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Cook County

Lauren Traut

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Homewood-Flossmoor

Illinois

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HOMEWOOD, IL — A man with a gun robbed the Homewood Dollar Tree store Saturday, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money and a woman's purse, Homewood police said. The robbery happened just after 5 p.m. at the store at 17510 Halsted Street. Witnesses said that a man with a medium build came in, showed his gun and demanded money from a clerk. As he fled, he grabbed a woman's purse. The man was described as African American and wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap. He is believed to have left the scene in a blue car. The Homewood Police Detective Division is investigating.

HOMEWOOD, IL — A man with a gun robbed the Homewood Dollar Tree store Saturday, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money and a woman's purse, Homewood police said.

The robbery happened just after 5 p.m. at the store at 17510 Halsted Street. Witnesses said that a man with a medium build came in, showed his gun and demanded money from a clerk. As he fled, he grabbed a woman's purse.

The man was described as African American and wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap. He is believed to have left the scene in a blue car. The Homewood Police Detective Division is investigating.

Homewood Dollar Tree Robbed 

A man made off with a woman's purse and an undisclosed amount of money Saturday after holding up a Dollar Tree in Homewood.