Chicago police are warning a few string of robberies in Logan Sq. concentrating on individuals who thought they had been assembly as much as promote gadgets on Fb Market, solely to be confronted by males who pulled a gun or turned violent to take the merchandise.
Since mid-July, there have been 5 robberies, all occurring inside two neighboring blocks of Kedzie and Sawyer Avenues in Logan Sq..
The robbers organized conferences below the guise of shopping for electronics or different items, police mentioned. However as soon as they had been face-to-face with the sellers, they requested to see the merchandise and both pointed a Glock semi-automatic pistol on the victims or pushed the victims to take management of the property.
CPD mentioned robberies occurred within the 2000 block of North Kedzie at 10:25 p.m. on July 18 and 9:20 a.m. on July 24. Three robberies have occurred within the 2000 block of North Sawyer: at 8:15 a.m. on July 29; 2:45 p.m. on August 6; and 10:29 p.m. on August 22.
Police described the suspects as two Black males, 18 to 25 years previous, between 5-foot-9 and 6 toes tall, weighing 145 to 185 kilos. One has braided hair, the opposite a brief lower.
The robberies are below investigation by Space 5 detectives. Anybody with data is requested to name 312-746-7394 or submit an nameless tip at CPDTIP.com.
Folks arranging on-line gross sales can scale back the chance by assembly at a police station foyer.
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