Crime & Safety
Gunman Robbed 7-Eleven
Scarf-wearing robber pressed gun against the clerk's head and said "Give me the money or I will kill you."

A gunman whose face was obscured by a scarf stole about $100 from a Tinley Park 7-Eleven convenience store at about 2:30 a.m. Nov. 19, police said.
The gunman, described as a white man wearing all black, entered the store at 7601 159th St. and displayed a silver handgun, police said. According to police, the man, whose face was covered below the eyes with a black scarf, then placed the gun at the back of the female clerk's head and said "Give me the money or I will kill you."
After walking the clerk around the counter to the register, the man told her "I know you and I will never hurt you," police said. The clerk then opened the register and the robber took about $100 from the cash drawer before fleeing on foot, police said.
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The clerk said the robber was 6 feet tall, with blue eyes. Fingerprints were collected as evidence, police said.
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