CHICAGO — Robbers targeted people in Lakeview four times in one week, police said.
The victims were walking outside when men walked up to them and robbed them while armed with a gun or implying they had one, according to a Chicago Police community alert.
The robberies occurred:
• 6 a.m. Jan. 21 in the 800 block of West Newport Avenue
• 1:15 a.m. Jan. 22 in the 3100 block of North Racine Avenue
• 7:20 p.m. Jan. 23 in the 3200 block of North Halsted Street
• 3:30 a.m. Thursday in the 900 block of West Cornelia Avenue
The robbers were described as black men ages 18-25, 5-foot-5 to 6-foot tall and weighing 150-180 pounds, police said. They wore black or dark hooded sweatshirts, and two of them had red or white lettering on their sweatshirts.
Anyone with information about the robberies was asked to call police at 312-744-8263.
