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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team

Friday, 31 March 2023 09.55

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CHICAGO (WLS) — Armed robbers looted three 7-Eleven stores on the North Side just minutes on Friday morning, Chicago police said.

The first robbery occurred in the 1500 block of West Lawrence Avenue at around 1:52 am

Police said two male suspects armed with pistols entered the shop and asked officers to open the cash register. Police said the suspects then fled the scene in a blue SUV.

At least 5 Chicago 7-Eleven stores robbed at gunpoint in North, West Sides, police say

Shortly after 1:58 a.m., two suspected men armed with pistols robbed a 7-Eleven store in the 1400 block of West Montrose Avenue. The armed robber asked officers to open the cash register and fled with cash in a black sedan.

The third robbery occurred at 2 a.m. in the 3000 block of North Pulaski Street, police said. Two suspects asked officers to open a cash register and fled the scene with cash in a black SUV, police said.

No one was injured in any of the robberies and no one has been arrested.

Friday's robbery follows a series of armed robberies that targeted 7-Eleven stores earlier this week. Police have not said whether there was a robbery linked.

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