5 armed robberies reported overnight in West Town area

Five people were robbed at gunpoint minutes apart Tuesday morning in the West Town area on Chicago's Northwest Side.

Five armed robberies in just over an hour in West Town area
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Five armed robberies occurred minutes apart early Tuesday in the West Town, Logan Square and Wicker Park neighborhoods.

Chicago police looking for car in hit and run in West Town

Police said that the red vehicle hit two people at Chicago and Oakley in West Town on May 23 at 6:20 p.m.

‘We need help.’ Bucktown pub owner held at gunpoint, first of 9 armed robberies on North, Northwest sides

“It happened so fast,” said Eric Johnson, who owns Burke’s Web Pub at 2026 W. Webster Ave. “They pulled over and all four of them got out and pointed their guns at us. I stood up and told them, ‘Take everything, just keep me safe.’”

9 armed robberies reported within 6 hours on Chicago's West Side

In each incident, unknown offenders displayed a gun and then demanded money from food vendors and victims who were leaving for work in the morning hours, police said.

Chicago police looking for robbery crew who targeted 9 victims in 1 hour

Sunday's robbery spree happened in the Bucktown, Logan Square and West Town neighborhoods. Last weekend, a similar robbery spree targeted 10 people in 30 minutes in the Hermosa and Humboldt Park neighborhoods.

Chicago man suspected of West Town carjacking faces 5 felonies

A Chicago man suspected of a carjacking last year in the West Town neighborhood is facing multiple felony charges.

Boy, 15, charged in pair of West Town carjackings

A teenage boy is facing charges in two carjackings that took place minutes apart Tuesday in Chicago's West Town neighborhood.

Man beaten, carjacked at Chicago gas station

A man was attacked and carjacked by a group of people early Tuesday on Chicago's Northwest Side.