Crime & Safety
Armed Robbers Fled On Divvy Bikes: Cops
Campus police say two people were robbed by suspects who fled on Divvy bikes at 54th and Harper.
CHICAGO, IL – Two people who robbed two others in the early morning hours of Wednesday left the scene in Divvy bicycles, University of Chicago police said in a news bulletin.
The report states that the two victims were talking with the two unknown suspects at 1:05 a.m. in the 5400 block of South Harper Avenue when one of the suspects displayed a handgun and demanded the victims' property.
They took two iPhones, a wallet and cash before fleeing on the bikes.
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No one was injured in the incident, which is now under investigation by the Chicago Police Department.
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