Crime & Safety

Masked Man Robs 7-Eleven On 103rd Street Twice In 3 Days

A man wearing a surgical mask has pulled off three robberies at the 7-Eleven at 103rd and Artesian, police said.

This 7-Eleven in West Beverly has been robbed twice in the past week.
This 7-Eleven in West Beverly has been robbed twice in the past week. (Google Maps screenshot)

CHICAGO — Police in Chicago's 22nd District are investigating two recent armed robberies at the 7-Eleven on 103rd Street just west of Western. A masked man with a gun went into the store and demanded money from the cash register at 1:44 a.m. on Nov. 15 and 2 a.m. on Nov. 17, Chicago police said. He also took a bottle of alcohol from the store during one of the robberies, according to police.

The suspect is described as a black man, 18-22 years old, 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt pulled tightly over his face and a surgical mask. The gun he was carrying had a chrome color.

Police connected the two recent robberies to another one that happened at the same spot at 2:45 a.m. on July 4.

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Anyone with information on this should call the Chicago Police Department's Area South Bureau of Detectives at 312-747-8273.

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