North Park robbery: Man violently robbed of belongings, car at gunpoint, Chicago police say

Chicago violence: CPD said suspects struck man on head with gun before car stolen
Thursday, January 6, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said a 27-year-old man getting out of his car Wednesday night in the North Park neighborhood was violently robbed.

The man was exiting his vehicle just after 10:15 p.m. in the 3200-block of West Foster Avenue when two armed male suspects approached him, CPD said.
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One of the suspects demanded the man's belongings, and he gave them his phone and cash from his pockets, police said.

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The man was then hit on the head with a gun before the suspects got in his tan Porsche and drove away, according to CPD.
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The victim was taken to Swedish Hospital in good condition.

No one was in custody Thursday morning, and Area Five detectives are investigating.

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