Chicago Police Department

This alert gives notice to the residents in the 14^th District (Shakespeare) and 25^th District (Grand Central) of recent armed robberies. In these incidents, an unknown offender(s) pulled up to the victims in a vehicle, either a white van or an SUV. One to two offenders exited the vehicle and approached the victims. Upon approaching the victims, the offender(s) proceeded to physically assault and rob (or attempt to rob) the victims of an unknown amount of US currency and property.

This alert gives notice to residents in the 14^th District of two aggravated and one attempt vehicular hijackings that have occurred recently.  In all three incidents, an unknown offender displayed a silver handgun and demanded the victim’s vehicle.  In two of the incidents, the offender was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a white surgical mask.  In one incident, he was accompanied by a female offender.