9-year-old charged in McDonald's armed robbery also arrested in carjacking

A 9-year-old boy arrested and charged with armed robbery at a McDonald's last month was one of four people arrested Thursday night in connection with a carjacking.
. The 9-year-old was released into the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
He was in the car with two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-olds Thursday night, when the four were arrested in a carjacking that began about 9:30 p.m. in the 11000 block of Avenue D in the East Side neighborhood on the Southeast Side.
The three older boys were each charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm. One of the 15-year-olds, the driver, was charged with aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle.
Police said the group pointed what looked like a rifle, but was actually a pellet gun, at the driver of a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, then jumped in the Sunfire and took off. A gang enforcement car traveling south on Ewing Avenue near 95th Street saw the northbound car coming toward them, turned around and gave chase.
The chase ended a short time later at 8500 S. Burley Avenue. The four jumped out and tried to run but police had converged on the chase and the teens and 9-year-old were caught a short time later, .