Crime & Safety

Man Shot Outside South Side Chicago Family Dollar After Police Say His Group Attacked Guard

The three men exited the business, at which point an "unknown individual" took out a gun and shot one of them.

(CBS Chicago)

November 13, 2024

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police said three men walked into a South Shore neighborhood Family Dollar store and attacked a security guard Tuesday evening, only for one of the robbers to be shot and killed.

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At 7:19 p.m., the three men wearing face covers walked into the Family Dollar at 2346 E. 79th St., at Yates Boulevard, police said. One of them took out a gun and hit the unarmed security guard in the face with it, police said.

Police did not specify whether the men robbed the store.

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