80-Year Old Woman Robbed In Homewood

HOMEWOOD, IL - An 80-year-old woman was robbed on a Homewood street Thursday morning, which caused a school lockdown and multi-agency police presence to help search for the offender. The man who robbed the victim near the corner of Olive Road and Center Avenue remained at large as of 11:30 a.m., according to police.

Police sent an alert to Homewood residents indicating the woman was approached by a black man wearing a hoodie around 8:30 a.m. at Olive and Center, where he pushed her to the ground and stole her purse. The woman was hospitalized "with lacerations to the facial area," police said in the alert.

Police officers from nearby Glenwood and a Cook County K9 unit responded to help Homewood police find the man, who was last seen on foot heading eastbound on 183rd Street from Aberdeen Street.

During the initial search, James Hart School, located nearby on Morgan Avenue, was placed on a brief lockdown.

Anyone with information of the robber or his whereabouts should contact the Homewood Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit at 708-206-3420.

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