Chicago police issued a community alert Tuesday warning residents in the Austin and Grand Central police districts of carjacked vehicles being used in armed robberies. In the first carjacking, robbers approached the victim at gunpoint and robbed him of his BMW X2 and belongings, authorities said. In two incidents following the carjacking, the robbers got out of the carjacked white BMW and .
Chicago police said there were 44 separate shootings between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday night. That included five people wounded in a mass shooting Friday night and an 18-year-old killed Monday afternoon.