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South Side crime: Suspects order Door Dash, Lyft, then rob drivers at gunpoint

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published 
Chatham
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - Chicago police are warning residents in East Chatham about a series of armed robberies that have occurred this month. 

In each incident, one or two offenders ordered either Door Dash or a Lyft ride. The offenders then produced a handgun and demanded the driver's money, wallet, cell phone and other personal items, police said. 

The offenders then fled the scene.

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The incidents have occurred in the early morning hours on the following dates at the following locations: 

  • 7938 S. Dobson Ave. on Sept. 16 
  • 7932 S. Dobson Ave. on Sept. 20
  • 8000 S. Dobson Ave. on Sept. 22.

Chicago police say the offenders are one to two African-American males, who were armed with a handgun and were wearing black ski masks.  

Anyone with information on these crimes is asked to contact the Bureau of Detectives – Area South at (312) 747-8273.