Police search for robbers who held up businesses at gunpoint on North, Northwest sides
The robbers took money from the cash registers and merchandise from the store before fleeing in a vehicle.
The robbers took money from the cash registers and merchandise from the store before fleeing in a vehicle.
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These robberies are part of a violent trend that seems to be surging so far in 2024. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
“Give me everything – don’t move or I’ll shoot!” – that was the announcement from a crew of robbers who hit three liquor stores on the city’s North and Near Northwest sides Monday night. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
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.
CBS 2's Tara Molina found restaurants and bars are being targeted more and more often.
CBS 2's Tara Molina found restaurants and bars are being targeted more and more often.
The attack happened on Armitage Avenue near the Kennedy Expressway.
The victim went to a nearby gas station for help. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition.
At least five armed robberies were reported between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Bucktown, Logan Square, and West Town neighborhoods.
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"Quality of life, on a scale of one to ten, it's about three and a half."
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports the news has neighbors even more angry because there have been no arrests in any of these cases.
The victim was attacked from behind in broad daylight in Bucktown. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The attackers threw the victim right into a chain-link fence and knocked him to the ground.
The fest will also feature music, storytime, and food trucks.
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Three suspects jumped into Wilfredo Cintron and his son's ice cream truck and took all the cash they had, before taking off.
At 82 years young, Wilfredo Cintron and his San Juan ice cream truck have been doling out soft-serve to the city’s Northwest Side for decades. On Tuesday, his ice cream truck was robbed at gunpoint. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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.
"Should've never happened. Whatever, whatever they asked for it, we provided," Patel said. "He was just pulling out his wallet and he shot him."
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports, the store owner is shocked and saddened, saying nothing like this has happened, adding that the clerk and customers gave the robbers their belongings, but the suspect kept shooting.
Among those targeted were customers at a late-night hot dog stand and an employee at a 24-hour convenience store.
Since 1957, this pizza joint has been serving customers and catering to the community.
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