Two 7-Eleven stores robbed at gunpoint in Bucktown, Lakeview
No one is in custody, and police have not said if the two robberies are connected.
No one is in custody, and police have not said if the two robberies are connected.
Police are searching for two people who robbed a 7-Eleven in Bucktown. Detectives are also investigating another armed robbery about 20 minutes earlier in Lakeview.
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The man is a valid Concealed Carry License and Firearm Owners Identification Card holder, police said. A SWAT team was called to the scene after the incident.
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It is not clear what the thief stole.
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