CHICAGO — A Chicago man is charged with pointing a gun at a family while carjacking them in Calumet Heights. Prosecutors said the victims’ ages range from 5 to 76 years old.
The family was in the 9100 block of South Crandon when a gunman pointed a firearm at each of them and took control of the 76-year-old woman’s 2018 BMW X5 around 4:45 p.m. on July 25.
“Give me the keys or I will shoot you,” the carjacker demanded, according to a Chicago police report. In addition to the car’s owner, he also pointed the gun at the other victims: a 38-year-old woman, a 5-year-old girl, and boys ages 10 and 8.
Chicago police officers eventually located the carjacked BMW using the city’s network of license plate readers. Patrol cars moved in and located the vehicle, which sped away and crashed into two parked cars in the 11700 block of South Parnell, the report stated.
Darral Haynes-Davis, 18, bolted from the car while it was still rolling, according to police. They caught him nearby and allegedly found a loaded handgun with an extended magazine on the hijacked BMW’s floorboard.
Judge David Kelly detained Haynes-Davis. In his detention order, Kelly noted that Haynes-Davis was on juvenile probation for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possessing a stolen motor vehicle at the time of his arrest.
He is now charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and attempted fleeing or eluding.
