CHICAGO — An armed carjacker tried to escape from a Chicago Police Department helicopter by jumping on and off a moving train, officials said, but he ended up getting arrested (and hospitalized) anyway.
It all started when a gray Mazda cut off a 35-year-old man as he drove in the 4400 block of South Keating around 1:45 p.m. on Monday, January 27. The Mazda’s passenger got out, pointed a gun at the man’s head, and ordered him out of the vehicle, officials said.
After allowing the victim to grab a bag from the passenger seat, the hijacker drove away with his 2012 Dodge Durango.
A short time later, one of the CPD’s helicopter units located the hijacked SUV and began to follow it. The aircrew was watching as Gorostieta bailed out of the car and jumped onto a moving train near 79th and Central Park, according to his arrest report.
The crew was still watching when Gorostieta jumped off the moving train and ran into a garage in the 3500 block of West 78th Place, the report said. Cops found him hiding under a vehicle inside the garage. The report states that they took him to Christ Hospital for “injuries obtained prior to [police] arrival.”
Investigators determined that the Mazda he jumped out of had been stolen too, prosecutors said.
Judge David Kelly detained him on charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking and criminal trespass to a vehicle.
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