Two 7-Eleven stores robbed at gunpoint in Bucktown, Lakeview
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago police are investigating a pair of armed robberies at 7-Eleven stores about 20 minutes apart overnight in Bucktown and Lakeview.
Police said, around 3:40 a.m. Monday, two men with guns walked into 7-Eleven in the 1100 block of West Belmont Avenue, and the employees ran into a back room and locked themselves in, while the robbers took two cash registers.
Around 4 a.m., two men entered a 7-Eleven in the 2300 block of North Damen Avenue, and demanded cash.
After taking money from the registers, they got into a black SUV and fled the scene.
No one is in custody, and police have not said if the two robberies are connected.
Area 3 detectives are investigating.
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