CHICAGO — Authorities are actively searching for a group believed to be responsible for a series of robberies and carjackings in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The perpetrators have targeted a diverse range of victims, including pedestrians, delivery couriers, and Uber drivers, within a concentrated area of the community, perpetrating at least 15 incidents.
Chicago Police Department released video footage showcasing two individuals from the group, one clad in only shorts and shoes, and the other in a robe, who robbed a victim on the 1600 block of West 82nd Street at approximately 5:30 p.m. on October 24. Authorities are urging the public to come forward with any information that could lead to the identification of these suspects. Watch the video below:
The group is also believed to have carried out another robbery on the same block earlier on October 24 and on July 24.
The modus operandi of the group typically involves approaching victims, brandishing a small firearm, and demanding valuables such as wallets and phones. In addition to targeting individuals on the streets, they have also robbed delivery personnel making their way to homes and are suspected of orchestrating carjackings by ordering Uber rides, only to assault the drivers with mace and seize their vehicles at gunpoint.
Aside from the incidents on 82nd Street, law enforcement suspects the group to have struck in the following locations:
8100 block of South Ashland
- September 9 at 5:30 p.m.
- September 21 at 5:45 p.m.
- September 22 at 3 p.m.
8200 block of South Ashland
- July 31 at 2 p.m.
- September 27 at 4 p.m.
- October 10 at noon
- October 21 at 1:30 p.m.
8100 block of South Marshfield
- August 3 at 11:15 p.m.
- August 23 at 6 p.m.
- August 24 at 7:30 p.m.
- September 24 at 6 p.m.
8200 block of South Emerald
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