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A man has been charged with stealing a car at gunpoint just a half-mile from where he lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago police.
Aseante Armstrong, 23, pointed a gun at a 46-year-old man and demanded his car in the 5300 block of South Cornell Avenue about 3:40 p.m. on Nov. 20, police said.
The victim identified Armstrong as the attacker and police tracked down Armstrong about 4 p.m. Monday. He was arrested after he ran off into a store. He was carrying a handgun with a 30-round magazine, police said.
Armstrong, of the 1300 block of East 53rd Street, was charged with two felony counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and unlawful use of a weapon. He was due in bond court Tuesday.