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CHICAGO - Police have issued a community alert after several tow truck drivers were robbed at gunpoint after meeting with people to purchase a vehicle on the South Side.
In each incident, tow truck drivers arrive in South Side neighborhoods to buy a junk vehicle when two gunmen take their belongings at gunpoint, police said.
The robberies happened at the following times and locations:
- At 11 a.m. Jan. 17 in the 9200 block of South Green Street in Brainerd
- At 11 a.m. Jan. 20 in the 9900 block of South Lowe Avenue in Gresham
- At noon Jan. 25 in the 9900 block of South Lowe Avenue
- At 6 p.m. Jan. 28 in the 600 block of West 99th Street in Fernwood
- At 6 p.m. Feb. 3 in the 9900 block of South Halsted Street
Anyone with information is asked to call Area Two detectives at (312) 747-8273.