Gunmen rob 6 Uber drivers in two weeks on West Side
The robbers have struck at least six times at three locations since the start of the year in the Humboldt Park and Near West Side neighborhoods.
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The robbers have struck at least six times at three locations since the start of the year in the Humboldt Park and Near West Side neighborhoods.
The 18-year-old was arrested by members of the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday, in the 8400 block of South Racine Avenue.
The crimes were also reported one minute apart, according to information from police.
In each of the robberies, a gunman approached his victims on the street, stole their cash and other belongings, and ran off.
CPD officers responded to the scene where the employee told them that a masked man entered the restaurant armed with a handgun.
Elijah Manning, 19, was placed into custody on Tuesday by members of the Chicago Police Department and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.
The suspect approached the victim from behind near the Kedzie Homan stop earlier this month, police said.
Police said four men in their 20s armed with revolvers and semi-automatic handguns shouted "Give me everything, don't move or I'll shoot!" in each of the robberies.
Jerry Mufid, 20, was arrested by police around 5:35 p.m. on Saturday in the 0-100 block of West Illinois Street.
Police have not said if all five robberies are connected. No one was in custody Friday morning.
Video of the three suspects shows them in the 3000 block of West 80th Street on Dec. 17, just before 11 p.m.
The robberies happened during the day in the 60617 zip code in the South Chicago neighborhood. The most recent robbery happened on Monday.
The robberies happened just a day after a store clerk on the South Side was shot to death during an attempted robbery.
Police said both involved three male suspects armed with handguns.
A convenience store worker was shot to death during an attempted robbery in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood Tuesday night. The incident happened around 10:16 p.m. in the 300 block of East 79th Street.
Police said afterward, they sped off in an alley heading north.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact CPD mass transit detectives at (312) 745-4447.
This comes after another rideshare driver was shot during an attempted carjacking in the Austin neighborhood Wednesday night.
The victim, a 44-year-old woman, was sitting in her car when a black SUV, possibly a Jeep, pulled up next to her. One person jumped out and pointed a gun at her - demanding her possessions, police said.
They identified as the offenders who robbed a 26-year-old woman in the 100 block of West Elm Street less than 30 minutes earlier, police said.
The victim told officers around 5:30 a.m., in the 10100 block of South Wood Street, he was approached by two unknown armed males who exited a silver-in-color Kia sedan and demanded his property to which the victim complied.
A 45-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint on the city's Far South Side Sunday morning.
Two men approached a 42-year-old woman, pulled out a weapon, and demanded her cash.
Chicago police are looking for two people who robbed a food vendor at gunpoint in broad daylight on Thursday. It happened just before 9 a.m. near Montrose and Albany Avenue.
Police said a group of three to four armed robbers held up rideshare drivers at least seven times between Dec. 3 and Dec. 24 as the drivers were either dropping off or picking up passengers.
