Crime & Safety

2 Await Charges After Elderly Couple Robbed in Gold Coast

The victims provided a brief description of the offenders, who were found almost immediately.

Chicago, IL - Police arrested two men in the Gold Coast Tuesday morning after they robbed an elderly couple at gunpoint.

The couple called police after they were robbed at 10:12 a.m. in the 0-100 block of East Delaware, according to media reports. A description was given, and two men were taken into custody almost immediately, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

A weapon was also recovered from the scene, according to DNAinfo Chicago.

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