Crime & Safety
Armed Robber Strikes 2 Stores Within Hour Overnight
Although police didn't confirm Wednesday morning that they were looking for the same suspect in two separate robberies—one in Lincoln Park the other, River North—they released an identical description of him for both cases.
Local authorities are looking for one man who they say robbed two area cashiers at gunpoint within a one-hour time frame overnight.
A Chicago Police News Affairs officer declined to link the two store robberies Wednesday morning. However, the exact same description of the culprit was released in both cases—a Hispanic man around 30 years old who was wearing dark clothing. One of the robberies was reported in Lincoln Park and the other, River North.
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The first incident reportedly occurred around 2 a.m., when the suspect walked into a 7-Eleven at 2201 N. Lincoln Ave., showed a handgun and demanded cash.
The second incident was slightly more than an hour later at 3:10 a.m. at the Dunkin Donuts at 309 W. Chicago Ave., police said.
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No one was injured in the robberies, police said.
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