Crime & Safety

Three Recent Robberies Involved Group of Armed Men

Police are asking people to pay special attention to suspicious groups loitering in the area.

A group of four or five armed men have robbed victims on the streets in in the Austin neighborhood.

The incidents took place at 4:45 a.m. Sept. 21 in the 5400 block of West Washington, at 3:30 a.m. Sept. 23 in the 200 block of South Laramie and at 8:50 p.m. Sept. 25 in the 5900 block of West Washington, according to Chicago police.

The men are between the ages of 15 and 25 with varying heights and weights, police reported.

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Police are asking people to pay special attention to suspicious groups loitering in the area. Anyone with information about these incidents should call the Bureau of Detectives- Area North at (312) 744-8263,

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