Posted on 08/22/2021 10:24:27 AM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police on Monday night were warning anyone walking downtown or in the South Loop to stay alert after a series of attacks and robberies.
Investigators have linked those attacks and robberies to a group of teens. They have happened to people who have simply been walking down State Street and Michigan Avenue between Balbo Avenue and the Chicago River.
And it does not matter if you are alone or in a group. Police said the youngsters are attacking and stealing from people at all hours.
On State Street near Van Buren Street, a woman waiting for a bus was surrounded by eight to nine teenagers overnight. They pulled out a BB gun and then beat the woman over the head with the pistol, leaving her hurt on the ground.
Over the weekend, a man and woman were ambushed by a group of teens in a robbery. That incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday near State Street and Jackson Boulevard.
Police said a man and a woman were walking when a group of about nine people came up and demanded money. Several suspects then started beating the man and woman.
Another robbery was reported at 5:23 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of East Balbo Drive off Michigan Avenue in Grant Park.
The assailants are described as being between 14 and 19 years old – both boys and girls. Police did arrest six suspects, but we are told there were up to 10 youngsters involved in the various attacks – and police fear others may try to do the same thing.
Thus, police have advised people to put down their cellphones and be alert and aware of their surroundings.
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“Investigators have linked those attacks and robberies to a group of teens. “
More trouble caused by Minnesota Lutheran farm kids .
They are probably in Chicago for a church trip.
They always cause trouble when off the farm.
“youngsters?!”
Thugs is more like it.
ping!
Midnight Basketball and Midnight Soccer?
Yeah, but they get boring after a while and aren’t lucrative.
“I wouldn’t go there to throw up.”
HAHAHA! My brother went to the U of Chicago. The first day, at Freshman Orientation, every new student was given a police whistle and they were instructed to have it with them at all times and blow it if they saw trouble. And if you heard a whistle, you blow yours too, and finally I supose the cops would come. (I feel like this was a system used in Jolly Old England back in the day, but I could be wrong about that.) I might still have his whistle!
How did they know it was a BB gun?
Check out some of the other headlines at that site.
Afghanistan about now is probably safer than areas of Chicago enjoying a high level of diversity.
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