Crime & Safety
Armed Robber Strikes Gas Station on Touhy Saturday
He ordered the clerk to lie on the ground.
An armed robbery took place at a Shell gas station at 5055 W. Touhy, Skokie, just west of the Edens Expressway, Saturday at 9:02 p.m., according to Skokie police.
A black male entered the gas station wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and a blue bandana covering the lower half of his face, according to police. He displayed a gun and ordered the cashier to lie on the ground.
He took cash and fled through the alleyway, the report indicated.
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