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Armed men attempt theft of catalytic converter in chicagoChicago IL

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audio iconMotor Vehicle Theft
W Lexington St, Chicago, IL 60624

According to the dispatch call, two armed men attempted to steal a catalytic converter from a Toyota Prius near W Lexington St, Chicago. They fled southbound in a white Mercedes followed by a maroon Hyundai FTV with one male driver.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
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01:24
Transcript:
00:00
I just spoke to a neighbor who said he saw the white Mercedes about 15 minutes ago with two male occupants, one wearing green hoodie and black pants,
00:11
armed attempting to steal a catalytic converter from a Toyota Prius.
00:18
It's being followed by a maroon Hyundai FTV with one male driver as well.
00:26
They both fled going southbound and out of Lovett.
00:32
Okay, so besides the Mercedes with two male occupants, we have a maroon Hyundai FTV that was following behind it with one male driver?
00:44
99[1] school.
00:51
1031. I'm going to through the area for a little bit.
00:54
All right, 10.4.
00:55
So we are looking for a four-door white Mercedes-Benz with two male occupants.
00:59
One of them had on a green hoodie and black pants.
01:02
On the prior call we had that they were armed with guns, they're being followed by a maroon Hyundai FTV.
01:07
With one male driver.
01:11
With one male driver.
01:16
He did say that a possible semi-automatic with the next phone, please.
01:22
A possible semi-automatic with those guys.
Police codes explained
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[1]
99: Single-officer unit; unit is operating with only one officer, no partner present.

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W Lexington St, Chicago, IL 60624

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