Armed robbery and car theft on West Washington Blvd, Chicago IL
RobberyAn armed individual wearing all-black clothing robbed a person near West Washington Boulevard at 5 a.m. The suspect used a black handgun to threaten the victim, took personal belongings including car keys and wallet, and stole the victim's 2014 Toyota Camry. The car with Illinois registration (number withheld) was driven away in an unknown direction. The victim later tracked the car to an address on South Lakeshore Drive.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 03
02:36
Transcript:
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So we're speaking with the victim now.
00:02
This occurred at 5 in the morning at this address near West Washington Boulevard.
00:09
They actually robbed this victim, demanded his belongings, and took his 2014 Toyota Camry with Illinois registration David Zebra (number withheld) in a flat in an unknown direction here.
00:26
Can we get an RD4A-031 Adam, please?
00:37
All right, it's Townshend,
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1748-48-48-48-7-48-8 on event 0-2860.
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And just for the air, this is the offender was wearing all-black clothing and pulled a black handgun on an offender, I mean on the victim,
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no race description.
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All-black clothing and pulled a gun on the victim.
01:05
50,700. Hey,
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are we pulling a 031 atom or are you...
01:12
Changing that.
01:16
I'm going to go with whatever the B-car goes, the detectives can change it, but I'm going to treat it as a carjack vehicle, and I'm just going to give you an update because I hit maybe about six, like five minutes ago, and it was heading northbound from Belleville on Lake Shore Drive.
01:35
All right, I'm from Belble on Lake Shore Drive, 5 minutes ago, 10.4.
01:41
Yeah, I left the detectives and the beat officer worked that out, but I'm going to treat it as a carjack.
01:47
Yeah, 104. Sorry, I meant that for 1225.
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1225.
01:51
Yeah,
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it's 1225. Yeah, the victim wasn't in the car at the time.
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He was outside of the vehicle, and they took his belongings off of him, car keys in his wallet, and entered the vehicle and fled in an unknown direction.
02:05
Okay, 104. 25.
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I'm talking to the victim right now.
02:15
He's tracking his vehicle and he's saying it's at 476 South Lakeshore Drive.
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I'm tracking at 476 South Lakeshore Drive.
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I'm tracking at 476 South Lake Shore Drive.
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57 Hedge, Adam was also paying it.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
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