Student Carjacked On SXU Campus

CHICAGO, IL - A Saint Xavier University student was carjacked on campus Friday afternoon. Campus police have issued a safety bulletin describing an offender who the female student said forced her into the car and drove off.

A spokeswoman for the SXU Public Safety Department said the victim was able to exit the car near 99th and Sangamon in the city's Washington Heights neighborhood, a few miles east of the campus. She called police from a gas station and was not injured in the incident.

The student told police that the man approached her at her car around 1 p.m. when she was attempting to enter it while it was parked in Parking Lot 7 on campus. The public safety bulletin said no weapon was displayed, but police later said the man drove off in the car by force.

The suspect was described by public safety as a Hispanic man, about 25 years old, 6'0" and 200 pounds. He was wearing a black jacket with a fuzzy collar and two pockets. He has light facial hair on his mustache and chin and black short, cropped hair. There was a star tattoo near his right eyebrow.

Police found the student's car in the Washington Heights area shortly after she reported the incident. The car is now in the hands of law enforcement as part of the investigation.

Campus police, as well as police departments in nearby Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn, are assisting the Chicago Police Department with the investigation.

Anyone with information should call the Chicago Police at 312-745-0570 or the Public Safety Department at 773-298-4400.

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