The Park Ridge Police Department released information about 12:58 p.m. Sunday, October 27, 2024, providing details of a vehicle hijacking that occurred earlier Sunday morning at a resident’s home on Northwest Highway near Glenview Avenue.
At approximately 8:59 a.m. an offender walked onto the driveway of a residence located in the block of 1200 North Northwest Highway, where the Park Ridge resident was sitting in his gold 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan parked on his driveway. The offender approached the victim’s vehicle, opened the driver’s door and demanded the vehicle. The victim refused, and the offender then walked down the driveway towards the street while the victim followed and called 911 from his cell phone.
While on the driveway, the victim and offender became involved in a physical altercation. During the altercation the offender was able get away from the victim and enter the victim’s vehicle. The offender then drove away, and was last seen heading southeast on Northwest Highway.
The male victim was transported to the hospital by Park Ridge Paramedics with non-life-threatening injuries he sustained during the physical altercation.
The offender is described as …
a male/white, approximately 30-40 years old, 5’10”-5’11” with a thin build, wearing a red T-shirt with a white stripe on the shirt, and a black hat.
The investigation is ongoing at this time, according to the Park Ridge Police Department.
Anyone with information about this crime is urged to contact the Park Ridge Police Department at 847-318-5252.
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