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Group suspected in string of armed robberies in Chicago Saturday

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  September 24, 2023 3:15pm CDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - Chicago police have issued an alert following a string of armed robberies early Saturday across the city.

In each incident, police said at least five suspects have approached people with guns drawn and demanded their personal belongings. The group then drives away in a 2016 silver Hyundai and a 2019 black Kia SUV, police said.

The incidents occurred:

  • at 4:23 a.m. in the 2400 Block of West 31st Street in Little Village;
  • at 4:38 a.m. in the 1300 Block of West 51st Street in Back of the Yards;
  • at 5:25 a.m. in the 2600 Block of West 55th Street in Gage Park;
  • at 5:25 a.m. in the 1600 Block of West Archer Avenue in Garfield Ridge;
  • at 5:30 a.m. in the 3700 Block of South Archer Avenue in Brighton Park;
  • between 5:15 a.m. and 5:20 a.m. 5100 Block of South Sacramento in Gage Park; and
  • between 5:20 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. 2700 Block of West Pershing Road in Brighton Park.

Police described the group as five Black males between 15 and 18 years old, between 130 and 145 pounds and standing between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8. One of the suspects was seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Area One detectives at 312-747-8384.