Carjacking In Mariano's Parking Lot In Park Ridge

PARK RIDGE, IL —Armed robbers stole a Skokie man’s SUV in the parking lot of the Park Ridge Mariano's Monday evening, police said.

A 31-year-old Skokie man and a 23-year-old De Kalb woman were loading groceries in the parking lot of the grocery store's 1900 S. Cumberland Ave. location around 8:45 p.m. when the two robbers approached, both with their faces covered, according to Park Ridge Deputy Police Chief Lou Jogmen.

At gunpoint, one of the carjackers took the keys to the man's white 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee before both robbers got into the SUV and fled south on Cumberland.

The gunman was described as a black man between the ages of 25 and 30, wearing a white hoodie, white baseball hat and a ski mask. Witnesses were unable to provide a detailed description of the other robber, a man who also had his face obscured, according to Jogmen.

Jogmen said surveillance footage from the store corroborates witness accounts.

Another Skokie man was carjacked beside a parked vehicle last Thursday by masked, armed men, according to Skokie police.

Anyone with information about the incident has been asked to contact the Park Ridge Police Department at 847-318-5252.

Top photo | Park Ridge Police Department | Patch file