Four women were robbed in two incidents minutes apart in the Boystown area early Tuesday morning, and Chicago police now say the holdups are connected to another armed robbery in Lincoln Park the previous evening. Detectives issued a community alert Tuesday afternoon linking all three cases and warning residents in Lincoln Park and Lake View East to be on alert.
The overnight robberies began around 12:13 a.m. in the 600 block of West Stratford. Three women, a 20-year-old and two 21-year-olds, told officers they were walking when a black sedan pulled alongside them. Police said two males got out, displayed guns, and took personal property from each victim before getting back into the car and driving off. No one was injured.
Two minutes later, around 12:15 a.m., a 23-year-old woman was robbed in the 3200 block of North Broadway. She said two males approached her. One displayed a gun and demanded her belongings. She handed over her property and the offenders fled east. No injuries were reported.
According to the new alert, detectives believe those attacks are related to an armed robbery that happened about four hours earlier in the 2600 block of North Clark in Lincoln Park. In that case, which occurred around 8:40 p.m. on Monday, the robbers approached multiple victims while pointing a black handgun and demanding their property.
Police said the offenders in all three incidents were Black males between 13 and 16 years old, wearing dark clothing and ski masks.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Three detectives at 312-744-8263 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com using reference P25-3-050.
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