Teen Carjacked Worker at Orland Mall: Cops

By Joseph Hosey (Patch Staff)

A 17-year-old carjacked an Orland Square Mall employee in the Sears parking lot Friday night.

The teen was apprehended a short time later following a car chase and foot pursuit, police said. The gun he allegedly used to menace the mall worker turned out to be an Airsoft pistol.

The carjacked worker was leaving his job about 10 p.m. and when he was waylaid by the teen.

“The offender displayed a black handgun and demanded the keys to his vehicle,” police said.

Officers alerted to the crime reportedly spotted the stolen car heading east on 151st Street.

The patrol officer chasing the teen eventually broke off his pursuit but an off-duty Orland Park officer picked it up again and cornered the fugitive on the dead end of Brassie Court, police said.

The teen took off running but was soon captured.

The teen, who was already wanted on a juvenile warrant for a vehicular hijacking in Chicago, was petitioned to juvenile court.

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