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Chicago crime: 2 retail stores robbed at knifepoint within 30 minutes of each other on Northwest Side

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  February 5, 2024 10:01am CST
Albany Park
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - Two retail stores were robbed at knifepoint on Chicago's Northwest Side Sunday night.

In each incident, an unknown offender entered a retail store, displayed a knife and announced a robbery.

The offender then robbed the retail store of money and fled the scene.

The incidents occurred at the following times and locations: 

  • 4300 block of North Kedzie Avenue on Feb. 4 at 7:06 p.m.
  • 3100 block of West Irving Park Road on Feb. 4 at 7:27 p.m.

Chicago police say the offender is an American-Hispanic male between the ages of 16 and 18 years old and has a light complexion. He is roughly six-foot-one and weighs about 220 pounds.

If you have any information on these incidents, you are asked to contact the Bureau of Detectives — Area 3/Area 5 at (312) 746-7394.