CHICAGO — Gunmen fired shots while robbing a group of men near the Sheridan Red Line station on Saturday morning. Fortunately, no gunshot injuries were reported.
The men were standing outside at the corner of Sheridan and Irving Park when a white SUV pulled up around 3:45 a.m. A Chicago police spokesperson said approximately four men exited the SUV, displayed guns, and physically attacked the men, hitting them in the face and body.
One of the offenders fired toward the victims as they tried to escape. Officers found a single shell casing lying in a traffic lane on Irving Park.
The police spokesperson did not release descriptions of the suspects.
Coincidentally, the incident occurred at almost the same time that armed robbers exchanged gunfire with an off-duty Chicago police officer in the first block of West Polk the Loop. Those robbers were traveling in a maroon sedan, not a white SUV. Police suspect the crew in the sedan also robbed at least one victim in River North and then followed them into the Loop, where they fired shots near State and Randolph.
No injuries were reported in either of the Loop incidents
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