CPD searching for suspect in West Lawn robbery at church rectory

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are looking for the person who broke into a West Lawn church rectory early Sunday morning and tried to steal a car.

It happened about 3:45 a.m. Sunday at the Queen of the Universe Parish at 71st Street and Hamlin Avenue on the city's Southwest Side.

CPD said a 49-year-old man woke up to find someone going through his nightstand.

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That person took the keys to his vehicle.

When the victim confronted the thief, that person ran away.

No one was hurt, and the vehicle was not taken.