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There have been 5 armed robberies since Christmas on this Chicago street corner, most recently on Saturday

February 4, 2023 CWBChicago

group of armed robbers targeted three victims in 90 minutes Saturday morning during a crime spree that stretched from the Lower West Side to Humboldt Park, according to Chicago police reports.

Armed robbery crew struck 5 times in 2 hours Sunday afternoon, Chicago police say

January 30, 2023 CWBChicago

A group of masked men pulled off five armed robberies in under two hours on Sunday in Humboldt Park and West Town, Chicago police said. No arrests have been made.

Armed robbery teams returned Saturday morning, targeting 7 victims from Bucktown to Little Village

January 21, 2023 CWBChicago

After taking a few days off, Chicago’s armed robbery crews returned Saturday morning for another crime spree that stretched from Bucktown and Logan Square to Little Village and West Town.

Armed crews are carjacking victims, targeting people at bank ATMs from Wicker Park to the Lower West Side, Chicago police reports say

January 11, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police are trying to track down an armed robbery and carjacking crew that has been working the city between Wicker Park and the Lower West Side over the past week.

3 juveniles charged with Friday carjacking spree in Gold Coast, West Town; adult faces gun charge

January 8, 2023 CWBChicago

Three juveniles are charged with committing a string of armed carjackings during a spree Friday afternoon in the Gold Coast and West Town, Chicago police said. An 18-year-old man who allegedly ran from one of the hijacked vehicles as police moved in faces a felony gun charge, but he is not accused of carjacking anyone.

4 arrested, guns recovered after hijackers strike in Gold Coast and West Loop

January 7, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police arrested four suspected carjackers and recovered four guns after a series of armed hijackings unfolded Friday afternoon and evening between the Gold Coast and West Town.

Gunmen fire more than 20 rounds at man on Mariano’s parking lot — and miss. Another man was killed in a similar attack at the same store last month.

January 2, 2023 CWBChicago

A man escaped injury after at least two gunmen opened fire on him as he left a Mariano’s in West Town on Sunday evening, the same grocery store where a man was shot to death two weeks ago.

Shootout leaves 1 dead, another injured at West Town hookah lounge, police say

January 1, 2023 CWBChicago

A shootout left one man dead and another injured at a hookah lounge on the border of West Town and Wicker Park early on New Year’s Day, Chicago police said.

1 robber arrested, 3 others escape after holdup crew claims at least 9 more victims

December 28, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police arrested one suspect, but three others escaped following another wave of armed robberies that stretched from Little Village to Logan Square on Wednesday morning.

Men wearing ski masks dropped off a dead gunshot victim at downtown hospital, police say

December 23, 2022 CWBChicago

Chicago police are investigating after two men wearing ski masks dropped off a gunshot victim at Northwestern Memorial Hospital early Friday. The injured man, 31, died.

13 people robbed in overnight spree on Chicago’s Near West Side, police say

December 23, 2022 CWBChicago

For the second night in a row, armed robbers swept through Chicago’s Near West Side neighborhoods overnight, leaving at least 11 victims in the wake of their one-hour crime wave.

Despite several arrests, armed robbery crews have returned to Chicago’s hard-hit Near West Side

December 22, 2022 CWBChicago

Two men salting a West Town sidewalk and an 80-year-old man are among at least nine people who were robbed at gunpoint during two holdup sprees Wednesday night and Thursday morning, mainly in West Town, Bucktown, and Logan Square, according to Chicago police. There were seven robberies reported in the same areas on Sunday morning.

Gunmen fire more than 30 rounds, killing man at Ukrainian Village parking garage

December 19, 2022 CWBChicago

A man was shot to death as he sat in his car at a Ukrainian Village grocery store on Monday afternoon, Chicago police said.

West Town

There have been 5 armed robberies since Christmas on this Chicago street corner, most recently on Saturday

Armed robbery crew struck 5 times in 2 hours Sunday afternoon, Chicago police say

Armed robbery teams returned Saturday morning, targeting 7 victims from Bucktown to Little Village

Armed crews are carjacking victims, targeting people at bank ATMs from Wicker Park to the Lower West Side, Chicago police reports say

3 juveniles charged with Friday carjacking spree in Gold Coast, West Town; adult faces gun charge

4 arrested, guns recovered after hijackers strike in Gold Coast and West Loop

Gunmen fire more than 20 rounds at man on Mariano’s parking lot — and miss. Another man was killed in a similar attack at the same store last month.

Shootout leaves 1 dead, another injured at West Town hookah lounge, police say

1 robber arrested, 3 others escape after holdup crew claims at least 9 more victims

Men wearing ski masks dropped off a dead gunshot victim at downtown hospital, police say

13 people robbed in overnight spree on Chicago’s Near West Side, police say

Despite several arrests, armed robbery crews have returned to Chicago’s hard-hit Near West Side

Gunmen fire more than 30 rounds, killing man at Ukrainian Village parking garage

Chicago man who offered to sell stolen car and dog back to owner for $350 gets 3-year sentence

Robber is mugging women inside Loop parking garages, Chicago police say

There have been 5 armed robberies since Christmas on this Chicago street corner, most recently on Saturday

Man robbed Rogers Park convenience store 3 times, prosecutors say

‘Suspicious person’ call leads to burglary arrest in Bucktown, prosecutors say