Chicago police are warning the public about robbers who have been threatening people with a semiautomatic handgun in Northwest Side neighborhoods.
Police said the robbers walk up to victims who are alone and carrying a bag or purse, pull out a black semiautomatic handgun and demand the victim’s belongings.
The robberies have been occurring for more than a month in Belmont Cragin, Austin, Albany Park, Logan Square, Avondale, Norwood Park and Hermosa.
The robbers are described as a group of about four individuals (men and women) between the ages of 17 and 30. They are about 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 10 and weigh between 100 and 200 pounds. The suspects also sometimes wear black ski masks or surgical masks, investigators say.
These are the times and locations of the robberies:
4000 block of North Moody Avenue on September 11 at 7:28 p.m.4900 block of North Rutherford Avenue on September 11 at 7:42 p.m.4600 block of North Kedzie Avenue on September 12 at 12:35 p.m.3800 block of West Diversey Avenue on September 25 at 4:11 a.m.2300 block of North Kostner Avenue on September 25 at 4:17 a.m.6200 block of West North Avenue on October 8 at 10:34 a.m.4400 block of West Fullerton Avenue on October 10 at 5:13 a.m.3500 block of North Hamlin Avenue on October 10 at 5:25 a.m.6800 block of West Diversey Avenue on October 10 at 6:44 a.m.2700 block of North Montclare Avenue on October 10 at 6:45 a.m.2100 block of North Latrobe Avenue on October 10 at 7 a.m.2700 block of North Normandy Avenue on October 10 at 7 a.m.5000 block of West Belden Avenue on October 10 at 7:04 a.m.3700 block of West Fullerton Avenue on October 11 at 12:36 p.m.