Crime & Safety
Pizza Delivery Drivers Robbed At Gunpoint On West Side
The drivers were targeted in the West Garfield Park and Lawndale neighborhoods, police said.
CHICAGO — Police are searching for three suspects after two pizza delivery drivers were robbed at gunpoint on the West Side. The drivers were targeted on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in the Lawndale and West Garfield Park neighborhoods, police said.
In each robbery, both drivers were about to deliver pizza when three young men came up to them, police said. One of the men pointed a black handgun at the drivers, and robbed them before taking off.
The robberies occurred:
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- around 5:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Fillmore on Dec. 31;
- around 8:35 p.m. in the 4400 block of West Adams on Jan. 1
Anyone with information is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.
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