Chicago police putting out alert on armed robberies
They're asking neighbors to be on the lookout and call them with any information.
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They're asking neighbors to be on the lookout and call them with any information.
In each robbery, two or three people get out of a vehicle, and demand the victims' property at gunpoint.
Police confirmed 53-year-old Anthony Bowens has been charged with armed robbery and driving on a suspended license.
Suspects in masks and carrying guns not only robbed but punched defenseless people.
Two violent robberies caught on camera have a Northwest Side neighborhood on edge. Suspects in masks and carrying guns not only robbed but punched defenseless people. Both of the attacks happened in broad daylight.
The robberies happened during the 1 p.m. hour in the Avondale, Belmont Gardens, Belmont Cragin, Austin, and Humboldt Park neighborhoods.
The robbers drove around, and looked for people walking, then got out of their SUV holding guns.
Police tell us they were spotted in a maroon Dodge Durango with the Illinois license plate DV39194.
The victim was a 53-year-old man who was the father of three children.
Tony Davis, 23, was arrested on Wednesday, in the 2700 block of South California Avenue.
Police said a 33-year-old man was on the 900 block of North Michigan Avenue around 2:20 a.m., when a dark SUV pulled up, and two gunmen got out and demanded his property.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Police said a group of armed robbers drove up to people in a small to mid-sized SUV, got out, and demanded the victims' property at gunpoint.
"Within two seconds, he was already at my window."
Only on 2 -- Two people were held at gunpoint while trying to use a drive-through ATM in Avondale. One of those victims said the bank hadn't done anything to secure its drive-through operation. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports
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The teen was identified as one of the suspects who took property at gunpoint from multiple victims.
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CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports the 26-year-old victim was just trying to do his job. He and the other customers in the store handed away their wallets and belongings, and still, that suspect started firing.
CBS 2'S Noel Brennan spoke to the jewelry store's general manager in Bridgeview, who was held at gunpoint behind the counter.
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