A string of three robberies on Wednesday evening into the early hours of Thanksgiving is including to rising considerations that an armed theft crew is taking root in Lakeview and Lincoln Park. The in a single day holdups got here amid a surge of comparable incidents within the neighborhoods.
The newest incidents concerned two gunmen who focused 4 folks throughout three separate robberies.
Within the first case, round 10:17 p.m. on Wednesday, a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old lady had been strolling alongside the 1300 block of West Eddy Avenue when two males approached them, based on a Chicago police spokesperson. One of many robbers displayed a firearm and demanded their belongings. The offenders fled in a blue sedan, probably a Hyundai Elantra, with the victims’ telephone, pockets, and purse. Officers mentioned the robbers had been Black males. One wore black clothes, and the opposite wore a lighter shade, probably brown.
About three hours later, round 1 a.m., two males robbed one other sufferer at gunpoint within the 400 block of West Surf Avenue. In that case, the offenders had been described as Black males carrying monitor fits. One man wore a grey outfit and had dreadlocks. The second, wearing black, had the gun.
Lastly, round 1:45 a.m., a person approached officers within the 3500 block of North Clark Avenue in Wrigleyville to report that an armed robber had taken his telephone and pockets close by. The sufferer couldn’t pinpoint precisely the place the theft occurred, however believed it occurred someplace between Eddy Avenue and Newport Avenue.
In a neighborhood alert issued this week, police warned that one to 2 offenders carrying darkish clothes and ski masks have been approaching victims, pointing a handgun, and demanding telephones, wallets, and purses in Lakeview East and Lincoln Park.
A number of victims had been robbed throughout three separate holdups within the space Monday evening into Tuesday morning. One other spree hit the neighborhood and close by Lincoln Park early on November 9, when as much as three males emerged from automobiles to rob pedestrians at gunpoint.
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