Lockport Man To Be Charged In Carjacking At Silver Cross Campus

NEW LENOX, IL — A warrant has been issued for the Lockport man accused of carjacking a woman outside Silver Oaks Behavioral Hospital on Tuesday.

Ali Salamah, 25, of Lockport will face charges of vehicular hijacking, robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle, and theft, New Lenox Police Chief Louis Alessandrini said Thursday. All are felonies. The Will County State’s Attorney’s Office approved the charges Thursday afternoon.

Police Tuesday said that Salamah, who was a patient at the Silver Cross Hospital emergency department early Tuesday, fled from the hospital around 8 a.m. Salamah, wearing only a hospital gown, then demanded a woman's keys and stole her car, Alessandrini previously said.

He then fled northbound on I-355, in the direction of his home in the Lockport, according to police. Will County Sheriff’s deputies located him there, and after a brief foot chase, he was taken into custody.

He was taken back to Silver Cross for treatment while charges were pending.

He remains in treatment Thursday, Alessandrini said.