Security guard gets in shootout with would-be robber get in Roseland

Friday, March 1, 2024
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A security guard got into a shootout with a would-be robbery on Chicago's South Side on Friday morning.

Chicago police said the shooting happened in the Roseland neighborhood near East 115th Street and South State Street just before 9:15 a.m.
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Two suspects, identified only as male, got out of a vehicle and approached the victims before announcing a robbery, police said.

That's when a shootout ensued between the suspects and a security guard at that location.

No one was struck by gunfire.
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The suspects then fled the scene on foot and were placed into custody a short time later, police said. A weapon was recovered.



The CPD Investigative Response Team is investigating. Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

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