Video shows thieves holding store workers at gunpoint during robbery spree on North, Northwest sides

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 4:39AM
Video shows thieves holding Chicago store workers at gunpoint: CPD
The police department is looking for a group responsible for a series of Chicago robberies on Lincoln Avenue, Pulaski Road and Diversey Avenue.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New video shows a group of suspects holding store employees at gunpoint and then robbing the business earlier this month.

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The robberies happened at three different locations on the city's North and Northwest sides in the early morning hours on Dec. 6:

  • 2600-block of N. Lincoln Ave. at 2:21 a.m.

  • 3000-block of N. Pulaski Rd. at 03:43 a.m.

  • 3200-block of W. Diversey Ave. at 03:46 a.m.

In the video, you can see the suspects rush in wearing masks.

They pull out guns, and then force employees to open the cash register.

In one incident, the thieves punched a worker, and in another case, they also robbed a customer.

Police are still looking for the four men involved.

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