CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police issued a community alert on Saturday about a man suspected of sexually assaulting women after meeting them on Snapchat.
Police said the man pretends to be a woman, and then meets up with female victims in the South Shore neighborhood. He has threatened each of his victims with a gun, and one with a knife, before taking them to another location and assaulting them. He also stole some of the victims' phones.
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Police said there have been at least four assaults in two locations since March.
The first assault happened on March 21 in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m.
Another assault happened in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place at 12:15 a.m. on May 8, followed by another on May 21 at about 8 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place.
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The latest assault happened on Saturday at about 3 a.m., again in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place.
Police asked anyone with information to contact them at 312-747-8380.
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