Police warn of armed robbers driving stolen Kias or Hyundais
In each robbery, two or three people get out of a vehicle, and demand the victims' property at gunpoint.
In each robbery, two or three people get out of a vehicle, and demand the victims' property at gunpoint.
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.
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."
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Her daughter also left behind two young children.
The robberies happened in the Bucktown, West Town, Logan Square, and Avondale neighborhoods shortly before 12:30 a.m. and went on until 1:30 a.m.
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Police said the burglars got in using bolt cutters, and stole liquor and cash.
Police are searching for a pair of burglars who broke into two liquor stores early Tuesday morning in Belmont Cragin and Avondale.
The thefts happened in the Irving Park, Avondale, Dunning, and Montclaire areas.
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Police said the incident initially started as an argument between the victims and the unidentified male suspect who produced a sharp object and stabbed one of the victims.
There was no word on any of the victims' conditions late Wednesday.
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The 33-year-old went to open his car door when he saw two people sitting inside.
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The rescue was completed around 3:30 p.m., nearly eight hours after the bird was first spotted.
Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix.
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The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
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Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Health department officials said the case does not appear to be linked to new migrant arrival shelters in Chicago, and the source of infection is unknown.
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Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
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Chicago police said the 33-year-old went to open his car door, in the 400 block of East 89th Street just before 4 a.m., when he saw two people sitting inside. That's when one of them shot the victim in the hand.
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Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
The rescue was completed around 3:30 p.m., nearly eight hours after the bird was first spotted.
Crime stats of those who were carjacked, robbed, shot, or killed give an overwhelming sense of a society unmoored. But the spectacle of crime can evoke fear, often overshadowing those who are truly affected: the victims.
The 33-year-old went to open his car door when he saw two people sitting inside.
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Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix.
Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
Police said the thieves used different types of force to make off with large quantities of cigarettes and bottles of alcohol in each incident.
School officials said police arrested the gunman and recovered a gun.
One of the men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, while the other had a knife in his hand, police said. Both men beat until he fell to the ground, police said.