Thieves target, rob smoke shop on Chicago's Near West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police are searching for two people who robbed a smoke shop on the city's Near West Side Tuesday night.
It happened at the Smokes N Clouds shop around 8:40 p.m., in the 1000 block of West Madison Street.
Officers responded to the store and spoke with a clerk who told them that two unidentified males entered and approached the counter. One of the offenders, armed with a handgun, demanded money from the register.
The clerk complied and the offenders fled the scene in a silver sedan.
No injuries were reported.
Area 3 detectives are investigating.
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