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Chicago police issue community alert after Lincoln Park robberies
Residents and students in one of Chicago’s wealthiest neighborhoods are on high alert after a series of vicious armed robberies, including another one early Monday morning.
CHICAGO - Three people were robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday in the Lake View East neighborhood.
The group was walking around 12:47 a.m. in the 600 block of West Cornelia Avenue when two gunmen approached them and took their cellphones and wallets, police said.
The gunmen fled in a dark-colored sedan, according to officials.
No one was injured during the robbery and no one is in custody. Area Three detectives are investigating.
The armed robbery marks the latest in a spree of North Side crime. There have been at least seven similar robberies in the area this month.