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Two Chicago teens have been charged with a brutal carjacking attempt that left a Vietnam War veteran dead of a heart attack.
Frank Harris, 18, has been charged with one count of murder and aggravated vehicle hijacking, police said Thursday.
The other teenager is an unidentified 17-year-old who has been charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted aggravated assault and battery on a person over the age of 60. Chicago police told Fox News it would be decided by the court whether the 17-year-old will be tried as an adult.
VIETNAM WAR VETERINARY DIES AFTER CHICAGO CARJACKERS BEAT HIM IN DAYLIGHT
The charges come after Keith Cooper, 73, died around 12:30 p.m. in the Hyde Park area on Wednesday after two people asked him to give them his car while shopping.
Cooper was then repeatedly beaten and punched in the head. His family said his heart could not take the trauma of the assault and he was pronounced dead of a heart attack at a local hospital.
He died just days before his 74th birthday and served two combat missions in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
“I’m just in shock. I’m still in shock because that’s not how I thought my day was going to go,” Cooper’s daughter Kenika Carlton said.
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Harris and the 17-year-old are due in court on Friday.
The crime comes as car hijackings in Chicago have increased over the past two years, with 2020 peaking 135% from 2019, from 603 car hijackings in 2019 to 1,416 in 2020.
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