Robbery victim shoots suspect on Green Line train
The victim was not struck. The would-be robber was shot in the leg.
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The victim was not struck. The would-be robber was shot in the leg.
The offender was placed into custody and charged with one felony count of robbery, police said.
The offender was placed into custody and charged with two felony counts of robbery and aggravated battery.
Chicago police arrested the teen Thursday, in the 4700 block of North Central Park Avenue.
Police said the victim told the offenders he didn't have anything before the offenders kicked him to the ground and took items from his pockets.
Police said the robbers had held up a woman in Brighton Park, but officers were able to trace the robbers with an AirTag that was in the woman's stolen purse. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Police said there were also several other robberies on the block.
In each of the robberies, a man on a black bicycle rode up to people on the sidewalk, and demanded their property.
A campus safety warning has been issued for students near Loyola University after a pair of cell phone robberies within minutes.
The USPIS said the suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
The woman was driving a red Kia sedan when she approached the victims, flashed a knife, and demanded their purse.
The victim had just parked his car when he was approached by four men in an unknown vehicle.
Police say the men were going back to their car at a parking garage at the time.
Police say the suspect forcefully took property from a 39-year-old woman, in the 0-100 block of North Lorel Avenue.
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A Chicago man is charged with robbing another man in the Loop Thursday, according to police.
Responding officers quickly located the suspect near the scene and placed him in custody.
The robbery was caught on camera Wednesday, just steps from where Dakotah Earley was shot and nearly killed back in May. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Police Supt. David Brown emphasized that he wants the four defendants held without bond. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Police said at 11:20 a.m., the 70-year-old woman was walking with her dog in the 1300 block of West Webster Avenue when a man came up, took out a gun, and demanded her property.
Both of the victims were listed in critical condition.
The unknown suspect approached the woman and demanded money or he would shoot her, implying he had a firearm.
Chicago police are asking for the public's help to identify a suspect in a robbery that took place Monday on the CTA Green Line train. Police said the suspect robbed a woman on the train traveling westbound from Morgan to Ashland. The incident happened in the 1600 block of W. Lake Street around 6:50 p.m. on Monday.
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