White Sox star’s girlfriend has car stolen on way to Cubs game

The girlfriend of an unidentified star White Sox participant had her BMW stolen from a gasoline station close to Wrigley Area whereas on her technique to watch the Sox tackle the Cubs.

The ladies revealed her automobile had been stolen on her Instagram Tales on Wednesday.

“my Chicago folks – if y’all would preserve a watch out for my automobile; somebody stole it earlier this afternoon in Wrigley, please hmu,” she wrote, alongside two footage of the car.

A spokesperson for the White Sox declined to remark.

The 23-year-old was filling up her gasoline tank a couple of half-mile from Wrigley Area, according to CWB Chicago, a web site that covers crime within the Windy Metropolis.

A Chicago police spokesperson instructed the outlet {that a} man jumped out of a black Jeep, entered the sufferer’s car whereas she was pumping gasoline and drove away because the Jeep’s driver adopted.

Chicago police and CWB Chicago didn’t identify the sufferer.

Roughly an hour later, the sufferer’s baseball tickets, BMW key fob, identification and make-up had been discovered by Chicago police in a rubbish can, however the automobile has not but been positioned.

The suspect was recognized “as a Black male in his 20s who wore a ski masks and all-black clothes,” in response to CWB Chicago.

As a result of the sufferer was not threatened with power, the crime is assessed as auto theft somewhat than carjacking.

Auto thefts in Chicago in 2023 have greater than doubled versus this time final yr and are up 228 % in comparison with 2019, the outlet stated.

Two Chicago Blackhawks gamers had their vehicles stolen final yr when assailants robbed a restaurant’s valet parking stand at gunpoint.