CHICAGO - Four people were robbed in just over an hour Saturday in Edgewater on the North Side.
In each incident, two males approached victims as they walked, showed a handgun and demanded they give them their cellphones and wallets, police said. The males asked the victims to unlock their phones and disable the location before fleeing in a white SUV.
The robberies between 7:10 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. in:
- The 5800 block of North Paulina Street;
- 1700 block of West Peterson Avenue;
- 5600 block of North Glenwood Avenue; and
- 1600 block of West Edgewater Avenue.
Police said both suspects are teenagers between 15 and 18 years old. One of the suspects was described as 5-foot-6, weighing 160 pounds and wearing a black hooded jacked, dark jeans and a surgical mask. He was displaying a black handgun, police said.
The other suspect, who was using a silver gun, is between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot-2, weighing 160 pounds and wearing a black hooded jacket, black pants and a mask, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Area Three detectives at 312-744-8263.