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Masked Robbers With Guns and Mace Looting Albany Park Businesses: Police

By Tanveer Ali | February 10, 2015 8:05pm

CHICAGO — Police are looking for group of armed robbers who entered an Albany Park store Saturday evening and left with money after macing their victims.

Saturday's incident in the 3800 block of West Lawrence Avenue was similar to another one that occurred in the same block on Nov. 28, according to a police alert.

In the November incident, three men wearing black hoodies, ski masks and gloves all entered the business armed with silver handguns. The robbers sprayed people in the store with mace as they made off with money.

In Saturday's incident two robbers were involved: one wearing a dark jacket while the other was wearing a black hoodie, ski masks and gloves. The second robber had a gun.

People were sprayed with mace in this incident as the men entered the store.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 312-744-8263.

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