Chicago police seeking armed group in West, Northwest Side robberies
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police are searching for a group in connection to multiple armed robberies on the city's West and Northwest Sides.
The robberies happened between Sunday and Wednesday during the early morning hours in the Logan Square, Austin, Humboldt Park, and West Town neighborhoods.
Incident times and locations:
- 2200 block of North Leavitt Avenue on March 10, at 6:53 a.m.
- 1600 block of North Elston Avenue on March 11, at 4:31 a.m.
- 1900 block of W. North Ave. on March 11, at 4:54 a.m.
- 2100 block of West North Avenue on March 13, at 6:05 a.m.
- 1800 block of West North Avenue on March 13, at 6:08 a.m.
- 1500 block of North Leavitt Street on March 13, at 6:11 a.m.
- 4000 block of West Potomac Avenue on March 13, at 6:28 a.m.
- 2000 block of West Le Moyne Street on March 13, at 6:30 a.m.
- 1200 block of North Lavergne Avenue on March 13, at 6:30 a.m.
- 4800 block of West Potomac Avenue on March 13, at 6:36 a.m. - aggravated assault with a handgun and criminal damage to a vehicle.
In each incident, three or four offenders would exit a 2016 Black Infiniti G37 sedan, approach the victims, threaten with a handgun by holding it to the victim's head, and take personal property, including wallets, phones, and cash.
Each victim was pulled from their car before being robbed, police said.
In one robbery, the group pulled the victim out of their vehicle and slammed them to the ground - causing injury to their right shoulder, police said.
The robbers were described as three to four African American subjects between 17 and 25 years of age, between 5 feet 10 and 6 feet tall, 130 to 150 pounds with slim builds, wearing black ski masks, and armed with Glock handguns with extended magazine clips.
The Infiniti was bearing Illinois Plate #9528382.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bureau of Detectives – Area Five at 312-746-7394.
Anonymous tips can be submitted to CPDTIP.com.