Armed thieves rob, carjack man with young trick-or-treater in Bridgeport: VIDEO

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Sunday, November 2, 2025
Man with young Chicago trick-or-treater carjacked at gunpoint: VIDEO

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Police hope surveillance video will help them find three armed robbery suspects.

They held up a 42-year-old man at gunpoint while he was out with a young trick-or-treater on Halloween.

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Police said it happened around 3:16 p.m. Friday in the 2600-block of South Emerald Avenue in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood.

Video shows a man help a little girl out of the back seat of an SUV as she holds her orange trick-or-treat bucket.

They pair start to walk across the sidewalk when an armed man runs up to them and points his gun at the victim's face. He then hits the victim in the head with the gun.

A second man runs up and begins taking the victim's belongings.

While all this was happening, a third man got into the victim's car.

At least two of the robbers got away in the stolen vehicle, which police say was later found in the Lawndale neighborhood's 300-block of South Maplewood Avenue.

The victim refused medical attention.

No one is in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

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