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Police Investigate Two Robberies Near Magnificent Mile
A man was robbed early Wednesday just off the Magnificent Mile, a few blocks from the scene of another robbery attempt a few minutes later.
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A man was robbed early Wednesday just off the Magnificent Mile, a few blocks from the scene of another robbery attempt a few minutes later.
A group of burglars abandoned an early Sunday heist at a high-end Magnificent Mile clothing store when they set off an alarm at the downtown shop.
Officers Michael Lawrence and Sergio Valdez, with the Central District bicycle unit, were flagged down around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, by witnesses who led them to a man lying in the middle of Michigan Avenue. "He was not breathing. He was pale. He had no pulse. He looked like he might have been gone," Lawrence said.
The two officers were on patrol when they were flagged down near Michigan Avenue and Walton Street. Citizens led them to a man "drained of color" lying on the ground and not breathing. The officers began performing chest compressions and saw the man's airway was blocked, which they were able to clear
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Police said officers responded to a call of a theft in progress around 4 a.m. at 737 N. Michigan Av. When they arrived, officers saw a van had crashed through the storefront on the Superior Street side of Neiman Marcus, and several males were fleeing the scene.
A Mag Mile store became a crime scene Friday night after police say a gunman walked in and shot his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend before committing suicide.
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Around 4:30 a.m., police responded to a burglar alarm at the Best Buy in the Hancock Center, at 800 N. Michigan Av. Officers discovered a broken window, and searched the building, discovering an unknown number of cell phones had been stolen.
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Police swarmed the scene and closed lanes of traffic while investigating. No serious injuries were reported. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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The purported victim, a 68-year-old woman from Homewood, told authorities she was accosted by about a dozen African American men while walking in the 700 block of North Michigan around noon Wednesday in front of Saks Fifth Avenue.
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Police did not say if both shootings were connected, but Area 2 detectives were investigating the circumstances surrounding both incidents.
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It was taken just after 6 p.m. Monday, the day she went missing, at the Levy Senior Center in Evanston.
Police released surveillance video of the suspects and say the men robbed at least seven people at gunpoint on June 26.
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On Saturday night, police released the new surveillance image from that very same day. It was taken just after 6 p.m. Monday at the Levy Senior Center in Evanston.
Police have released surveillance video of the suspects and say the men robbed at least seven people at gunpoint early on June 26. The entire robbery spree happened in just about one hour.
Police have found the vehicle connected with the fatal shooting of a Chicago postal worker, but it was torched.
Preliminary information indicated a white Infinity sedan driven by a man, 18, with a passenger, a woman, 21, was traveling westbound when it failed to stop at a traffic signal, striking the bus occupied by the driver and a passenger traveling northbound.
Police did not say if both shootings were connected, but Area 2 detectives were investigating the circumstances surrounding both incidents.
Normal for this time of year is 85 degrees for a high and 67 degrees for a low
It was taken just after 6 p.m. Monday, the day she went missing, at the Levy Senior Center in Evanston.
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Police said the victim had gotten into a fight with the shooter, who shot him in the chest and hip.
But when thieves damaged the AC units, the heat spilled over to inside.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone, police said.
No other injuries were reported, police said.
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