3 Loyola University students robbed at gunpoint in Rogers Park
CHICAGO (CBS) – Three Loyola University students were robbed at gunpoint while walking in Rogers Park early Sunday morning.
It was part of a wave of hold-ups on the city's North Side overnight. Police responded to four incidents within an hour. All followed the same M.O. Police say the students were the third stop in the robbery spree.
It happened around 1:47 a.m., when two men, 20 and 21, and a woman, 21, were walking on the sidewalk in the 6500 block of North Glenwood. Three men armed with handguns jumped out of a white SUV and demanded their belongings.
The offenders took the victim's property and one of the offenders then fired one shot in one of the victim's direction, police said. In this case, like in the case of Dakotah Earley in Lincoln Park, the suspects forced the victims to give the passcodes of their phones.
"Usually it's just asking for a wallet, that kind of thing," said Loyola senior Ben Mooney. "I do have to admit them pulling up in a car and just popping out, that's pretty scare, to be honest, because you can't see. You never know when it's going to happen to you. You can't really monitor every single car that drives by.
No injuries were reported in any of the robberies.
Area detectives are investigating. No arrests have been made.