Crime & Safety

Car Hijacking Reported in Oak Park

A man approached a woman in her car and threatened her before pulling her out of the car and driving east on Austin.

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A man in his 30s pulled a 48-year-old Oak Park woman out of her car and stole it Sunday night.
Police said the man, who was wearing a dark hoodie and had a thin black mustache approached the woman, who parked her 2008 Mitsubishi around 8:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Austin Boulevard and told her he had a gun and would harm her, then opened the door pulled her out of her car and drove east from Austin. 

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