The girlfriend of an unidentified star White Sox player had her BMW stolen from a gas station near Wrigley Field while on her way to watch the Sox take on the Cubs.
The women revealed her car had been stolen on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday.
“my Chicago people – if y’all would keep an eye out for my car; someone stole it earlier this afternoon in Wrigley, please hmu,” she wrote, alongside two pictures of the vehicle.
A spokesperson for the White Sox declined to comment.
The 23-year-old was filling up her gas tank about a half-mile from Wrigley Field, according to CWB Chicago, a site that covers crime in the Windy City.
A Chicago police spokesperson told the outlet that a man jumped out of a black Jeep, entered the victim’s vehicle while she was pumping gas and drove away as the Jeep’s driver followed.
Chicago police and CWB Chicago did not name the victim.
Roughly an hour later, the victim’s baseball tickets, BMW key fob, identification and make-up were found by Chicago police in a garbage can, but the car has not yet been located.
The suspect was identified “as a Black male in his 20s who wore a ski mask and all-black clothing,” according to CWB Chicago.
Because the victim was not threatened with force, the crime is classified as auto theft rather than carjacking.
Auto thefts in Chicago in 2023 have more than doubled versus this time last year and are up 228 percent compared to 2019, the outlet said.
Two Chicago Blackhawks players had their cars stolen last year when assailants robbed a restaurant’s valet parking stand at gunpoint.
