Robbers Hit 8 North Side Blocks In 12 Hours, Police Say

CHICAGO — A group of men has staged eight armed robberies in a span of 12 hours on the North Side starting Tuesday night, according to police.

Beginning Tuesday night at about 8 p.m., the same group of robbers hit eight blocks in five different neighborhoods, mostly on the Far North Side, police said in a community alert issued Thursday.

In the robberies, a group of men would target people in the streets or sidewalks and would show a handgun before demanding a victim's property, police said.

The incidents occurred on the following blocks, police said:

• Tuesday night in the 3900 block of North Spaulding Avenue in Irving Park.

• Tuesday night in the 5300 block of North Kedzie Avenue in North Park.

• Tuesday night in the 5100 block of North Avers Avenue in Albany Park.

• Early Wednesday in the 6800 block of North Seeley Avenue in West Ridge.

• Early Wednesday in the 4800 block of North Seeley Avenue in Lincoln Square.

• Early Wednesday in the 5400 block of North Kedzie Avenue in North Park.

• Early Wednesday in the 3800 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue in Irving Park.

• Early Wednesday in the 3600 block of West Berteau Avenue in Irving Park.

Police said the incidents all took place between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, but did not have times for the individual incidents.

Anyone with information on the incidents is asked to call area detectives at 312-744-8263.

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