Carjacking at 50th and Cornell

At 6:33 p.m., Tuesday, October 30, on East 50th Place between Lake Park and Cornell Avenues, a woman was forced into her car by an armed man who then drove her car on to south bound Lake Shore Drive. He was pursued by police who had been contacted about a robbery in progress. The offender, with the victim, was stopped shortly thereafter; the offender was arrested; and the victim, unhurt, was released.