., the man was leaving work from a parking garage in the 800 block of South Wabash Avenue when five or six men swarmed around his car and blocked the exit, police said. The men beat the victim and one of them got into the car and drove away.

The victim was treated for injuries at the police station, police said.

The man in the car, who was 18, was found and taken into custody, police said, but the others got away. Charges were pending.