Chicago shooting: Woman shot during 1 of 14 armed robberies within 3 hours, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman was shot during a Sunday morning armed robbery spree on the West and Southwest sides, Chicago police said.

A group of four armed suspects carried out 14 armed robberies within three hours.

In one attack, a 49-year-old woman was parking her car just before 8 a.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood's 100 block of South Sacramento Boulevard when three people approached her, police said.

The offenders took out handguns and demanded the woman's property, police said. One of the offenders shot the victim in the upper abdomen while stealing her belongings.

The woman was taken to a hospital in good condition, police said.

The suspects fled the scene, police said. No one was in custody.

The attackers, whose ages were not immediately known, are described as men between 18 and 25 years old. They wear dark-colored hooded sweatshirts, black pants and black ski masks. They are between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10 and between 140 and 160 pounds.

The robberies happened at the following times and locations:

• 1900 West Block of 21st St on November 26, 2023 @ 5:06AM

• 2300 West Block of Cermak Rd on November 26, 2023 @ 5:13AM

• 4700 South Block of Talman Ave on November 26, 2023 @ 5:29AM

• 3100 West Block of 44th St on November 26, 2023 @ 5:30AM

• 4700 South Block of Hoyne Ave on November 26, 2023 @ 5:35AM

• 4700 South Block of Oakley Ave on November 26, 2023 @ 5:45AM

• 3800 South Block of Sacramento Blvd on November 26, 2023 @ 5:50AM

• 5600 South Block of Maplewood Ave on November 26, 2023 @ 6:00AM

• 2900 West Block of 53rd St on November 26, 2023 @ 6:01AM

• 1600 West Block of 38th St on November 26, 2023 @ 6:30AM

• 1900 North Block of Harding Ave on November 26, 2023 @ 7:00AM

• 1900 North Block of Keystone Ave on November 26, 2023 @ 7:01AM

• 3700 West Block of Lyndale St on November 26, 2023 @ 7:20AM

• 100 South Block of Sacramento Blvd on November 26, 2023 @ 7:53AM

No further information was immediately available.

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