Crime & Safety

Technician Servicing ATM Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Bank: FBI

The robbers were toting an AR-style pistol with an extended magazine, the FBI said.

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Surveillance images show two men alleged to have robbed an ATM technician while servicing a machine at Huntington Bank at 74th Street and Cicero Avenue in Bedford Park. (FBI-Chicago)

BEDFORD PARK, IL—A technician was robbed at gunpoint Monday afternoon while servicing an ATM at a Bedford Park bank, the FBI-Chicago said.

The Bedford Park Police Department and the FBI responded at 4:47 p.m. to a reported robbery. A technician was serving the exterior ATM at the Huntington Bank branch, 7400 S. Cicero Ave., when he was approached by two men pointing an AR-style pistol with an extended magazine, the feds said.

The purported robbers were described as two black males, wearing dark sweatshirts, hoods and facial coverings. One of the pair wore red gloves.

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Both fled in a white sedan, believed to be a Toyota Camry. No injuries were reported.

Huntington Bank has authorized funds for a reward leading to arrests. Tips (even anonymously) can be reported by calling 312-421-6700 or tips.fbi.gov. No further information is available for release at this time. Updates will be posted to bankrobbers.fbi.gov.

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