The carjacking happened early Monday in the 2300 block of North Cleveland Avenue, police said.
CHICAGO — A 29-year-old man was carjacked early Monday in Lincoln Park, police said.
At 12:56 a.m., the man was getting out of his car in the 2300 block of North Cleveland Avenue when two men forced him out, police said.
The men got into the victim’s car and drove off. Someone in a dark-colored SUV followed them, police said.
The victim was not injured.
No one was in custody. An investigation was ongoing.
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