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Carjacking, Attempted Carjacking Reported Overnight In River North

CHICAGO (CBS)-- There was a carjacking and an attempted carjacking in River North Thursday night.

The incidents took place nearly three blocks apart.

The first incident took place on Ontario and Orleans when a driver was rear ended. He got out to look at the damage and two men in a ski masks pointed guns and took his car.

Within an hour and a half, at Hudson and Huron, a driver was approached by a man who shot a gun into the air and demanded the keys to his car.

Police do not know at this time if the incidents are connected.

This is a developing story.

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